Jeremie Miller joins Layer

Jeremie Miller joines Layer as Chief Scientist. He had previously founded Jabber and co-founded Singly. He's a Cascade native who recently relocated to the Denver-area.

Kelsey Lampe 11/4/13 Kelsey Lampe 11/4/13

Iowans in the TechStars network

The following is a list of Iowans (current and expat) who have participated in the TechStars accelerator program either at one of the TechStars proper locations or in one of the "Powered by TechStars" branded accelerators.

Kelsey Lampe 10/31/13 Kelsey Lampe 10/31/13

Chegg seeking $200M IPO with valuation of $1B

Chegg, founded in Ames by Iowa Expat Aayush Phumbrha, originally planned to raise $150M in its IPO but upped that today to almost $200M according to the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Kelsey Lampe 10/25/13 Kelsey Lampe 10/25/13

Scott Heiferman speaks in Iowa City

Scott Heiferman, an Iowa expat (University of Iowa alumnus) and founder of Meetup.com, spoke at the Startup Iowa Town Hall during the UP America Summit on Wednesday evening.

Kelsey Lampe 10/23/13 Kelsey Lampe 10/23/13

Ten Iowa expats in tech you should know (updated)

Since identifying Iowa expats is one of the primary purposes of this blog, I thought I'd start with a the following list: "Ten Iowa expats in tech you should know".

Kelsey Lampe 10/22/13 Kelsey Lampe 10/22/13

Hello world. We're from Iowa.

Welcome to the latest startup community initiative from Welch Avenue: IowaExpats.co