The Indianola Broadband Planning Team and Connect Iowa are celebrating the completion of the city’s broadband assessment and official Connected certification with a celebration and presentation on February 7 at Simpson College. The landmark event is the culmination of months of work by the Broadband Planning...
"And on the eighth day – God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need someone to challenge what people think is possible and push boundaries." So, God made an entrepreneur. God said, "I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, take a look around and figure out...
SCORE – mentors to America’s small businesses, is pleased to announce an expanded National Corporate Partnership with Business Fundability™, a leading organization delivering small business commercial funding, credit development and funding-based education. Through this partnership, SCORE and Business Fundability will provide education to aspiring and existing...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) today launched a new web page and blog dedicated to educating small business owners about the Affordable Care Act. The new tools will serve as a gateway for small business owners connecting them with information provided by SBA’s federal partners...
Volunteers encouraged to get started on their 50 hours helping with MLK Day activities January 17, 2013 (DES MOINES, IOWA) — Thousands of Iowa residents will join hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country stepping up to serve as volunteers on the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on January...
In a cozy rural Iowa cafe somewhere between Cedar Falls and Decorah, Sarah Bey and I sat down with Peter Awad and Jason Trout of GoodBlogs last month to talk tech, startups and social entrepreneurship. Peter and Jason had been on our radar for some time; as co-founders of GoodBlogs,...
You’re on a raft in the middle of a fierce ocean. It’s solid, but it’s small, perfectly suited to skim calm waters, but of dubious integrity when faced with the rough and tumble waves of a serious storm. Unfortunately, that storm is coming. Like winter, it always comes. You can...
In 2013, small business owners will be faced with difficult decisions, specifically ones surrounding health care reform and the Fiscal Cliff resolution, but this is not the time for your business to stagnate. Below you will find some tips on how to grow your business in the new year. Set...
Any time you wonder if entrepreneurs are born with that skill, or if instead they have learned it, just type those terms into your favorite search engine, and you will be overrun with information on both sides of the isle. So what is the key? One could conclude that, like most things...
Working at home can prove to be challenging with the numerous distractions and the simple fact that no one is there to monitor your work. Below are some tips to stay focused. Designate an office or workspace within your home to help separate your personal life from your work life. ...
