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.
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.
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.
An Ace in the Pickleball World

When Blake Renaud fell in love with pickleball, she set out to create its best resource, PicklePlay.
Iowa’s Agricultural Imprint

Iowa’s agricultural imprint spreads across all industries from global companies to small-time farmers.
Changing Iowa’s Financial Technology Industry

Iowa company helps local banks and credit unions compete with bigger corporations.
Always Welcome: Agri-Industrial Plastics Shares Innovation

Agri-Industrial Plastics Company is never hesitates to show off its innovative facility.
Bringing the Heat

Iowa entrepreneur taking mom’s recipes worldwide Three years ago, after taking a bottle of hot sauce his mom made to a company lunch, Taufeek Shah knew he had something special. “My co-workers said it was the best hot sauce they ever had, and that I should start selling it,” Shah said. “So, I called my mom and […]
Problem Solving on the Prairie

The growth and impact of the Midwest’s Silicon Prairie.