Mason Cook recently started a new position as the Director of gener8tor’s gBETA Beloit accelerator in Wisconsin. Cook joined the gener8tor team after a seven-year career in business development and entrepreneurship in Des Moines. Previously […]
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Category: Interviews
Q&A with Mark Nolte of Moxie Solar
Mark Nolte is best known by most for his time leading the Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD). Nolte spent fourteen years at ICAD, successfully driving local economic development and helping Iowa companies and entrepreneurs […]
Gnarly Pepper: A healthier dip and condiment alternative
Sarah Gotch had grown frustrated with the lack of healthy alternatives to traditional dips and condiments on the market. “I started wondering how we could make salads healthier. I remember watching my grandma make chicken […]
TechBrew: Matt Behrens of the Office of the Chief Information Officer
On the second Friday of each month, the Technology Association of Iowa hosts an informal networking event at West End Salvage in downtown Des Moines for entrepreneurs, educators, technologists, business leaders and government professionals. During each event, Brian Waller, […]
TechBrew: Bryce Hemme, Director of Platform Engineering at Granular
On the second Friday of each month, the Technology Association of Iowa hosts an informal networking event at West End Salvage in downtown Des Moines for entrepreneurs, educators, technologists, business leaders and government professionals. During each event, […]
TechBrew: Martina Schubert of Continental Western Group
On the second Friday of each month, the Technology Association of Iowa hosts an informal networking event at West End Salvage in downtown Des Moines for entrepreneurs, educators, technologists, business leaders and government professionals. During each event, […]
Q&A: What to do after raising $17 million
As the expression goes, the harder you work the luckier you get. So it’s no wonder John Fein was able to raise $10 million more than his original goal for Firebrand Ventures, a Kansas City-based […]
Q&A: Janae Smith, the Apparel Architect in Ames
Janae Smith can literally see her future. From her current second-story location in the corner of a building off Ames Main Street, she looks ahead to moving her business, Threadit, to a new street-level space […]
Q&A: Being the artist…in-residence
It wasn’t quite a sabbatical but the Ballet Des Moines Artist-in-Residence program had the same type of impact on Nathan Wright, the Des Moines-based illustrator. He is finishing the six-week residency program this week which […]
Q&A: A welcoming face for Ames startups
As a leader in the Ames startup community, Diana Wright crosses paths with a lot of entrepreneurs. After studying advertising, marketing and entrepreneurship at Iowa State University, Wright now works as the Marketing & Programs […]