New startups

Biz Brew sponsored by Jolly Rogers

Join us for a hot summer night of networking, entrepreneurship and drinks on the river. Biz Brew is about meeting new faces, talking innovation and making connections with local small businesses, startups and the community that supports them. The best part – we’re gathering on the river at Jolly Rogers. The awesome folks there have agreed to host and sponsor

Spotlight on Entrepreneurship: Creating a collaborative work space

In honor of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Startup Sioux City featured a week of stories on local entrepreneurs. The response was overwhelming, and therefore, we’re going to continue to run the responses we received through this week. Find all the stories here. BUSINESS OWNER: Diane Daby BUSINESS NAME: Springboard Coworking MAIN PRODUCTS/SERVICES: Collaborative Workspace and private meeting spaces YEAR STARTED: 2013

Spotlight on Entrepreneurship: Startups excite, motivate community

BUSINESS OWNER: Sean Richardson (with co-founder Blake Anderson) BUSINESS NAME: RXA  Technology MAIN PRODUCTS/SERVICES: Mobile and Web Apps YEAR STARTED: 2013 ADDRESS: Sioux City, IA WEBSITE: RXATechnology.com TWITTER: @rxaSean Q: What makes you an entrepreneur? A: I am an entrepreneur because I turned an idea into a business. I grew up around entrepreneurs – my mom owns Sunnybrook Flowershop and Greenhouse in Moville, IA

Spotlight on entrepreneurship: Balancing life, yoga business is work

This is the second in a week of profiles of local entrepreneurs who have started businesses in Siouxland. Some are small – with only one or two employees – while others have grown through the years to many employees. But all of them have started businesses here and this week share some feedback on what it means to start and

Honoring startups and entrepreneurs during Global Entrepreneurship Week

Sioux City will celebrate local entrepreneurs and startups during Global Entrepreneurship Week, an international initiative from Nov. 18-24. Global Entrepreneurship Week aims to inspire people everywhere to get involved in activities that embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. Sioux City will participate by encouraging people to make connections and explore their own entrepreneurial ideas, and by recognizing the innovators who launch

5 Questions with Tom Eakin of startup BoomLife

Jefferson resident Tom Eakin recently started the company BoomLife, and on Oct. 1 rolled the beta launch of his GPS Theory app. Here are 5 questions for Eakin. What is Boomlife, and why did you create it? BoomLife provides personal, professional and organizational success engineering services. We created BoomLife with a simple but audacious mission: To help people achieve Life-Long

Coworking space to open in downtown Sioux City

From a Press Release issued by Diane Daby, owner of Springboard Coworking. We’re happy to announce a new addition to the downtown Sioux City business landscape – Springboard Coworking – a collaborative office space that combines the best of café culture with a productive, functional, and affordable work environment. Springboard Coworking is owned by Diane Daby, and is set to