The Greater Dallas County Development Alliance announced the launch of its small business grant fund, a new initiative focused on supporting local entrepreneurship and small business to stimulate economic growth. With an annual funding pool of $10,000, the grant aims to provide financial support to small businesses. Small businesses operating…
The city of Iowa City has launched a new grant program opportunity for Iowa City-based small business owners and entrepreneurs who fall under the Targeted Small Business definition. The Targeted Small Business Development Grant Program will provide up to $5,000 in grant funding as well as business coaching and technical assistance services…
The Iowa Center for Economic Success has named Katie Byers director of the Iowa Center Women’s Business Center. Byers will provide training and individual counseling to Iowa women looking to launch or grow their businesses. She is an attorney as well as an entrepreneur. She is a fiber and mixed media…
SCORE, the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors, announced the three winning small-business owners from its 60th anniversary pitch competition held on Sept. 12 in Des Moines. The event was one in a series of pitch competitions SCORE is holding across the country, according to a news release….
America’s Small Business Development Center Iowa (SBDC) has announced Elizabeth Christensen is the new regional director of the Western Iowa SBDC, located at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs. Christensen will serve new entrepreneurs and existing business owners in Pottawattamie, Shelby, Harrison, Page, Mills, Cass and Fremont counties. She…
The Iowa Center for Economic Success will hold the next event in its Made in Iowa series, which celebrates the impact of small business on Iowa‘s culture and economy. This session will feature a conversation with small business owner Lisa Behrends to explore the role small businesses play in connecting…
A new national survey from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Voices released Thursday showed a lack of affordable and accessible child care is a significant barrier to small-business growth. A majority of small-business owners surveyed from 47 U.S. states, including Iowa, reported that there are insufficient affordable child care programs in their…
The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced the 14 participants for the third Scale DSM Business Accelerator cohort. Scale DSM uses Interise’s Streetwise program to help business owners gain management know-how and networks needed to increase revenue, create jobs and positively affect the community over the six-month program, a news release said….
The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program recently celebrated the cohort of 32 small business owners who completed the 12-week program. This was the 11th cohort of the program, which is administered by Des Moines Area Community College in collaboration with all of Iowa’s 15 community colleges. There are now 300 program…
The Iowa Center for Economic Success is hosting a real estate class series led by Iowa Center board member and CBRE Senior Vice President Bill Wright. The three classes are aimed at small businesses that are thinking about making the transition into a brick-and-mortar space. All classes will be held…