Josef Reed was, at first, reluctant to move back to his home state of Iowaāspecifically the Des Moines area. Upon his return, however, he recognized the cityās need for his education, experience, and leadership skills as major cities similar to Des Moines switch to using IoT (Internet of Things) technologies. IoT is essentially the connection […]
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Steve and Leona Fogle spent 25 years building up a construction company, but then decided to invest in the local hardware store in their community of Centerville, Iowa. The store had been in operation for over 40 years, but Steve and Leona renamed it Fogle True Value & Hardware and focused on bringing life back
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In 2004 Alisa Roth had a dream to start and run her own floral business so she stopped into the Iowa Western SBDC (SBDC) to see how they could help her. She was in her early twenties then with two very young children. However, within six months Alisa and her key employee, Susan Enewald, were
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Dr. Aaron Giddings attended Grand View University for biology, and decided that he wanted to open a chiropractic office of his own. After receiving his doctor degree of chiropractic, he decided to work for an existing practice while he started the process of opening his own. Six months after the planning process began in 2009,
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In 2014, it was estimated that 1,169,351 Americans were living with melanoma of the skin, a form of cancer. For patients whose disease is detected early, the cancer can be removed by surgery. However, when melanoma spreads beyond the skin (metastatic melanoma), it is lethal and over 10,000 people will die of metastatic melanoma in
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Katie Fergus had worked for the financial side of the health care field since 2004, but as a CPA she realized she loved the feel of smaller practices and made career changes. In 2016, she wrote a business plan for a consulting firm and began the life-changing journey of entrepreneurship. Her financial consulting firm FinanSynergy
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It is not easy to open a brick and mortar restaurant after three years of working out of the safety of your own basement. It is not easy to move a business away from the community youāve called home for eighteen years. It is not easy to do battle with a bigger food chain and
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When Marla Gentry realized that her husband Jeff was exceptionally good at cooking and smoking meat for their family, she began to think about the options to market his talents. In June 2015, Jeff and Marla recognized how popular food trucks were becoming and decided to take a chance and start a business. The couple
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Devon Evers worked on his familyās farm while doing carpentry on the side. Requests for his carpentry items grew quickly so he did some praying, saved some money, and opened his full-time carpentry and preservation business called Crossgrain Woodworking in January 2014. With advice from Evan Blakely of the Crawford County Chamber, and business assistance
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Jessica Kannegieter started her small business on a whim, at a suggestion from her beautician. In October 2011, after some research and obtaining a loan, Jess opened Mud on Main, a coffee shop and cafƩ in Aurelia that offers gourmet coffees and wonderful food. Over the next few years the business had its ups and
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