On the Lookout for Awesome People

Since 2014, McNary Marketing & Design has grown from a one-man show to a team of innovators. We love marketing and technology and are eager to do more in this industry, while helping our clients do less. As we continue growing, bringing on more clients and helping more companies leverage the exploding world of marketing [...]

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 [...]

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 […]

Take the Leap, a Step-by-Step Process Wrapup

On March 26, 2014, I presented to a room full of entrepreneurial souls interested in my story from my corporate position to self-employment. The event was part of Vault Co-working's Startup School. This was a great chance for me take a moment, consider how and why I had come to my current place in life, and [...]

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 [...]

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 […]

Watch me on “Meet the Meetups: Creative Corridor WordPress Group” via WeCreateHere.net

The good folks over at WeCreateHere.net (a project of The Gazette) asked to highlight on video last week's first Creative Corridor WordPress meetup, started by yours truly and my pal Christoph Trappe.  Sarah Binder, their "New Ventures" specialist both attended the session and took some video.  Check it out above or via YouTube. In the video you'll [...]