Webster City’s got Ag!
Imagine, if you will, an Iowa rural community Chamber of Commerce without an Ag Committee! I started my job as Chamber Director in 2013 and one of my first goals was to start a working Ag Committee. I began in March and it was not the best month to try to bring farmers to the…
Sunday Update: Stress
It’s been a full month, and we’re only 10 days in! We’re had an major announcement – RVTV is coming to Webster City. It involves a lot of planning, and it’s a month away. I was out two days this past week or Ag Urban Institute. I’m active as a volunteer at the movie theater…
Ag Urban: Eulogy
I graduated from the Ag Urban Institute yesterday. I spent a couple of days every other month with a group of ag and urban folks from around the state. Hosted by the Iowa Soybean Association, we met under the tutelage of Gus Gustafson and explored what it means to be a great leader. Exposed to…
Blog Action Day: Inequality
I was interviewed Tuesday and asked “What do women entrepreneurs need?” My response was “why don’t you just ask me what entrepreneurs need?” It got me to thinking … what inequalities are left for women entrepreneurs? I now have a post to write for Blog Action Day! What is Blog Action Day? Founded in…
1 Million Cups in Brookings Review
Imagine inviting local business people to have coffee every Wednesday at nine am and there is one or two speakers that spend six minutes presenting a premise, talking about and then a conversation between the speakers an audience occurs for 20 minutes. You’ve just imagined what 1 Million Cups is like. The Children’s Museum in…
Sunday Update: Moving Forward
Last week I had the opportunity to climb up on a sky jack and be raised three stories in the air to look at the Webster Theater marquee. I was afraid I couldn’t get on the sky jack. I had to climb up three steps and swing myself up and on my knees and then…
Mailing List for Building Possibility
I write a weekly business newsletter for the Chamber. On it I share articles that are relevant to owning, working in and supporting small businesses. It’s for Chamber members and members of the community. I’d like to be able to share that information with my larger list of contacts that don’t live in Webster City!…
Brookings, SD 1 Million Cups
I’ll be headed to Brookings, SD this afternoon to speak at the 1 Million Cups event on Wednesday at 9 am. 1 Million Cups is a national weekly event. You can read more at their website here. They say it best: 1 Million Cups (1MC) is a simple way to engage entrepreneurs in communities around…
Sunday Update: Vacation
I’m sitting at the Charlotte airport with a 4 hour layover. My great nephew Steven and I are returning from vacation on Holiday Island. The house we stayed in was right on the Albemarle Sound. There’s an advantage in staying in a house instead of a hotel. You can cook your own food. We ate…
LeClaire, Iowa – Worth a Visit
Roger Brooks of Roger Brooks International and the Customer Loyalty Expert says if you’re going to create a business that will bring in tourists, make sure there’s at least two other similar businesses. LeClaire has taken that advice to heart. Located in Central Iowa, on the Mississippi River, LeClaire is hope to the Cody Road…