Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 11, 2012

I just finished up at Thinc Iowa and am heading to San Francisco for a few meetings tomorrow. Startup Communities kauffman money game sketchbook startup communities thinc iowaI had an awesome time in the last 24 hours, especially last night hanging out for three hours with 20 or so entrepreneurs at StartupCity in Des Moines. I started my talk off today by showing a video that the Kauffman Foundation just did for Startup Communities.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JANUARY 15, 2010

Volunteers, mostly from Iowa where the charity is based, packaged up 4 million meals last year. Tags: Inspirational Politics & Government @MftH charity Gregg Fraley Haiti Haitian earthquake crisis Iowa Mark Aeilts Meals from the Heartland starvation Meals from the Heartland (@MftH) is a charity with a simple purpose: send meals to people who are starving.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2020

by Veronica Baxter. Perhaps. Statutory workers’ compensation laws are particular to each state, but in general, businesses having employees that are not large enough to self-insure must carry workers’ comp insurance. The number and type of employees triggering the workers’ compensation insurance requirement varies, and each state has different exceptions to that requirement. The Number of Employees You Have Matters.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 4, 2021

2 years – Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado (3 years for car accidents); Connecticut; Delaware; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Minnesota; Nevada; New Jersey; Ohio, Oklahoma; Oregon; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia; .

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Q2 Holdings, an online banking company, announced this week the acquisition of Social Money, a financial services software company based in Des Moines, Iowa for $10.6 million. The Austin-based company, traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol QTWO, said Social Money is best known for its cloud-based platform called SmartyPigproduct that assists […] The post Q2 of Austin Buys Social Money for $10.6 Million appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 17, 2013

Thanks to Ben Barreth for inspiring this project with his Homes for Hackers discussion with me when we met at Thinc Iowa. The winners of the Feld KC FiberHouse competition , that I’ve done in conjunction with the Kauffman Foundation , is a company called Handprint ! Handprint is working on some amazing 3D printing and editing technology. We had plenty of applications for the competition – many of them very interesting – but Handprint really captured our imagination.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 28, 2012

A few weeks ago at Thinc Iowa I noticed the tradition they had of giving a standing ovation to the speaker when the speaker took the stage. We got a standing ovation and the end which caused me to flash back to the Thinc Iowa event and made me wonder why the tradition of giving a standing ovation at the beginning hasn’t taken off. I had never seen that before and thought it was awesome. Speakers also got a standing ovation after their talk.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2020

For example, when ReShonda Young joined her family’s Iowa-based delivery company, Alpha Express Inc., by Kelvin Simmons , a partner at Nexus Group. The modern tech leader will encounter his or her share of proverbial hoops and barriers. Whether it’s the development process, staffing, or another variable, your can’t-miss startup solution will probably face an obstacle or two on its way to viability. Regulation is one issue that looms exceptionally large for tech entrepreneurs.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2015

The book 2 Billion Under 20 has great examples of millennials from Iowa to Israel doing things similar to what Fletcher does to make their startup communities more successful. From Chattanooga to Omaha to Las Vegas, many cities in the US – and around the world – are building startup communities. An important part of doing this to attract, retain, and mentor more young people.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3. They represent more than 10,000 people total. If you're not attending the conference in person, consider meeting up with one of these groups to watch.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

from Williams College and an MBA from the University of Iowa. by Cara Wick, President of Wick Financial. The New York branch of the Cincinnati-based Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company failed in late August 1857, felled by an embezzlement scandal. Reports of financial instability in New York quickly carried between cities by the new telecommunications medium, the telegraph , which spread more fear than information.

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Rembrandt Communications

JANUARY 30, 2019

A winning archer since the age of 13, Paige travels the world competing and just returned from various tournaments in France, Iowa, Montana, and Rome. As seen on Little PINK Book. Recently, we caught up with world champion athlete, Paige Pearce. Paige broke her first state record in archery at 10 years old and was hooked. She went on to break 14 national records and qualified for the U.S. Archery Team. There, she won her first gold medal in 2008 at the Junior World Championships.

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Rembrandt Communications

JANUARY 30, 2019

A winning archer since the age of 13, Paige travels the world competing and just returned from various tournaments in France, Iowa, Montana, and Rome. As seen on Little PINK Book. Recently, we caught up with world champion athlete, Paige Pearce. Paige broke her first state record in archery at 10 years old and was hooked. She went on to break 14 national records and qualified for the U.S. Archery Team. There, she won her first gold medal in 2008 at the Junior World Championships.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 2, 2012

Check out the Social Entrepreneurs of Grinnell , a microfinance group started in 2007 on campus in Iowa. SEG provides loans locally and internationally. Pretty impressive. SEG is one of fifteen finalists in the White House Campus Champions of Change Challenge. The top five projects will go to the White House for national recognition and be featured on MTV’s “The Dean’s List.” Voting is open until March 3, 2012. You can vote for them up to 3 times! Lets go #socen #socinn.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

I was in Iowa this week and caught this lovely sunrise. Weekend Favs September Twenty Seven written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2019

Did your dream job make an offer? It’s everything you want it to be – except it’s in another city, state, or even country altogether. Around 11% of all job seekers in 2018 relocated. The next person to make the big move could be you! Relocation for work is a serious business. In addition to the obvious advantages of the new position, there are social, professional and tax ramifications tied to relocating for a job. It can be exciting as well as stressful.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2015

When Shelley isn’t busy writing about home design, she’s often designing or decorating her own home in Iowa. By Shelley Little. Hello web surfer. I see you sitting there, hunched over your desk, squinting at your computer screen. Take a moment to take stock of your body and your posture. I bet you look something like this (above, source: Hello Doctor ). When in reality, you should look more like this (below, source: Greatist ): Let’s get real.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

This came about through meeting with Ben Barreth, who created Homes for Hackers, at the Thinc Iowa conference. I bought a house in Kansas City on Monday. It’s next door to the Homes for Hackers and KC Startup Village. It will have Google Fiber in it. I hope it becomes an integral part of the nation’s first Google Fiberhood. I’m not going to be living in it. Instead, I’m going to let entrepreneurs live / work in it. Rent free.

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 13, 2016

Cory Vieth, 25 years old from Waterloo, Iowa, had a photography business in high school, and purchased a Computer Repair franchise called Computer Troubleshooters in 2012 after working there for 3 years. Our Guest Cory Vieth, 25 years old from Waterloo, Iowa, had a photography business in high school, and purchased a Computer Repair franchise called Computer Troubleshooters in 2012 after working there for 3 years. Also Available On. Show Summary.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Partners include the Idea Village in New Orleans, Communitech in Waterloo, Tetuan Valley in Wroclaw, the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship in Johannesburg and the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce in Iowa. Google today launched Google for Entrepreneurs both at google.com/entrepreneurs and of course Google+. The company is using its 14th birthday this month as an excuse for the timing of the launch.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

For instance, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine specialises in tropical medicine and public health, while the University of Iowa-Carver College Of Medicine allows students to experience one-on-one interaction with the patients introducing them to various community service programs. A Master’s in Medicine degree is a medical program that allows fresh science graduates to fulfil their medical dream.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2017

If you live in the Iowa, you do not need to prepare for a hurricane. by Walt Capell, founder of General Liability Shop . The fact that September is disaster preparedness month is getting swept up in the news cycle because of the vast amount of natural disasters taking place throughout the United States. It is not just occurring in the United States, but also in several neighboring countries throughout the Western Hemisphere.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

In fact, a study from the University of Iowa found that people who typed and communicated quickly emerged as leaders over their slower peers. How efficiently and quickly you communicate with your virtual team can make a bigger impact on your business than you probably realize. It can also impact other’s perception of your leadership skills. This same concept also applies when people communicate in person or over the phone.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Iowa and California in particular are experiencing the benefits of this growth, with Iowa adding more than 19,000 jobs and $176.2 It seems that the dark days of the recession are nearly behind us. Businesses in a variety of sectors are bouncing back, strengthening the job market and economy right along with them. While businesses across the board are seeing a positive shift, there are several sectors that are doing considerably better than others, and we’ve identified them here.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

Just ask the people of Portland, Seattle, Boulder, Iowa, Princeton, Dallas or countless other cities that don’t have enough venture capital. I travel the country a lot. And I am often approached by entrepreneurs in cities which don’t have a vibrant VC community. They often ask whether they have to move to SF, NY or LA to get financed. I have the same response always, “Where do you want to live? Where do you want to build your community, your relationships, your family?”

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 5, 2019

For example, you’ll have to pay them a lot more in New York City than in the capital city of Iowa. Many startups begin in basements and home offices, but many of those businesses expand well beyond the confines of their original home. If you’re feeling a little pinched for space, or your startup is rapidly expanding, it’s time to find a new startup location. The question is, where should you go? Photo by Lorenzo from Pexels.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2018

He has extensive professional experience as an investment banker and venture capitalist and has provided valuable strategic and operational guidance to nine fast-growing SaaS companies including Iowa-based Dwolla and BirdDogHR. by Ryan Gerhardy, CEO of Pitchly. I gave a presentation at a legal technology conference last week. Afterward, I met the CIO from one of our law firm clients who was in the audience.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Laura grew up in Iowa where she received degrees in computer science and english from the University of Iowa. Meet some of the incredible female entrepreneurs who have volunteered to work with the girls in Latinitas by serving as mentors, career presenters, and judges at our 2017 Startup Chica Conference.

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Up and Running

MAY 24, 2013

Portland, Ore has become “Silicon Forest,” New Orleans is “Silicon Bayou,” and even Iowa is taking on the name “Silcorn Valley.” Don’t get so wrapped up in work that you forget to stay up with the current events of the business world! Amid all of the chaos, grab a cup of Joe and take a short reading break. Everyone tells you this crap, but I think this one is really useful. Magazine whipped up 14 simple ways that we can be more productive.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2011

He is a graduate of the Technion in Haifa, Israel, and currently divides his time teaching and researching at Iowa State, U.S. Often in direct cooperation with their Jewish cousins in terms of innovation and business prowess in the 20th and 21st century, Israeli Jews are often thought of as the stronger, tougher, less respectful cousins of the American Jew. But facts change, and so do stereotypes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2016

If a politician is trying to win Iowa they want their reach, immediacy & geography to all be focused. Yesterday I wrote a primer on how to use Snapchat for my peer group of “over 30” people who don’t yet “get” Snapchat. Today I want to talk briefly about why I believe Snapchat is an important media company.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

How much does someone change when they move from Wisconsin to Iowa? As Peter Drucker famously wrote, “The aim of marketing is to know the customer so well the product or service fits them, and sells itself.” ” In conversion optimization , we talk about the importance of knowing our customers a lot. But we rarely talk about the process of strategically segmenting our audience so that our products and services can sell themselves. ??????

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 4, 2020

Chrissy Weems attended a TEDx Talks event at Davenport, Iowa to share the story. Inventive entrepreneurs will always look for effective ways to reach out to the consumer. Direct selling is a simple yet effective way to sell goods and services. According to an excerpt on the Balance, direct selling is the act of selling products directly to consumers. The technique is hugely popular with home-based businesses and often takes place in a non-retail setting.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

The book popularized the technology adoption lifecycle curve that originally came out of Iowa State University shown below. Social Proof in Action … Yesterday I wrote about the benefits of using social proof and authority in raising venture capital. If you didn’t read that yet it might be worth having a quick skim as a primer.

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 3, 2013

Walcott, Iowa. Walcott is home of the world’s largest truck stop, Iowa 80, a TruckStops of America franchisee. There is no question that technology has given us the ability to get work done. You can work anywhere, any time. You can live in a tent in a cornfield in Kansas and do business. Or, you can kick back on some beach in Tahiti and sip drinks with those little umbrellas in them, while doing a face to face (ahem, Skype) business deal with a guy in Russia.

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Up and Running

MARCH 13, 2013

I even practiced pitching to a complete stranger, while taking a leak in a truck stop bathroom in a town called Iowa, Louisiana. I’m sure they know all about crowdfunding in Iowa, LA. Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience this week on the 2013 StartupBus as it makes its way from Chicago to SXSW in Austin. On StartupBus a team of strangers, traveling at 60mph, have about 72 hours to conceive, build, and launch a startup.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 11, 2020

So I live in Iowa, and at the time I was doing a design company, graphic design. I’m going to bring a speaker in, I’m going to call it the Iowa Creativity Summit. At the time, Iowa was very risk averse, insurance focus, Ag, banking, and I just didn’t see a lot of stuff like this. So I invented, I mean, it’s the dumbest name ever, but the Iowa Creativity Summit.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

How about in the last 12 months deals announced with Dwolla (Iowa) and Pollenware (Kansas City). This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 12, 2018

At 18, he headed to University of Iowa to study dentistry. Aristotle still splits time between, Greece, Iowa, and Chicago, and refers to himself as “Greek born, city raised, and corn fed.” High-end sunglass distributors have built a multi-billion dollar business model on one very simple life truth: you will lose your sunglasses. It’s not a matter of if but when.

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Up and Running

MARCH 22, 2016

To get a sense of how to start a daycare business, we talked with Lindsey Roemen, owner of Lindsey’s Family Daycare in Larchwood, Iowa, and Shalonda Owens, owner of Fruitful Trees Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio, about their experiences as daycare owners. In Larchwood, Iowa, there are six home daycare providers including Lindsey’s, as well as a daycare center. Do you love caring for children?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Pete Martin , founder of CEO of Votem , and classic rock drummer The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Paging Iowa elections officials! Votem promises to make voting more accessible, to restore trust in elections, and to serve election management bodies and their constituents. One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Votem is a revolutionary election management company that aims to give democracy back to the people.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Or the growth of Dwolla in Iowa or C2FO being built in Kansas City? I just returned from 3 days in Cincinnati including attending the annual meeting of one of Upfront’s LPs – Cintrifuse. I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 12, 2013

Less than twenty-four hours later I found myself in front of about a hundred small business owners of the main street variety in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Yesterday my friend Chris Brogan asked if he could write a guest post about what he’s learned growing his own business. I had already planned today’s post but was struck by the harmony of these two. If anything about this post resonates I invite you to read them both.

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