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Samantha Kollasch

Samantha Kollasch
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‘I am’

“I’d lived in African American culture my whole life. In Iowa City, I suddenly was living  among white people, but I still couldn't do things like live in the dorms.” --Elizabeth...

2013 Women of Influence class works to progress Corridor

By Gigi Wood CORRIDOR—They’re doers. The 10 recipients of the 2013 Women of Influence each play a strategic role in improving the Corridor and beyond. Since 2005, the Corridor...

2013 Women of Influence class works to progress Corridor

By Gigi Wood CORRIDOR—They’re doers. The 10 recipients of the 2013 Women of Influence each play a strategic role in improving the Corridor and beyond. Since 2005, the Corridor...

2013 Women of Influence class works to progress Corridor

By Gigi Wood CORRIDOR—They’re doers. The 10 recipients of the 2013 Women of Influence each play a strategic role in improving the Corridor and beyond. Since 2005, the Corridor...

It’s not about you, it’s about the customer

By Lynn Manternach/Consulting You know it’s all about the customers, right? So why is your marketing still all about you? People care about themselves more than anything else. Unfortunately,...

It’s not about you, it’s about the customer

By Lynn Manternach/Consulting You know it’s all about the customers, right? So why is your marketing still all about you? People care about themselves more than anything else. Unfortunately,...

Elegance in simplicity

Local food spotlighted at Cobble Hill By Sarah Binder CEDAR RAPIDS—It’s one part European sophistication, one part Brooklyn cool, and a lot of Iowa local. Cobble Hill,...

Infinity Contact grows staff, office space

Cedar Rapids company added 161 jobs last year By Sarah Binder CEDAR RAPIDS—Don’t call them a call center. “We don’t even like that word,” said Tom Leidigh, founder and CEO...

Startup shifts focus after first year of business

Needle Analytics hosts mapping contest By Pat Shaver IOWA CITY—The founders of Needle Analytics think maps are cool. The company, started by two University of Iowa graduates, develops and analyzes data...

A fresh start

Shelter House features food, janitorial businesses By Pat Shaver The shelter house offers more than just shelter. One of the Corridor’s largest homeless shelters, the Shelter House, was established...

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