Nathan T. Wright is an illustrator and artist based in Des Moines. He is a regular contributor to Clay & Milk.
Find out more about him in his Q&A here and how his first year was as a full-time illustrator here. Wright also just completed a six-week artist-in-residence program for Ballet Des Moines, where he created a comic.
His previous cartoons for…
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Srdjan Pavelic is looking to shift the way we experience music.
Pavelic is the founder of Aloha 21st Century Boomboxes, a wireless boombox that doesn't rely on smartphones. Instead of using a Bluetooth connection, Aloha Boomboxes directly connects with a wireless carrier giving users the opportunity to listen at any location. In addition, the boombox has a solar charger…
Last Friday, Mainframe Studios and Numinous Games hosted "60 fps," a gaming expo featuring gaming and illustration artists throughout Iowa, and the event was a huge success.
Hundreds of people gathered at Mainframe on Friday night. Kids and adults alike were enjoying checking out the virtual reality environments, video games, tabletop games, arcades, comics and interactive…
Iowa’s startup ecosystem has had its share of changes over the last five years, and the state's first startup accelerator has been changing along with it.
Since its inception in the fall of 2014, the Iowa Startup Accelerator (ISA) has taken on 35 startups have entered the Iowa Startup Accelerator program. 21 of those companies are…
This year's Midwest Angel Capital Association (ACA) Conference will take place in Des Moines.
The ACA conference is a forum for Midwest angel and seed investors hosted by Plains Angels that brings early-stage deals from the Midwest onto one stage and allows accredited investors an opportunity to invest.
10 startup leaders from across the Midwest will pitch with…
Josh Larson has spent the last fifteen years co-founding game studios and creating unique videogame experiences.
In 2012, Larson teamed up with Ryan Green to co-found Numinous Games, a video game company that focuses on providing deep and meaningful experiences.
Their latest release is titled Galaxies of Hope. Created in collaboration with Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Galaxies of Hope offers a…
The culmination of the CYstarters program came Wednesday as the fifteen companies in the 2018 cohort presented their ideas to an audience of nearly 100 people.
CYstarters is a 10-week program that provides students with financial support, professional resources and educational workshops for startups.
Inside the Iowa State University Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship, each company presented about…
For ten years now, VentureNet Iowa has been helping companies find the right resources and funding.
Since 2008, VentureNet has contracted with the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) to provide business commercialization services to innovative companies applying for state funds. Specifically, the programs are designed for Iowa-based companies commercializing innovative technologies in one of four industries:…
An Ames-based company is looking to change the way electronics manufacturers approach soldering.
Safi-Tech has developed supercooled liquid metal particles that allow manufacturers to solder on flexible substrates without the use of heat. The liquid particles are about one-fiftieth the size of a human hair and are filled with liquid metal. When popped, the particles release the…
Ag Startup Engine has made an initial investment of $25,000 in Des Moines based agricultural technology startup Tractor Zoom. Tractor Zoom is an online marketplace that connects farm equipment auctioneers and buyers.
"Tractor Zoom’s team and Kyle McMahon is exactly the type of early stage startup the Ag Startup Engine envisioned to support," said Joel Harris, Co-Director…
Fifteen student-led startup companies will pitch their businesses at the CYstarters Finale Event, next Wednesday at Iowa State University.
This is the third cohort for the CYstarters program, a ten-week summer accelerator for Iowa State students and recent graduates.
Each of the startups participating in the 10-week summer accelerator will be presenting to celebrate completing the program.
Presentations will…
For University of Iowa professor Gregg Barcus, entrepreneurship is an adventure.
Barcus became an adjunct professor at the University of Iowa in 2016 and now teaches statewide for several UI JPEC entrepreneurial programs including Venture School, UI Innovators Workshop and the Washington Mandela Fellowship.
Venture School, an innovative training program focused on real-world experimentation, customer discovery, and Lean…