CoderDojo returns — add coding to your kid’s school curriculum
CoderDojo, the international movement of kids coding clubs for kids 5-17 years old, is returning to Cedar Rapids this Saturday, September 6th, just in time for the start of another academic year. The Cedar Rapids rendition began last Spring, when a rag-tag group of tech and developer dads got it off the ground and saw immediate […]
“Your weekend validation test for being an entrepreneur” on iowacity.startupweekend.org
I wrote a piece for Iowa City’s Startup Weekend 2014 this week to help promote the event and the idea of validating your own entrepreneurial ideas. Here is a snippet: Validate yourself. Spending a weekend at Startup Weekend allows you to do a self assessment of your entrepreneurial skills in a way no other environment allows. It […]
Dev/Iowa: Just What An Entrepreneur Needs
On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 I was asked to come and address a classroom of aspiring developers at Dev/Iowa, presented by the University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center. The students have heard from a number of professionals in the software/web development arena this summer, so my talk took a look at the "business" side of the [...]The workplace is changing: Workplace Revolution
I’ve worked in non-profit, corporate, and now self-employment environments in the last 15 or so years and during this time one thing has remained true: change. Aggressive change has been seen in technology, services, client needs, and employee work. Perhaps the largest changes has been in our workplace expectations – including mine. This week in Cedar Rapids an […]
Learning to trust, collaborate, be authentic, believe, & do at EntreFEST
Thanks to Bart Schmitz (@bschmitz14) for snapping this photo of me presenting "Taking Your Email Inbox From Ridiculous To Inbox Zero" on Thursday of EntreFEST. Download the slides of that talk. Last week in Iowa City, EntreFEST 2014 entertained around 500 entrepreneurs, business people, and community members who shared an interest in innovative business ideas [...]Don’t Miss EntreFEST Next Week & Learn Inbox Zero From Me
Next week on May 14-16, 2014, you'll want to make plans to attend Iowa's entrepreneurial and business innovation mecca, EntreFEST 2014 in Iowa City, Iowa. This year's program is again produced by my friends Amanda West and Andy Stoll (both of Seed Here Studio). Andy has been quoted stating EntreFEST as "If #SXSW had a half-brother in Iowa." If EntreFEST lives [...]Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids “The Movie” from Cycle Studios
A few weeks back, our pals over at Cycle Studios released their short film documenting this Winter’s first ever Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids. I can say from firsthand experience, Will Lenzen Jr. and his team were all over the event, start to finish, recording all elements of the happenings. I have no idea how they […]