The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced the fifth cohort of the Scale DSM Business Accelerator, a program designed to help small business owners gain access to knowledge, management know-how and networks needed to increase revenue, create jobs and positively impact the community. Throughout the six-month tuition-free program, participants will complete a curriculum covering topics such as cash flow and financial projecting, marketing, customer identification and sales, market research and more. Scale DSM challenges participants to think critically about the state of their business, develop a deeper understanding of challenges and opportunities and build a growth plan to scale their business over the next three years.
This year’s cohort includes:
- Sue Bennett, Complete Weddings & Events
- Davis Carmack, Kids Lead, LLC
- Tanya Comer, Scott Enterprises & Consulting PLLC
- Samantha Cunningham, Waypoint Strategy Partners
- Enrique Delgado, RDS Structures
- Maribel Delgado, Maribel’s Cleaning Service
- Staaci Gorgas, GEM Heating and Cooling
- Jeff Hafner, Early Morning Harvest
- Erika Hotchkin, Queen Bee Face Painting LLC
- Kris Howard, KSH Designs
- Allie Jones, Allie Jones Consulting
- Kelly Malott, Purple Cow Junk Removal
- Tamara Malott, Purple Cow Junk Removal
- Sydney Marshman, Happy at Home Consulting
- Nicholas TeBockHorst, TeBock’s Landscape
- Megan Tucker, 143 Speech Therapy
- Sinikka Waugh, Your Clear Next Steps