Leveraging Google to power your ideas in Iowa
Are you a… Entrepreneur interested in using Google tech to enable your offering? Developer wanting to explore what Google’s ecosystem? Businessperson wanting to leverage Google’s array of products/services? You said yes to any of all of these? Read on… Cedar Rapids Google Developer Group Launch On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 6PM, I’m proud to be hosting Eastern […]
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 […]
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 [...]Join me for Taking The Leap & WordPress Security talks this Wednesday!
On March 26, 2014 I'll be presenting two - yes count them two - free talks sharing a bit of my knowledge on entrepreneurialism and web development. You still have time to join me and my fellow Creative Corridorians at the events (see signups/info below). Vault Startup School: Lunch w/ Joshua McNary [Beta]: Take the Leap, [...]Follow The Creative Corridor Twitter List
Last week David Tominsky cornered Sarah Binder and I at Vault Co-working asking about who in the Eastern Iowa business community were the movers and shakers to watch on Twitter. We made a list on a whiteboard and it started to balloon. I noted I'd make a Twitter List version for us all to gain [...]Iowa’s Business Innovation Summit: EntreFEST 2014
Do you want to join me and hundreds of fellow Iowans, business people, entrepreneurs, and go-getters at an amazing event which is quickly growing to be a gold standard event for innovative business ideas and inspiration in Iowa? You do? I mean who wouldn’t? Well, this is the last week to get the best price […]
Join me at Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids this weekend!
Have you heard about Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids this weekend? I am participating and you should as well! Startup Weekend is a grassroots movement of entrepreneurs learning the basics of founding startups & launching ventures. Come to the Cedar Rapids edition on February to March 2 to share ideas, form teams, & launch startups. Be part of […]
Why We Create Here – Iowa’s Creative Corridor
Today I attended the launch luncheon for Iowa’s Creative Corridor’s “Why We Create Here” campaign. This initiative’s goal is to expose the stories, ideas, talent, and passion in east central Iowa’s business, entrepreneurs, and cultural communities. I appreciate these efforts, as a proud professional, creative, midwesterner, and Iowan. The longterm success of this project will depend on it bringing out our latent perceptions, […]