Building a Better Iowa Podcast

By: University of Northern Iowa Business and Community Services
  • Summary

  • Building a Better Iowa Podcast is produced by Business and Community Services (BCS) at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). BCS is a collection of 13 unique outreach programs headquartered in Cedar Falls. Our mission is to build a better Iowa through entrepreneurship, education, business, innovation and sustainability. For more information, visit bcs.uni.edu.
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Episodes
  • Cedar Valley Makers provides Cedar Valley with a 'gym membership for tools'
    Feb 27 2024

    Today we’re talking with John Burnett and Nick Pfeiffer about their work with the Cedar Valley Makers (CVM), a space located in downtown Waterloo that offers membership to tools and resources for building, construction, 3D printing, Crickets, and more. CVM is neighbors with the UNI Metal Casting and Foundry 4.0 Centers and provides meaningful resources to small business owners and hobbyists who don't own their own tools.

    Learn more at https://www.cedarvalleymakers.org/.

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    28 mins
  • Iowa Chill owner Scott Burak talks about entrepreneurship at UNI
    Feb 27 2024

    In this episode, learn all about how Business & Community Services helped Iowa Chill in its entrepreneurial journey. Scott Burak is one of Iowa Chill's owners who shares more about the premiere social network, the people behind the screen, and why the team has an office here at UNI.

    Learn more about Iowa Chill at https://www.iowachill.com/ and learn about entrepreneurship at UNI at https://jpec.uni.edu/.

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    23 mins
  • An economic developer's thoughts on the Heartland course
    Feb 27 2024

    Today on the podcast, we ask Olivia Warren from the Downtown Davenport Partnership about her experience at the Heartland Economic Development Course. James Hoelscher, of the Institute for Decision Making, also shares about what goes into the course and what benefits that students see.

    Learn more about the course at https://heartland.uni.edu/ or about the organizers at https://idm.uni.edu/.

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    20 mins

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