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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REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID-19 JOURNEYCollege RaptorWilliam Staib, CEO and Co-Founder How did you come up with the idea for your business?When my 5 kids were all starting to go into college, we realized no one knew how much college really cost. We saw two schools that were nearly identical,
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REACT ā RECOVERY ā RESILIENCESBDC IOWA CLIENTS SHARE THEIR COVID-19 JOURNEYCREME CUPCAKE + DESSERTChristina Moffatt, Owner How did you come up with the idea for Creme Cupcakes?In the middle of a recession, I was tired of seeing people in my office with no joy in their day so my solution was to bake and take
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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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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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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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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 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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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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ReEnvision Ag is an agricultural start-up located in Nora Springs, Iowa, founded by Jayson Ryner – farmer, musician, entrepreneur and creative problem solver. ReEnvision Ag is developing disruptive technology that will change the row-crop farming industry. Jayson came up with the idea for the system ā now called REAP (ReEnvision Ag Planting) System to allow
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