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
Join us for the first Biz Brew networking event
You like beer. Check. You are creative, care about innovation, entrepreneurship and starting or growing a business? Check. Then you’re invited to Biz Brew, a new networking event, on April 18. The event is aimed at bringing together smart people interested in the community, in innovation and in fostering a culture for startup and emerging businesses in Siouxland. Here’s the cool part:
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
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
Books: Good reads about startups, entrepreneurship
When Tom Chapman and Andy Stoll spoke to a large group of business and community leaders in Sioux City recently, they recommended a number of books about creating an ecosystem for entrepreneurship, startups and building for success. Here are the books they recommended, as well as others contributed to a LinkedIn discussion on the same topic. • Art of the Start
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.
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.
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.