Anyone who knows Pi515 founder and Executive Director Nancy Mwirotsi has probably heard her talk about preparing youths for the workforce of the future. The nonprofit is seeing growth as it gears up for its next year of programming, including expanded curricula and new full-time staff and college interns. Mwirotsi said a “powerful” moment recently was seeing the two companies that are each hosting a tech mentorship class this fall preparing
Nancy Mwirotsi
June 9, 2022
VizyPay, Mwirotsi named 2022 innovationIOWA award winners
The Business Record announces today the winners of the 2022 innovationIOWA awards. VizyPay is the recipient of the Corteva Agriscience innovationLEADER of the Year Award, and Pi515 founder and Executive Director Nancy Mwirotsi is the recipient of the innovationENTREPRENEUR of the Year Award. The recipients of the innovationIOWA awards are nominated by members of the community and selected by Business Record leadership. VizyPay is a Waukee-based payment processor focused on
November 12, 2020
Pappajohn gift of $100,000, JPEC partnership lay bright path for Pi515
Iowa founder Nancy Mwirotsi and philanthropist John Pappajohn. Pappajohn committed $100,000 and support from staff at the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center network to help Mwirotsi expand the 6-year-old tech education nonprofit Pi515 in Iowa. Contributed photo Early this fall, Des Moines founder Nancy Mwirotsi was surprised to take a call from noted philanthropist and Iowa entrepreneur John Pappajohn’s office. After meeting Pappajohn, Mwirotsi, founder of the STEM education nonprofit Pi515,
October 7, 2020
D.M. founder awarded $10K Nation of Neighbors grant for Girls Entrepreneurial Summit
Des Moines nonprofit founder Nancy Mwirotsi received a $10,000 Nation of Neighbors grant from Royal Neighbors of America for a new initiative dedicated to building entrepreneurship skills among young women, the Royal Neighbors of America announced. Mwirotsi, founder of tech education Pi515, is developing the Girls Entrepreneurial Summit Program, which focuses on educating young women on business basics, including planning, financials, marketing and digital promotion. The summit will continue Pi515’s
February 1, 2019
One year later: Stories you shared with innovationIOWA
In 2013, the Business Record launched innovationIOWA Magazine, an annual publication with a mission to spotlight innovative companies and technological achievements across the state. One year ago this week, our newsroom launched the innovationIOWA e-newsletter, updating our delivery from annually to weekly – right to your inbox. The mission remains the same: we seek out the stories of the people, products or processes changing the way you do business, whether
December 6, 2018
Becoming a Catalyst
Meg Anderson, vice president and chief information officer at Principal Financial Group, speaks at TAI’s Catalysts Live event on Dec. 4. Photo provided by TAI Des Moines met the stories of ten women shaping their industries on Tuesday. At the Technology Association of Iowa’s reception of the Catalysts project’s first year, attendees gathered in the downtown Tea Room to hear honoree’s meditations on technology, female leadership, and a sense of
