Guest Post: Dwolla's Impact
Diana Wright's ode to the company and my commentary about the community it built
A cultural record of Iowa's technology
This is a record of Iowa's technology companies and the people who built them. I'll find the stories and talk to the people 1:1 and bring you what they did, why they did it, and how they see the community's progression since (used to say 80s) the 1960s
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Guest Post: Iowa's brain drain isn't a mystery
SF 2453 is part of the cure.
Creative Technologists: Improv-ing Innovation
What does telling stories of Innovation and Entrepreneurship have in common with Improv and stand-up comedy?
Creative Technologists: music, art & venture capital
A story of music, art, poetry, startup culture and care for a neighbor coming together in one of Iowa's leading venture capital resources
Creative Technologists: Coloring Outside the Lines
Introduction to computer programming has presented students with an anxiety inducing blank screen with a flashing cursor for nearly six decades.
Creative Technologists: Murderous Amigos
Ok, that was mildly clickbaity, but I couldn’t resist.
Creative Technologists : @IowaTeslaGuy
Part I of ∞
The First Post-Prohibition Iowa Distillery
Transforming rolling hills to world-class production facilities
Recognizing patterns through doodling on clouds
a few will get the reference. others, please read through the end
Behind Iowa Whisky: Iowa Distilling Company
Craft, Grit and 100yo building
Slàinte mhath
My Scottish Gaelic wish to you for good health
A Platform for People Who Help People
Marketplaces exist to bring creators and providers closer to customers and clients.
Purpose becomes Passion when it's Personal
Much is written about contemporary society’s normalized conversation about mental health.
From passing notes to spinning their own email
the cultish allure of the Iowa company almost lost in annals of technology's history
The Adversity Paradox of Locked Doors
How Dawn Ainger's fierce sense of agency led to this generational success story
The Anvil that Forged A Future
This final installment digs into one of our community's foundational investments in creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem, supporting it financially, physically, emotionally and (even) spiritually. It is celebration and eulogy filled with feelings of loss and euphoria, admiration for people and places who made it possible, and who remain the community's champions today.
Accelerating Entrepreneurship - II
The story of the New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative (NewBoCo), an entrepreneurial community that never stops reinventing and reinvesting within and well-beyond its city's borders
Accelerating Entrepreneurship - Part I
How the Des Moines-based Global Insurance Accelerator cemented a new paradigm for accelerators and began a decade of innovations in the highly regulated, and structured industry.
Gratitude for the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
This Thanksgiving, I am simply grateful for the continued growth and nurturing of Iowa's entrepreneurial ecosystem in hands of many volunteers and cheerleaders and having the honor of being able to tell some of the members' stories
From Bricks & Mortar to Clicks & Mentor
Frank Russell’s journey from in-person training to GeoLearning’s $100M exit reveals how patient capital, design innovation, and Iowa’s tech diaspora shaped one of the Midwest’s biggest entrepreneurial success stories. The ventures that started in the 1980s continue to expand and impact human capital