WASHINGTON – November 24 is Small Business Saturday, a day set aside to support the small businesses that play a vital role in creating jobs and economic opportunities all across the country. Karen G. Mills, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), released the following statement today encouraging people to support their communities...
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR Governor Terry E. Branstad « Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds For more information contact: Governor's Office, 515.725.3517 Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds Launch IASourceLink.com New statewide online resource for start ups and small businesses November 05, 2012 (DES MOINES) - Entrepreneurs in Iowa now have a new online business resource to help them develop their products and...
Here in the Business and Community Services (BCS) division at the University of Northern Iowa, we know small businesses and entrepreneurs are the engine of Iowa's economic development. That's why over the past decade, we've developed robust, individualized, and specialized services to help Iowa's entrepreneurs. Our programs provide...
I work a great deal with economic developers in the Midwest and around the country to foster entrepreneurship support systems. Economic developers have spent the better part of the last decade trying to understand the entrepreneurial startup and to analyze how these companies affect our economy. We tend to think that...
Best Way to Save Energy and Be Green: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle! EcoFont - check it out! Shop green with Energy Star. Use power-saving tools built into electronics (i.e. sleep mode). Buy laptops or tablets instead of desktop machines. Use...
In the spirit of EntreFest! part one, I mentioned how one entrepreneur (Troy Shoen with Riverhead Resources) capitalized on ensuring visitors came to his booth at this year's EntreFest! conference prior to the event by sending out an e-mail introducing himself and his company. Similarly, after the...
What a conference! It’s been a week and a half since the fourth annual EntreFest! entrepreneur conference in Dubuque Iowa. Hats off to Amy Kuhlers and Courtney Schwitzer for their combined efforts in making sure the conference was a total success! The final count for attendance was 228...
