Wire Me Awake is Back
Wire Me Awake, an entrepreneurial conference, is back and better than ever! The event has moved to the campus of USD in Vermillion, SD. The goal of the event is to highlight the dreamers, creators and founders that are doing impossible, big things right here in South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. Tickets this year will be sold in batches starting
Iowa entrepreneur, author to keynote Business for Breakfast
Adam Carroll, a passionate “financial literacy junkie”, will share insight on entrepreneurship, networking and building a strong financial plan for you and your business at a Dec. 5 Business for Breakfast. Carroll will discuss how to succeed faster by leveraging money, time, relationships and service with his presentation “Becoming a Super Connector: Secrets of the Truly Successful”. The event is
Base 3 event aims to help startups, new businesses
Event sponsored by RXA Technology and Springboard Coworking Sioux City mobile app company RXA Technology will host its first Base 3 – a one-night entrepreneurial speaking event featuring Dan Wubbena, Crowd Funding Expert, Karla Santi, Creative Director and Partner at Blend Interactive, and Lance Morgan, CEO Ho Chunk, Inc. The event is Oct. 1, on opening night of the Springboard
Lottery CEO Rich to speak at Business for Breakfast
In celebration of National Travel and Tourism week, the Sioux City Orpheum Theatre will host Terry Rich, CEO of the Iowa Lottery, at the semi-annual Business for Breakfast event, which will be held May 7, at 7:30 a.m. The Business for Breakfast event, which is held twice each year, is aimed at promoting business and economic growth in Siouxland. When
Former Meredith Magazine chief Autry to speak at Morningside
James Autry – author, poet, and former Fortune 500 executive – will present a lecture based on his book, “The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom Line Performance,” at Morningside College on Wednesday, April 24. Autry grew up in Memphis, Tenn., and Northen Mississippi. He attended the University of Mississippi, where he
BCU speaker: Using financial literacy to combat poverty
There is a great opportunity tonight for young professionals, students, non-profits and small business entrepreneurs to see a speaker in Sioux City who delivers down-to-earth talks about entrepreneurship, financial literacy and careers. Adam Carroll, a self-proclaimed financial literacy junkie, is co-author of “Winning the Money Game,” and is an entrepreneur, investor, entertainer and more. In 2004, he founded National Financial Educators with
Silicon Prairie Co-founder: Surround yourself with great people
On Tuesday, Feb. 26, the Sioux City Growth Organization will hold it’s annual Innovation Market, dedicated to promoting innovation and creativity in Sioux City. This year’s keynote speaker is Dusty Davidson, co-founder of Silicon Prairie News and Flywheel in Omaha. We couldn’t catch up with him in person, but were able to ask him via e-mail 5 questions about entrepreneurship, innovation
Innovation Market set, Dusty Davidson is keynote speaker
The Sioux City Growth Organization, a young professionals group, recently announced its 2013 Innovation Market, including its keynote speaker, Dusty Davidson, a co-founder of Silicon Prairie News, among other startups. The event, scheduled for Feb. 26, is aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in Sioux City. This is the third year the organization has hosted the event, which attracts dozens of entrepreneurs
Video: Tom Chapman talks about entrepreneurship
This is a near-complete video of Tom Chapman’s comments about building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Sioux City. There are a few spots where it skips 10-30 seconds, and once for up to a minute to change camera cards, but for the most part, his message is intact. It opens with a welcome by Sioux City mayor Bob Scott.
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