We are excited to announce a new addition to IASourceLink. Every month you'll now be able to hear direct from Debi Durham, Director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Debi will cover what important happenings are going on every month, and provide an update as to the condition...
On February 27, learn how focused and strategic businesswomen have transformed themselves and their companies to achieve success and satisfaction. “Transform> Triumph>Transcend,” the sixth annual Women Mean Business® Summit of the Central Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO-CI), features women business owners who...
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – Dec. 6, 2013 – Farm and family are two vital components in Carol Miller’s life. Miller works with her husband, Randy and their son, raising livestock, corn and beans on their farm outside of Ankeny. Her dedication to family and farming has earned her Iowa...
This November, the Entrepreneurship Centers at Drake University will be holding our third Startup Boot Camp for Women. We started the Boot Camp in response to numerous requests for guidance and mentoring from women in the Drake community. We need more women starting more businesses, and we need...
While there is a wealth of educational information for business startups and traditional businesses, rural business owners, like many less traditional business owners have long been neglected. One of the voices leading that charge is Wendy Veatch, director of outreach programming for the Center for Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University....
Imagine an entrepreneur. More often than not, the picture that springs to mind is a genial young man, clad in casual clothes armed with a tablet computer and a revolutionary idea. While the media portrayal of an entrepreneur still hearkens to this young male founder, the face of entrepreneurship is...
Every woman has a story to share of the pathways she’s trod, of the expected and unexpected encountered upon the way. She can speak about the map and how it told her only so much about the journey that was to unfold. She can keep you breathless with her stories,...
For decades, women have failed to thrive as much as men in the workforce. They’ve struggled to rise to management levels in top corporations, to have their voices heard in the boardroom and their efforts fairly compensated. Today, many women believe there’s another way. Perhaps women don’t have to follow...
