A Startup Weekend Iowa story

In a complete coincidence, I was wearing a Startup Weekend Des Moines 2009 t-shirt on the day I launched this blog. That event was my introduction to the startup community in Iowa and also the subject of my first ever post about it. I’ve been thinking about that event a lot this week.

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Chegg founder Phumbhra invests in Apartment List

Iowa State University alumnus Aayush Phumbra invests in Apartment List.

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Trevor Owens inks deal with Microsoft Ventures to scale Lean Startup Machine to 500 cities

Iowa State University alumnus Trevor Owens to scale Lean Startup Machine.

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Tom Preston-Werner swaps roles with his GitHub cofounder

Dubuque native Tom Preston-Werner switches up leadership roles at GitHub.

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Harper Reed named 'One to Watch' by Chicago Tribune

Cornell College alumnus Harper Reed named "one to watch" in 2014 by the Chicago Tribune.

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Men's Style Lab to join Madison, WI accelerator

Derian Baugh, founder of Men's Style Lab (Des Moines), announced on Facebook that the clothing subscription startup had accepted a spot in the Winter 2014 class at gener8tor, an accelerator in Madison, Wisc.