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How-to Guides
Not sure how or where to get started with your Iowa business? Don’t worry! We made these step-by-step guides to help you along the way!
Start a Business
2023 Start a Business Guide
Find the steps, tips and resources you need to start a business in Iowa.
Fund Your Business
2023 Fund My Business Guide
Ready for funding? Find out how to get business loans, grants and equity funding.
Expand to Iowa
2023 Expand My Business to IA Guide
Are you wanting to expand your business operations to Iowa or hire an employee here?
Start a Food Truck
Start an Online Business
Start a Daycare
2023 Start a Daycare Guide
Use this guide to learn how to start your in-home or daycare center!
Grow a Business
2023 Grow a Business Guide
If you are wanting to expand your business offerings, make sure to read this first!
Exit a Business
2023 Exit a Business Guide
Discover 13 different strategies others have used to exit their business.
Business Licensing
Did you know that Iowa doesn’t have a general business license? Instead, the state regulates individual industries and business types depending on the products they sell and services they provide. IASourceLink maintains a record of all licensing within the state of Iowa.
PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
Greater Des Moines Partnership
This month, we’re spotlighting the Greater Des Moines Partnership. The Greater Des Moines Partnership is the economic and community development organization serving the Greater Des Moines metro covering a seven-county region. The Partnership is dedicated to the economic and community development of the entire Greater Des Moines area. Through community development, GDMP contributes directly to the good health and vitality of our members’ businesses and the improvement of quality of life for the entire region. Embedded within each of these areas is a strong emphasis on building and sustaining a vibrant downtown core through development, events, environment and promotion.
Visit Greater Des Moines Partnership’s profile on our Resource Navigator
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How To Use ChatGPT To Boost Your Small Business Marketing Presence
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence language model developed by OpenAI that can generate natural-sounding text in response to a variety of prompts. For small business owners in Iowa, ChatGPT can be an incredibly useful tool for improving marketing, social media content creation, and customer service initiatives. By using ChatGPT to...
Creating An Instagram Business Account For Your Small Business
Social media is constantly evolving, and sometimes it’s hard to keep track of what’s new. It can be a challenge to stay in the know on the latest digital marketing trends as a small business owner, so keep reading, as our blog will inform you about effectively creating an Instagram...
IASourceLink Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary: A Letter From Our Leader
Welcome! Patrick here with a few thoughts on the ten year anniversary of IASourceLink. For those that haven’t heard, IASourceLink has been serving the small business and entrepreneurship community for the past ten years in Iowa. Launched in November of 2012, the IASourceLink platform is operated as a partnership between...
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