Rural Business Innovators Podcast

About Rural Business Innovators Podcast

The Rural Business Innovators Podcast is an educational podcast by the Iowa Small Business Development Center, interviewing rural entrepreneurs and Iowan innovators to effectively share their stories. In each episode, SBDC staff meet with a new small business in rural Iowa and ask them how they have navigated business ownership. You will hear how the business was formed, how it was funded, and how they are currently operating. Business owners will share the highs and lows of their journey and offer advice and wisdom to budding entrepreneurs.

Publisher

SBDC Iowa

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Jun 2024

Latest episode

4 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

44 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Sept 2025

   Art of Aries Studios

   Mitchell talks with friends Tyler Gathercoal and Tollef Sorenson about their studio, uniquely situated in Jefferson, Iowa to give music artists and filmmakers in the midwest an opportunity to professionally hone their craft and present their work. They talk about how creativity meets entrepreneurship, and how the friends learned to develop their passion into a business.

2. 

   28 Aug 2025

   Aghub Midwest

3. 

   21 Aug 2025

   Warm Wishes

   Mitchell meets with Kristin Lang, owner of Warm Wishes, a craft, gift, and stationery store in Jefferson, Iowa. They talk about how managing a card shop means being a part of birthday parties and special announcements in the town, and getting to be a part of special traditions like Jefferson's annual Bell Tower Festival.

Who has been a guest on Rural Business Innovators Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Frances Johnson
• Mitchell Kearns
• Mitchell Fox
• Thuy Nguyen
• Aaron Warner

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 15 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

16

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.