Being Creative & Taking Risks - A Conversation with Design Entrepeneurs

In 2011, four women co-founded Iowa Women in Architecture as a nonprofit corporation in the state of Iowa. With combined experience of over fifty years working as practitioners and educators in architecture and urban design, the founders established Iowa Women in Architecture as a group that would examine issues related to women in architecture and related professions and serve as a resource for women at all stages in their careers.Iowa Women in Architecture holds major quarterly events, engages in outreach activities, sponsors research initiative, and provokes ongoing discussion within the discipline. A student chapter at Iowa State University extends these opportunities to students and faculty at the state's only architecture program and responds to particular needs of students.

Iowa Women in Architecture

Have you ever thought about starting your own firm? Do you have a brilliant idea for the next new thing people won’t be able to live without? As designers our charge is to make the world a better place. Be that through traditional practice, a unique service, or a creative spin on a well-known product. Our panel of design entrepreneurs will share their experiences on what it was really like to start their own business.
 
Iowa Women in Architecture (iaWia) has gathered a talented group of panelists that have all dared to become entrepreneurs. Join us over the lunch hour on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016, in the West Des Moines Incubator’s new location as we pull back the curtain on entrepreneurship.
Open to the public and iaWia members
Event Focus: Explore entrepreneurs in design through a moderated panel discussion.      Panel:           Moderator: Christina Moffat, American's Small Business Development Center           Panelist: Brett Douglas, Genus Landscape Architecture           Panelist: Elizabeth Erbes, AVEC Design + Build           Panelist: Martha Norbeck, C-Wise Design           Panelist: Todd L. Reding, Charrette Venture Group
Lunch will be available for purchase prior to the event by The General Store Eatery in Valley Junction: includes sandwich (choice of turkey, ham, chicken salad, or veggie), chips, a cookie or brownie, and a drink.