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OPINION

Business Record finds increased interest in entrepreneurial education

2762_13cb79f3f1_small August 24, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines I love that our friends in the larger publications in Des Moines are writing more and more about the startup community in the area (did you see Juice just highlighted "The Startup Scene" as part of their "Hot in Des Moines" issue?), and I was especially excited to see that the Business Record ran a story on entrepreneurial education in Iowa's largest universities, "Students see benefits to entrepreneurial studies." Writer Kyle Oppenhuizen interviewed … read more

NEWS

37 Gs for 140 characters: at U of Iowa, money grows on tweets

2662_1e5763d900_small August 8, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Iowa City Copious dollars/ From a dearth of characters/ Money grows on tweets Fortunately for John Yates, his recent try at haiku was substantially stronger than our attempt to tell the story of his unusual scholarship in 17 on. Last week, Yates won a full financial award package (valued at $37,240) from the University of Iowa Tippie School of Management for writing the best application tweet. He did so with haiku: "Globally minded/ Innovative and driven/ Tippie can sharpen" … read more

NEWS

Stackd announces free trial and upcoming launch

2161_d3eb527bca_small April 28, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Iowa City Stackd announced this week that they're allowing early adopters a chance to check out their software at no fee prior to their official launch in May. The two founders, Stephen Ausman and Frederick Galoso, are students at the University of Iowa and have been working on the project for six months. In an email interview this week, Galoso described the company … read more

INTERVIEWS

Christian Renaud talks about the needs of a startup community

693_2923aeef7f_small March 10, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines In the second part of my interview with Christian Renaud, CEO of Palisade Systems, we discussed the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Des Moines. Christian’s broad experience in the entrepreneurial space, including nearly eight years targeting and vetting new markets for Cisco Systems at the company’s San Francisco headquarters, gives him the unique perspective to benchmark the evolution of his… read more

NEWS

Iowa Women of Innovation awards recap

November 13, 2009 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines On Tuesday evening, November 10th, I had the opportunity to attend the second annual Iowa Women of Innovation Awards as the guest of the Technology Association of Iowa. The Women of Innovation awards recognize the achievement of female Iowans in ... read more