Guest post by Kevin Kimle.
At the beginning of my appointment at Iowa State University in 2009, I traveled to Palo Alto, California for a conference for venture investors. The event, during the height of the financial crisis, had one panel where a representative of the consumer electronics business had a bit of a riff on…
This is the first of a three-part series of guest posts by Lauren Matysik that will highlight accomplished women in tech. The first interview is with Colleen Kinsey, a UX Strategist at LenderClose and founder of Kinsey Co.
Women in tech isn’t an anomaly, but it’s a sadly linear statistic. As of early 2020, only 26%…
Guest post by Nancy Mwirotsi.
We must prepare for foundational shifts to virtually all industries, including a necessarily altered workforce profile. All jobs are quickly changing but we are not adapting to change as quickly as we should. While automation and the Internet of things (IoT) are making many processes easier for each one of…
Guest post by Michael Brook.
We don’t know how long this is going to last, or what the long term implications will be. What we do know is that we have a business on the line, and we have to do everything we can to survive.
Unless you’re one of the lucky ones whose business…
Guest post by Jon Lensing.
Apollo is a health-tech based startup founded by medical students from the University of Iowa. Our mission is to improve community health through the accelerated delivery of patient services. Using our online platform, hospitals can post jobs, and providers can create profiles.
Currently, we have repurposed our platform to help…
Guest post by Eric Engelmann.
The current situation in Iowa (and globally) is a bit unprecedented. Many startups are at risk and need to take decisive action to survive or reduce the risk of failure. But it might also be an opportunity!
For startup founders and CEOs: Dealing with a crisis like this is a…
Guest post by Scott Hoekman.
If Iowans were to go back to the beginning of 2010, then we would find a startup ecosystem just emerging from the recession. With the benefit of this time machine, we would be observing how the success stories of today were formed. As a great example, we would see how…
Guest post by Andrew Zalasky.
In central Iowa, there are dozens of young founders – defined loosely as those college-age(ish) with a product or service either prepared to launch or already in the market.
When you expand the scope to include emerging tech hubs in the state like Cedar Falls, Mason City, Davenport and Iowa…
After 14 years and two weeks with the Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD) I started writing some thoughts to leave with this amazing team that I have been so blessed to work with. I wanted to share those thoughts for what its work with my peers in the economic development profession as I step away…
“I’m hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That’s what this world is about.”— Jay-Z
I’m
at an exciting point in my life where I get to build a project with new
technology. One that connects technology and the real world and promotes
outdoor activity and competition. Once I recognized…
In early 2018, Facebook announced major changes that will continue to shift what is shown in News Feeds toward posts from family and friends. With these changes, Facebook’s algorithm will prioritize posts that spark back-and-forth discussion or inspire people to share and interact with other people using the world’s most popular social network.
While it’s…
As much as I love video games the industry that creates them is often an unscrupulous place, overflowing with con men in business suits who have one objective—make as much money for as little work possible.
The video game industry has grown up, making it a prime target for clueless money men.
Long operating in the shadows…