Startup Spotlight: An Iowa Entrepreneur Shares Why Iowa

Des Moines native Emily Steele is on a mission to build technology and community to support small businesses and local communities.
Spicing Up Sustainability

Sustainability infuses Thyme & Spice Company in downtown Burlington. It guides how owners Travis and Ashlyn Long have thoughtfully grown their inventory.
Innovating in Insurance

Using technology that originated in the fashion industry, Lloyd Yates joined Iowa insurtech entrepreneurs by starting Tylmen Tech.
Maximize Your Potential in Iowa

Iowans care about people, and the state’s businesses and industries make it a priority to invest in programs and policies that allow employees to thrive.
Iowa is Calling

Inspired individuals chase their dreams in Iowa for its lower cost of living, rich entrepreneurial ecosystem and creative, innovative and visionary minds.
Learning Alongside Entrepreneurs

Cedar Falls native Linden Terpstra returned to her hometown to launch her EHS startup.
From the Iowa Beauty and the Business Plan: Simply Sámone

Iowa State University’s entrepreneurial energy helped Jassma’ray Johnson pursue her dorm room dreams.
3 Surprising Keys to Career Success

Hummingbirds CEO Emily Steele shares her story of success
Making the Grade

Angela Harrington transformed a dilapidated Grinnell school into the award-winning Hotel Grinnell.
From Pitch Session to Partnership

An entrepreneur’s quest to memorialize his grandparents opened a surprising path to creating the successful startup Tumbleweed.