St. Louis Makes is dedicated to local manufacturing success. Our mission is to help grow the region’s small business manufacturing sector. We believe that best practices in business growth can be taught to willing individuals and companies. We connect and educate manufacturers, inventors, makers, entrepreneurs and other innovators to help them develop new products, improve profit margins and grow sales. St. Louis Makes is focused on advocating best practices in: • New Product Development—launching scalable new products that increase profits • Product Management—managing the profitability of products you already make • Business Development—breaking into new markets and expanding sales channels We accomplish our objectives through program offerings in the following three areas: • Education—best practices learning in New Product Development and Business Development • Events—peer learning opportunities for manufacturers that reinforce our education mandate • Analysis—original white paper research in support of our programs St. Louis Makes is devoted to independent analysis and innovative solutions which result in sales and profit growth opportunities for the St Louis region’s small business manufacturing sector.