EMERGE

  • New Simpson College program pairs startups, established businesses

    New Simpson College program pairs startups, established businesses

    INDIANOLA, IOWA—This fall Simpson College in Indianola will offer a new course to pair business leaders with a startup companies on the verge of investment. The course, called the EMERGE Innovation Immersion Program, will focus on the idea of “intrapreneurship,” the use of entrepreneurial strategies inside an established organization.

  • EMERGE incubator at Simpson College finishes first semester

    In January, Simpson College began a collaboration with the city’s economic development organization and its utilities provider to make Indianola an even more desirable location for startups. At the end of April, the more than 30 students participating …