At just 23 years old, Grayson Burgess’s company has already generated more than a quarter million dollars in sales. Burgess, senior in mechanical engineering, founded Comic Sandwiches, an Iowa-based company that designs and manufactures movie-quality replicas, props and memorabilia for fans of comic books and superheroes. His customers range from diehard comic book and superhero …Continue reading “Bringing Captain America’s shield and other movie memorabilia to a living room near you”
The Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship at Iowa State University has announced the teams that will be a part of their first summer “CYstarters” program. The program, which takes place over 10 weeks from May 23 to July 29 at Iowa State, will allow teams access to between $6,000-$12,000 in funding, access to industry mentors, educational …Continue reading “Eight ISU teams selected for start-up program”
Go Topless Glassware, a company started by an ISU student, recently won the Dream Big Grow Here regional competition. Go Topless creates drinking glasses from recycled bottles. Cody Henke, senior in electrical engineering who founded the company along with Chris Perkins, acknowledges that it isn’t a new idea, but said their glasses are of higher quality than most. With …Continue reading “CoE student’s company wins Dream Big Grow Here”