What is Shop Iowa? Shop Iowa brings together retail businesses from across the state into one online marketplace. Browse and buy online and feel good knowing that every purchase you make on Shop Iowa goes to a local business in Iowa. Shop Iowa is a program that connects small businesses to the...
Working From Home as the New Normal. Working from home is the new normal. How can we make this adjustment while staying productive and maintaining positivity? Find a few simple tips and insights below on how to make working from home bearable and maybe even enjoyable! Working from home for many...
Take care of your customers and they will take care of you. When communicating with your audience be mindful of the way you are portraying your business. In today’s digital marketing world, the ability to be transparent with your audience is key. Work to build your digital platforms as a...
The Iowa Center for Economic Success is a non-profit organization helping to empower Iowans with the potential to exceed as they pursue opportunities for financial success. This is done through educational and networking events and capital and investment opportunities. Although located in Des Moines, most services they provide are available statewide...
Written by Paul Lester, SBA For millions of small businesses across the United States, it’s getting close to the most wonderful time of the year: Small Business Saturday! Celebrated two days after Thanksgiving, Small Business Saturday is a way for consumers to usher in the busy holiday shopping season and make an...
Spend just an hour with Tricia Rivas and you quickly appreciate everything that is great about small business. Rivas’ enthusiasm for her employees, clients and community is contagious. The owner of Trixie’s Salon, with three locations in Des Moines and Altoona, knows small business success isn’t just about making money. It...
Small business success is as much about the growth of the owner as the business itself. Clint Dudley,owner of Shade Tree Auto in Grimes, learned this important lesson by investing in his own professional development. Dudley started Shade Tree Auto as a side business in his garage in 2001 while working...
An extensive business background and a love of craft beer led Clark Lewey and his team ofinnovators to build Toppling Goliath into the giant of Iowa’s beer industry. In just a decade Decorah-based Toppling Goliath has quickly expanded to 110 employees with distribution in 19 states and three continents. It is...
Applications for the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Venture Competition are now being accepted. The fourteenth annual statewide competition will be awarding $100,000 in cash prizes. The $100,000 in seed funding consists of a $50,000 contribution from John and Mary Pappajohn and a $50,000 match from the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA). The...
On March 20, U.S. Small Business Administration Director, Linda McMahon announced the 2019 Small Business Persons of the Year winners from across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam Iowa's 2019 SBA Small business Persons of the Year are Brad and Angie Barber, owners of Cabin Coffee in Clear Lake,...
