Small, local businesses have been feeling the impact of recent tariffs, inflation and falling consumer confidence this holiday season. Here’s why and how to support them.
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Small, local businesses have been feeling the impact of recent tariffs, inflation and falling consumer confidence this holiday season. Here’s why and how to support them.
From startups to spin-offs, incubators to accelerators, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the surrounding area have embraced entrepreneurship. This special section highlights some of those established efforts — some brand new — and the personalities that make them fly.
1 Million Cups — or 1MC — was developed on the idea of giving entrepreneurs and their communities a safe place to gather and connect, to share ideas and feedback, and to identify challenges and find opportunities. Its name is reflective of its mission: the notion that entrepreneurs discover solutions and engage with their communities over a million cups of coffee.
Sadie Sell and Nicholas Terbovic never owned a business before co-founding Mabel & Pearl Tea Co. a year ago, but training opportunities and community resources have their business purring.
New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative, Inc.’s Iowa Startup Accelerator has piloted a new program model aimed at taking already profitable businesses and teaching them the tools to grow to the next level.
The Cedar Rapids women’s boutique MODE, with stores in Marion and NewBo, celebrated its 10th anniversary this year — and that’s a big milestone for any small business.
Featuring Eastern Iowa women who have experienced powerful paths of achievement for themselves, their families and their communities.
But several small-business owners in the home improvement industry say they expect some short-term pains from the import taxes.
Spanning over several acres, this year’s design features Bloomsbury Farm and their 30th anniversary logo, carefully cut into the towering cornfields that draw thousands of visitors each fall. The maze opens Sept. 12.
State of Mind gifts is Uptown Marion’s new destination for eclectic gifts, greeting cards and silly stuff, as owner Carissa Starleaf calls it. Of the 45 small brands the shop carries, 43 are women-owned.
U.S. Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler participated in a small business roundtable discussion hosted by the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and attended by Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson on Monday.
Currently Booked is a Solon-based bookstore that doesn’t stay in one place for too long. The mobile bookstore is a trailer that’s been outfitted to serve as a bookstore with the mission to literally bring books to more people across Eastern Iowa and the Midwest.
Created by Caleb Renner, 22, and launched under his company name, Renner Ag Solutions, AgriNet does not require a farmer to enter a grain bin, which Renner calls “industry changing” in that it will save lives and limbs.
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