Guest post by Kerty Levy. Is Venture Funding Getting LESS Diverse? Data from PitchBook shows that “Venture funding for female founders has hit its lowest quarterly total in three years.” While the report focuses on gender, […]

Guest post by Kerty Levy. Is Venture Funding Getting LESS Diverse? Data from PitchBook shows that “Venture funding for female founders has hit its lowest quarterly total in three years.” While the report focuses on gender, […]
In my last commentary post for Clay & Milk, I shared my concern that although some national economic development professionals see Des Moines as poised to take a step to “The Big Time” we will […]
Earlier this week, Facebook Memories reminded me that a publication called Site Selection Magazine put out an article a year ago—before most of us had ever heard the word “coronavirus”—with the subtitle “These 10 cities […]
I was texting with my friend Wade Arnold a few weeks ago. He said something that resonated with me: “A long ways from running around Cedar Falls trying to raise $100K”. This resonated because I […]
Guest post by Brian Gumm. A Coffee Problem In late 2013, in the small town of Toledo, Iowa, I found myself in a “Good Coffee desert.” From 2008-’12 my family had lived in a small […]
Guest post by Christian Williams. A founder’s dream. When Jon, Matt, and I founded OpenLoop we asked ourselves one question. Why are we starting a startup? I’d be lying if I said that we had […]
Guest post by Clayton Mooney. As a founder, I’ve been guilty of taking any and all advice. That’s because many of us have a hard time filtering the good advice from the bad advice. Why […]
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 […]
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 […]
Guest post by Clayton Mooney. Since boomerang’ing back to Iowa in 2014, I’ve developed Topophilia for Ames’ startup ecosystem. I believe the most beneficial loop that can happen here for wealth and resource creation is… […]