Iowa Tech Jobs - April 23

The round up of tech jobs in this state on our radar this week. Go get hired!

Kelsey Lampe 4/17/14 Kelsey Lampe 4/17/14

Half Baked or Fully Baked?

Entrepreneurs often debate the question: should I get a proof-of-concept out to market quickly to gauge customer feedback or should I not put anything out until it is fully completed and in its most perfect form? Therein lies the half baked/fully baked dilemma.

A guest post by Mike Ferrari

Kelsey Lampe 4/15/14 Kelsey Lampe 4/15/14

Iowa Tech Jobs - April 16

The round up of tech jobs in this state on our radar this week. Go get hired!

Kelsey Lampe 4/15/14 Kelsey Lampe 4/15/14

Four sources of idea-stage capital expecting to deploy $1.33MM in Iowa

It’s only mid-April but details around four new programs to help fund very early stage startups in Iowa have emerged. One of the programs, NestMint describes this stage as "idea-level". All combined, the four programs are planning to deploy $1.33MM in capital in this state.

Kelsey Lampe 4/14/14 Kelsey Lampe 4/14/14

Why should you move to Iowa to create a startup?

A few weeks ago I met up with several Iowans for bbq and drinks at Stubbs in Austin. Jay Byers, CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, asked us a question: what are the three things the Des Moines startup community needs most?

Kelsey Lampe 4/10/14 Kelsey Lampe 4/10/14

Engaging your Startup Network

In 2012 Becker Underwood was sold to BASF, the chemical company out of Germany, for $1.02 Billion (yes, an Iowa ag company sold for over a billion dollars with little public fanfare.) I knew that a 110,000 employee behemoth like BASF was not going to be the right fit for someone like me, so after a little over a year of helping them through the transition I set off to find a new endeavor using my “Startup Network”.

A guest post by Aaron Horn