Des Moines The second Iowa Startup Fair concludes Tuesday with the Innovation Expo in Coralville. That daylong event will cap off an 11-day, statewide effort to connect Iowa's startup community with the state's broader business community. A big piece of that effort took place last Tuesday at StartupCity Des Moines and Dwolla headquarters. There, 33 startups … read more

Des Moines A cadre of startup companies gathered Tuesday at StartupCity Des Moines and Dwolla's headquarters in downtown Des Moines as part of the Iowa Startup Fair, a week-long, multi-location series of events around the state to showcase Iowa entrepreneurs to the public. This was the second Startup Fair this year, with January's event attracting 105 startups and more than 400 attendees in seven locations across the state. Tuesday's event in Des Moines showcased 33 startups and drew 75 … read more

Des Moines The Iowa Startup Fair is back for a second go-around. The event, which was created by the crew behind StartupIowa to help foster connections between the startup … read more

Des Moines As we reported in a story published Thursday, more than 400 people attended Iowa’s first Startup Fair, held Wednesday evening in six venues across the state. Designed to create valuable connections between the startup and broader business communities, the free event included exhibits from more than 100 … read more

Des Moines Given the record temperatures on the last day of January, Tuesday evening's Iowa Startup Fair could probably have been held outdoors at the state fairgrounds. But since meteorologists' predictive powers are still far short of Nostradamus, the crowd at StartupCity Des Moines, Amici and other area locations would have to just crack some windows to approximate that fairground feeling. As it was, six locations between Des Moines, Pella and Cedar Rapids opened as public, free exhibition … read more

Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it's happening in the Silicon Prairie, you'll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others in the region. (Left: KC Roundtable on Thursday will feature entrepreneur Michael Sommers.) … read more

Des Moines StartupIowa today announced another new startup-centric event coming to "Silicon Sixth Avenue" in downtown Des Moines: the central Iowa portion of the … read more