Presenter: Nora Crosthwaite | Owner, Home Sweet Des Moines & Stagerie Date: September 4, 2020 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Location: Online Come and listen to the stories of entrepreneurs, small business owners and community members making their mark in Iowa. As you create your own story, treat yourself to this time each month to rekindle your entrepreneurial spirit and connect with others. This month listen to the amazing story of Nora Crosthwaite, owner of Home Sweet Des Moines and founder of Stagerie. About our speaker Nora Crosthwaite is the owner of Home Sweet Des Moines at RE/MAX Concepts, and is also the founder of Stagerie, an online staging company. She has a background in IT, but switched gears in 2015 to explore her entrepreneurial side and focus more on helping everyday people. She is a residential REALTOR(r), working with people to buy and/or sell homes for their current stage of life. In addition, she started Stagerie this year to bring stagers together with real estate agents and homeowners, helping homes sell faster and for more money in a cost effective and convenient manner. Outside of her work at Stagerie and Home Sweet Des Moines, Nora is a wife to Paul, mom to Layla, and cat-mom to Frankie and Mara. She loves live music, traveling, martial arts, and Des Moines community builder. She has worked with Pi 515 (www.pursuitofinnovation.org) and regularly leads a team for the Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity's Women's Build event (www.gdmhabitat.org). Nora and her family have adopted Des Moines as their home since 2010.