Recreation: Plans for a Western Iowa Trail system
BY JAN DEHNER || HINTON, IOWA Helping Sioux City succeed as a Blue Zone community may certainly be one advantage of creating a recreational trail connecting the communities of Le Mars and Sioux City. But the benefits don’t stop there. Safe, secure, accessible, and well-maintained trails are an amenity that can enhance quality of life for local residents and help
Video: Fun promo video for Innovation market
If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the Sioux City Growth Organization’s promo video for the upcoming Innovation Market. Fun stuff. Give it a watch, then let your ideas flow.
Entrepreneurship: Where Does Sioux City Go From Here?
BY SAM WAGNER I’m from the government and I’m here to help. For many business entrepreneurs and startups, no scarier words have ever been spoken. See, governments are about taxing and regulating (among other things), which are often at odds with the needs of the entrepreneur contemplating his or her next big idea. As soon as the entrepreneur starts a
Audio: Tom Chapman and Andy Stoll on Grow Siouxland
In case you missed it, Tom Chapman from Nebraska Global and Andy Stoll (above left) from Cedar Rapids were in Sioux City last week for a business for Breakfast event at the Sioux City Convention Center. He stopped in at KSCJ and talked with Chris Bogenrief for the Grow Siouxland podcast. Here is the interview with Chapman.
Sioux City entrepreneurship breakfast energizes crowd
Nearly 100 Siouxland area entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders and city officials gathered Nov. 29 to promote an entrepreneurial vision for the city. The event was called Business for Breakfast, a semi-annual gathering aimed at promoting business and economic development in Siouxland. Tom Chapman, vice president of operations at Nebraska Global, was the keynote speaker. Chapman, an entrepreneur himself, and a leader
Business for Breakfast event hosts Tom Chapman
Tom Chapman, who is helping attract and promote entrepreneurship and technology startups across Nebraska, will speak Thursday, Nov. 29, at Business for Breakfast, a regular business-focused gathering in Sioux City. Chapman is vice president of operations for Nebraska Global, a venture capital fund founded in 2010 in Lincoln, Neb., with the express intent of growing high-tech startups in the state.
Let’s make Sioux City an entrepreneurial leader
Representatives (above) from the SCGO, small business and business organizations came together in Fall 2012 to chart a course for entrepreneurial success in Sioux City. In cities across America, small business and entrepreneurship have long taken a back seat to call centers and the next big manufacturer. While chasing smokestacks and filling industrial parks can be a zero-sum game at