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Whether it’s tiny tractors, collectible combines or miniature semis, Collin Knipper has found big success selling small farm toys. As the owner of FarmToys4You, Knipper sells scale models of farming machinery to customers near and far.
Cameryn Schafer, senior in animal ecology, is the co-owner of Spock's Sanctuary, an animal rescue operation for exotic species. She and her pet lizard, Tsuchi, a blue-tongued skink, posed with Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen at the CyStarters Demo Day Reception where she promoted her business model last summer.
By Amber Friedrichsen In addition to completing assignments and taking exams, Luke Dietrich’s college career has consisted of laying bricks and drawing landscaping plans. The senior in horticulture is the owner of Pilot Landscaping Solutions LLC, and he has scaled his business while simultaneously pursuing his degree.
AMES, Iowa – He is considered a pioneer of entrepreneurship at Iowa State. Over the past decade, he has successfully grown an innovative program that prepares the next generation of agricultural entrepreneurs.
This month, we will publicly mark the name and brand transition to Start Something College of Agriculture and Life Sciences from the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative (AgEI).