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, […]
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Wood: About that public narrative we’re crafting to attract out-of-state people to move to Des Moines
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 […]
Wood: If Des Moines is ever going to hit the big time our state legislators need to act like it
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 […]
Milne: Progress. Even when progress isn’t easy.
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 […]
Gumm: Coffee from the Cornfields — Starting an e-commerce business in rural Iowa
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 […]
Williams: OpenLoop Joins Techstars to Scale Freelance Medical Services Into New Markets
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 […]
Mooney: Advice for startup founders
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 […]
Kimle: The Culture in Agriculture — Entrepreneurial or Not?
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 […]
Matysik: Women in Tech — Pt. 1
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 […]
Mooney: Maybe there’s a better option for Iowa than a scout program?
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… […]