Having spent several years working together in a corporate environment, Melissa Carlson and Rachel Abel found they had a great working relationship, similar work ethics, and professional goals. In 2013, the pair decided to carry their partnership on to the next level, forming a small graphic design business together, which they named 818. They intentionally […]
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As a Marine stationed in North Carolina, Aaron Serrano realized he and his comrades were not taking full advantage of all the discounts offered to military personnel. Local businesses were offering price reductions, but they werenāt working together to create a database of all the discounts that members of the military could easily reference. Additionally,
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Cody Ritz, originally from the Des Moines area, moved to Dallas, Texas to attend college. While there Cody fell in love with fashion and the industry as a whole. When he moved back to Iowa, Cody struggled to find a job in the fashion industry that allowed him to hone his creative abilities. Finally, after
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After attaining a Masterās degree in public art, Liz Lidgett wanted a career based around exposing people to artwork, who otherwise wouldnāt be. When Liz moved back to Des Moines after college, she worked as the corporate curator for Kum and Goās art collection. Through this position she realized the high demand in Iowa for
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As Darian David and his wife, Jamie, were considering buying Precast Concrete Company in Creston, Iowa, they had no idea what steps were needed to get the ball rolling. The previous owner wanted to sell his company to someone local he could trust and that he felt would run it the same way he had
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Janel Croweās husband, Chris, worked for 12 years as a union plasterer. After the 2008 recession, he found he had a passion for restoring cars. While working to redo the body of a 1937 Chevrolet, he began searching for a faster way to strip metal during the paint prep process. Janel and Chris, along with
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In March of 2013, Marji Guyler-Alaniz was watching a commercial about agriculture when she noticed that there was a significant part of the industry missing – it did not represent women in agriculture. Marji found that there are nearly one million women farmers in the nation, accounting for nearly one-third of all farmers, and that
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Sisterās Home Style EntrĆ©es is the pride and joy of owner Deb Davis. The company makes frozen meals at its headquarters in downtown Humboldt, Iowa. Deb initially approached the North Central Iowa Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in April 2011 to get help with the business she had recently started. SBDC Regional Director Lisa Shimkat
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Hooverās Hatchery Company, LLC, Rudd Tony Halsted had grown up working the incubators and packing chicks for his familyās business, Hooverās Hatchery Company, LLC, in Rudd, Iowa, and never intended to come back to the family business. However, thanks to the family business, Tony had a college education and a great career in business development
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āPeople would want this. They would buy this!ā was the recommendation from Jennifer Knoxās friend when she tried Jenās spice blends for the first time. Little did Jen know just how true her friendās statement was. In 2011, Jennifer debuted her herb blends as holiday gifts, which eventually were sold in farmersā markets in Brooklyn,
