Dreamer: Sue Brugman

Business: Crown Clinics

Location: Royal, IA

Crown Clinics offers an innovative solution to a growing need for accessible and affordable healthcare services to an underserved rural population. Its well-equipped mobile medical unit is capable of providing healthcare services to people in their hometowns or even at their job sites, thereby reducing...

Dreamer: Carol Lewallen

Business: Spencer Convenient Healthcare

Location: Spencer, IA

Spencer Convenient Healthcare is a medical clinic that opened in November 2012. It is owned and operated by a Family Nurse Practitioner. Our mission is to promote the health and well-being of the area population by providing accessible, affordable, high quality medical care for people of all ages. We...

Dreamer: Veronica McFadden

Business: Cool Catz Pottery Studio

Location: Storm Lake, IA

Cool Catz Pottery Studio is a walk in paint-your-own-pottery studio. The studio offers a place for customer to create hand-painted pottery pieces, make fused glass projects, canvas painting, and clay hand-building. We offer classes for children, teens, and adults in these art mediums as well as summer...

Dreamer: Christopher Fuhrman

Business: Soft Skull

Location: Estherville, IA

I have designed a cap worn under sports helmets to cool the head and provide additional protection. The product targets youth athletes whose helmets often do not fit properly. The cap is infused with material that remains cool and is custom designed to mold around the cushions of any helmet, in any sport....

Dreamer: Rocky Campbell

Business: Campbell Tree Service

Location: Spencer, IA

Many small town tree disposal sites have been closed either due to the costs to keep one open or the environmental impacts they can cause. Some larger tree waste disposal sites are in the process of closing down. This is where Campbell Tree Service has been concentrating most of their efforts by implementing...

Dreamer: Margie Lynch

Business: Ms. Margie's Flower Shoppe

Location: Spirit Lake, IA

Ms. Margie's Flower Shoppe provides flowers for all occasions with special emphasis on weddings and events. I also have unique gifts, jewelry and home decor items. I create custom designed arrangements to enhance any venue, from large formal events to intimate lakeside gatherings. I would like help...

Dreamer: Cynthia Davis

Business: CinTa Party Rentals

Location: Spencer, IA

What our business does: CinTa Party Rentals plans to supply many of the needed non-perishable decorations for life’s celebrations. Customers would include individuals, families, and businesses in Spencer and surrounding communities. We plan to work alongside event centers and other party room providers...

Dreamer: Amy Hillgren Peterson

Business: Spencer-Okoboji Time Bank

Location: Fostoria, IA

TimeBanking: an organized way to “pay-it-forward.” Watch the video to get an overview -- below is a detailed analysis of how time banking can make things better for everyone in our region. Anyone can get involved -- time banking can even help grow the other businesses in this competition. Thank...

Dreamer: Kayann Ostwald

Business: Whiskers Lodge

Location: Spencer, IA

A lifetime of love and dedication to animals led me to open Whiskers Lodge in northwest Iowa. Whiskers Lodge provides a safe and loving place for four-legged family members to stay while their owners are away from home. My dream is to not only provide a place to stay, but to make the stay a vacation...

Dreamer: Kristy Henning

Business: EcoSense Inc.

Location: Estherville, IA

BagAgain reusable produce bags are made in the USA from recycled plastic bottles! Our mission: provide an eco-friendly choice to disposable one time use produce bags. We are currently in 43 stores in the Midwest and growing! Please check out the YouTube video made by other individuals that share our...

Dreamer: Nick Resch

Business: The Ice Shack

Location: Spirit Lake, IA

My goal is to own my own concession stand. I am 13 and have researched the equipment, and the licenses that you need.The Ice shack will sell shaved ice, and popcorn. If I win I would use the money to to purchase a trailer, and the ice shaving machine. After my business will take off I would start expanding...

Dreamer: Lauri [email protected]

Business: Lauri's Cakes & More

Location: Greenville, IA

I have a home baking business that I'm going from a hobby baker to a establishing home baking business to follow the state guidelines. To purchase the needed equipment for packaging and storage of items related to a home baking business. Purchase doors to close off my domain to prevent other customers...

Dreamer: Rick Frost

Business: Unified Technologies Cooperative

Location: Spirit Lake , IA

Unified Technology Cooperative brings 21st century computer services technologies to rural markets. We do this through a unique delivery system that incorporates the ultra efficiencies of the cloud and a regional on premises field support cooperative dealership program to offer a complete services offering...

Dreamer: Kristine hinrichs

Business: kris' harley rides inc

Location: spirit lake, IA

My business is a taxi service in the lakes area. I purchased it a year ago and it needed a lot of work. I've replaced the vans but the busses are needing replaced. For years Harley rides has services the night crowd at the bars. I've been doing a lot of work to change that and work on the daytime...

Dreamer: Scott Simpson

Business: Fazz's Hot Sauce

Location: Spencer, IA

Whether you like it "HOT" or "NOT SO HOT", Fazz's Hot Sauce is an original recipe that will tempt ALL taste buds! Fresh, locally grown ingredients create a burst of flavor with varying degrees of heat that is enjoyable in many ways. The sauce has a truly unique flavor, texture and color, and it will...