Beth Bond founded Community Startups, connecting Chicago Public School students with professional mentors, tech hubs and Chicago City Partners, to create businesses that help solve BIG problems.
Read StoryBritney Robbins and Gray Matter aims to educate, empower and assist students in creating their own businesses, while providing them access to resources and support to ensure students understand that their ideas are valid and vital to the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Read StoryJen Kamins and Brave Initiatives are on a mission to empower young women to be brave agents of change in the world through coding, design, and leadership training.
Read StoryUniversity of Iowa aspiring entrepreneurs visit Hawkeye alum and get tips on the entrepreneurial journey.
The University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) is committed to being a national leader in teaching and supporting innovation and entrepreneurial development. That’s why they’ve created a unique, cross-campus program through partnerships with their Colleges of Business, Engineering, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Medicine.
Read StoryAngelique Warner, Founder of Nurse 'N Go, seen here at the recent MommyCon conference in Chicago, demonstrating how to wear her hands-free, breast-feeding baby carrier, shares words of wisdom regarding life and work balance.
Read StoryWomen’s History Month is the perfect opportunity to be inspired by women of color, from the past and present, who have made and are making incredible contributions to society.
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