Leann Jacobsen hopes establishing StartupCity Spencer, an incubator using the same name and approach of a Des Moines incubator, can put the northwest Iowa town of less than 12,000 people on the entrepreneurial map.
"With the talented people that reside here, that type of innovation can definitely happen in this part of the state," Jacobsen, president of the Technology Association of Iowa and a Spencer resident, said in a phone interview Thursday. "We really hope this is a strong demonstration of rural innovation."
Jacobsen (right) said Spencer has a strong agricultural and manufacturing base, but needed something to attract young creatives. Her personal passion for the community and professional knowledge of technology are intertwined in the project.
