REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID-19 JOURNEYWindy Ridge HandcraftedAngela Scanlan, Owner How did you come up with the idea for your business?Windy Ridge Handcrafted products are the natural approach to bath and body. My products are made as naturally as possible. I don’t use fillers or chemicals. I’ve been in this […]
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REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID-19 JOURNEYRachel Dorr AccountingRachel Dorr, Owner How did you come up with the idea for your business?After freelancing through college (round 2), I knew I wanted to keep my current clients after I graduated. I wanted to maintain the flexibility of self-employment, and have the opportunity
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Risney Photo and Design, Council Bluffs REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID-19 JOURNEYRisney Photo and DesignAnne Morgan, Owner How did you come up with the idea for your business?Risney Photo was first opened by my parents in the 1950s. In 2004, I took the business over after they both had passed
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Bountiful Blossoms Bee Company, Glenwood REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID-19 JOURNEYBountiful Blossoms Bee CompanyCarol Fassbinder-Orth, Owner How did you come up with the idea for your business?I grew up on a commercial honey bee farm in Northeast Iowa, Fassbinder Apiaries, but I went to graduate school to be a researcher.
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Jak Sprat, Sanborn REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID-19 JOURNEYJAK SPRATJodi Krikke, Owner How did you come up with the idea for Jak Sprat?JAK Sprat started in 2012 as a magnet board and magnet hobby/business. It wasn’t until November 2017 that earrings came into the picture. I have always LOVED big
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REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID-19 JOURNEYHair Designers of Corning, Backgrounds CoffeeSherry Keefe, Owner How did you come up with the idea for your business?I came up with the idea for Backgrounds due to the fact I love coffee and there was no place in Corning to get a true coffeehouse
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REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID-19 JOURNEYFBB BiomedHoward Urnovitz, Co-Founder How did you come up with the idea for FBB Biomed?FBB Biomed is a start-up international biomedical technology firm that is taking on the challenge of defeating COVID-19 and future pandemics. With headquarters and manufacturing in Coralville, Iowa and a business
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REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID-19 JOURNEYWayneās Ski and CycleMatt Curtis, Owner How did you come up with the idea for your business?I worked at Wayne’s Ski and Cycle, a shop that specializes in bikes and cycling gear, skis and snow sport apparel, and fitness equipment, in college as a part-time
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REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID-19 JOURNEYSHOP WHERE I LIVECherie Edilson, Founder & Owner How did you come up with the idea for Shop Where I Live?In early 2017 my husband and I were both small business owners. I created handmade products and sold them online through my website and Amazon,
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REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID- 19 JOURNEYANYTIME TEES How did you come up with the idea for Anytime Tees?I started the business 10 years ago, as a way to be involved in high school athletics and the Council Bluffs community. At the time I was a high school basketball and
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