Marion Chocolate Shop, Marion Ben and Katy Davis are the fifth owners of the Marion Chocolate Shop, a forty-year-old business with a reputation for success. Ben and Katy did not set out to buy a chocolate shop, but the opportunity arose and the couple is delighted that they took it. Before owning the chocolate shop, […]
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HomeGrown Junk, Missouri Valley After working as a corporate graphic designer for 22 years, Shannon Hanna decided to leave her job to pursue her side business of selling reclaimed vintage “junk” full time. Now, Shannon is celebrating the ten-year anniversary of her business, HomeGrown Junk. Shannon had always loved repurposing junk in unusual ways and
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The Iowa Project Brewing Company, Spencer Lucas Kline and Nicholas Applegate have been friends since high school. Growing up in Saint Joseph, Missouri, they remained close friends while life took them in different directions. Lucas moved with his family to northwest Iowa, while Nick moved south to Kansas City with his wife. In 2019 their
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White Star Ale House, Cedar Rapids After being involved in a wide range of industries in England such as professional football, fashion, and music, Aaron Jacob decided to become a sports agent. This profession made him realize his passion for working with various people and that he had a talent for negotiating and dealing with
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Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds visited Quality Machine of Iowa, Inc. on Oct. 2, 2013 as part of their celebration of National Manufacturing Week (Sept. 30-Oct. 4). Quality Machine was one of ten Iowa manufacturing facilities visited across the state during the week. The tour gave the Governor and Lt. Governor an opportunity to highlight the
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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
