LuLit’s Hair Essence, Evansdale Rosie Daniel started LuLit’s Hair Essence LLC in Evansdale after suffering from alopecia as a child. Camouflaging and covering up her bald spot was difficult to deal with, so Rosie wanted to do something more to help those suffering from hair loss. Thus, the idea for LuLit’s Hair Essence was born. […]
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Sue Gehling, a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner from Carroll, was frustrated by the children’s mental health crisis facing rural Iowa. Having lived in a rural community her entire life, she knew first-hand the struggles families faced trying to access care for their children. And as one of only a handful of children’s mental health providers in
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Unified Therapy Services, Inc., Dubuque The Iowa Small Business Development Center at Northeast Iowa Community College helped Kelly Heysinger and Gina Blean extensively over several years to start and grow their pediatric outpatient therapy business into the successful company it is today. Unified Therapy Services was an unrealized dream when Kelly Heysinger and Gina Blean
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StarrMatica Learning Systems, Inc., Clinton Emily Starr’s road to entrepreneurship began with a simple request from her school principal, “Tell me how you use technology in your classroom.” After thinking about it, Emily realized she wasn’t using technology, and decided to do something about it. Emily was a fourth grade teacher at Ekstrand Elementary School
Quality Machine of Iowa, Inc., Audubon Entrepreneurship runs in Tim Greene’s family. Quality Machine of Iowa, Inc. grew out of a company started by Tim’s father, Bill. He started Quality Machine, Inc. in 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Tim worked at the company while growing up. The company survived through hard times but needed to
Real Time Ag, LLC, Rockwell City Nitrogen and phosphorous run-off from farm fields is a growing problem across the country. In 2010, the EPA proposed water quality standards that a Florida study concluded would cost that state’s agricultural community two billion dollars and put 14,000 agricultural workers out of work. The EPA’s proposed regulations in
Sister’s Home Style Entrées, Humboldt Deb Davis is extremely proud of Sister’s Home Style Entrées. Her company makes frozen meals to go and is located in downtown Humboldt. Deb offers family packages, but the majority of the company’s sales are its meals-for-one. Sister’s Home Style Entrées prepares the meals from scratch, packages those meals and then
Get Funky Gifts and Stuff, Sioux City Wendy Wright is a lifelong entrepreneur who saw a need in her community and decided to fill it. A residential appraiser for 20 years, Wendy approached Dan Wubbena, regional director of the Western Iowa Tech Small Business Development Center (SBDC), in early 2010 to seek advice on opening
Crème Cupcake + Dessert, Des Moines The Iowa Small Business Development Center for Mid Iowa assisted Christina Moffatt in developing her business plan, creating cash flow projections, and finding financing so she could start a bakery and then expand it into a bakery and dessert lounge. Christina Moffatt turned her love of baking into a
Inspired!, Inc., North Liberty From life coaching to singing to interior design to owning a marina, entrepreneurship is a way of life for Kristen Stephens Sharma, an Iowa City native. Kristen is the owner of Inspired!, Inc., d/b/a East-West School of Integrative Healing Arts and A Massage Oasis, LLC. Kristen began her relationship with the
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