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FOUR-YEAR-OLD SAMUEL FENDER IS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT
HIS NEW LEG BRACES. THE BRACES ARE DECORATED
WITH CARS. LYNN SNYDER IS EXCITED FOR A
DIFFERENT REASON. SOT-----(:12)---------------------------
Lynne Snyder New Business Owner
“It's amazing when you can look at a child who hasn't walked and
help them walk but it's also amazing to look in their parents' eyes and share that
same joy with them.” THE OWNER OF SNYDER BRACE
CREATES ORTHOTIC LEG AND BODY BRACES FOR CHILDREN.
SNYDER OPENED UP FOR BUSINESS IN JUNE.
(SOT) “I KNOW ORTHOTICS BUT I DIDN’T KNOW BUSINESS. I WAS
TERRIFIED.” TERRIFIED SHE WOULD FAIL
LIKE MANY START-UPS HAVE. (SOT) “STARTING A BUSINESS
IS A RISKY VENTURE.” VIRGIL WOOLRIDGE IS A
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST. WOOLRIDGE HELPED SNYDER
CREATE A BUSINESS PLAN TO GET A LOAN.
THE MU EXTENSION BUSINESS COUNSELOR HELPED TRANSFORM
SNYDER’S VISION INTO A REALITY. SOT-------(:54)------------------------
Virgil Woolridge MU Extension Business
Development Specialist “Most businesses challenge in
making a profit, the profit margin that most businesses most small businesses
is very very small so the only way you can overcome that is by doing good prior
planning.” WORKSHOPS AND
COUNSELORS ARE AVAILABLE ALL OVER THE STATE THROUGH THE
MISSOURI SMALL BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
CENTERS. (SOT) “Having somebody to lead
me around the obstacles and hurdles that that were present, I think made the
biggest difference.” VERY FEW BRACE
BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CATER TO CHILDREN.
SO SNYDER’S BUSINESS IS UNIQUE.
SHE’S DOING WHAT SHE LOVES BY HELPING CHILDREN LIKE
SAMUEL WITH CEREBRAL PALSY GAIN A LITTLE MORE FREEDOM.
SOT-----(1:33)------------------------- SHELLY FENDER
PARENT “He’s always been happy, but
now there’s a different happiness within him, a deeper joy with being able to
move without being in as much pain.
IN COLUMBIA, KENT FADDIS REPORTING. (1:42)