Missouri Technology Corp. wants to boost the state’s entrepreneurship sector. It’s recommended 16 ideas to do so

A strategic plan released Wednesday by the Missouri Technology Corp. includes recommendations to pursue more than a dozen initiatives the report says would help the state better promote entrepreneurship and advance startups.

MTC’s report, which is called “Catalyzing Innovation: Strategies for Missouri to Drive Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” identifies five main areas where the state’s innovation and entrepreneurship economy currently is lagging and offers 16 recommendations to combat those challenges. The items outlined include plans for piloting creative startup financing methods, establishing new programs to help startups more easily find employees and better connecting entrepreneurship organizations across Missouri.