WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – Aug. 5, 2013 – This year Iowa State Fair visitors will have the opportunity to Spin the Wheel at Farm Bureau Park to win great prizes while learning how Iowa’s farmers help “Iowa Rise Up.” No matter the degree of agriculture knowledge, fairgoers...
New and start-up businesses can enter to win up to $25,000 John Pappajohn, Iowa's premier venture capitalist, has announced the launch of the 2014 John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition. This is the eighth annual business plan competition for Iowa sponsored by Pappajohn. Since 2006, more than...
The Technology Association of Iowa’s TriTECHta is bringing 1,000 of Iowa’s technology industry leaders and innovators to Des Moines, April 9-10. The second annual TriTECHta features three marquee events: i2iowa, Prometheus Awards, and Pitch & Grow. i2iowa, an Investors and Innovators forum, kicks off the two-day schedule on Tuesday April 9th...
More than 300 people gathered at the Hotel at Kirkwood in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, March 7th to attend the Dream Big, Grow Here pitch off event and to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship in Iowa at the sixth annual EntreFest! conference. Dream Big, Grow Here is an annual...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- New businesses create nearly all net new jobs, develop new ideas and offer valuable services across the state, and they employ more than half of Iowa's private labor force. Inspiring those business owners to grow and develop their business, and providing the tools to do so,...
The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a series of webinars in recognition of the seventh annual National Entrepreneurship Week. The emphasis will be on how the next generation of small business owners can leverage crowdfunding as an alternative finance option to start and grow their...
Presidents' Day is held every year on the third Monday in February. What started in 1885 to recognize George Washington's birthday (Feb 22), has since blossomed into a larger celebration of US Presidents in general. Here at IASourceLink, we thought it might be fun to talk with some...
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...
I’ve been following the Pushing Social blog for around a year now, and have been consistently impressed with both the quality and frequency of content that Stanford creates. Even today as I was working on this article, I picked up a new tool from this recent post of
Following this year's EntreFest Conference for Iowa Small Business Owners, my Fiance Holly and I went to Galena, Illinois to do some shopping. I've never been to Galena before, but had heard a lot about it from co-workers and friends. Before I say anything else, Galena was...
