Des Moines Partnership highlights Dwolla, city’s startup scene (Video)
The Greater Des Moines Partnership, an economic and community development organization serving Greater Des Moines, released its latest promotional video on YouTube. Clocking in at 1:37, the video features interviews with Dwolla co-founder and CEO Ben Milne as well as the startup's COO, Charise Flynn.
In addition to Dwolla, the video shows the office of BitMethod (0:40 mark); the shared office space of Shane Reiser of Startup Weekend, Andy Brudktkuhl of 48web and Geoff Wood of Silicon Prairie News (0:42 mark); the office of Grand Consulting (0:54 mark); the ping pong table of BitMethod (0:54 mark); the Pongr office (1:11 mark); and again the BitMethod office (1:14 mark).
Here are a few statements from Milne that stuck out for me:
"I think that Des Moines as a community has been very good to us, it's opened a lot of doors for us. It's been very nurturing and given us a lot of education."
"You can do a lot in Des Moines…I mean, I kind of use this example sometimes: if you raise a million dollars on the coast, that money is not going to get you very far. In Des Moines, Iowa that gets you quite a ways. You can do a lot with a million dollars in Des Moines, Iowa."
Here's the promotional video (from Des Moines Partnership on YouTube):