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PrairieCast is taking Thinc Iowa week off
Episode 60 of PrairieCast will be delayed until next week. With all the logistics involved in getting the inaugural Thinc Iowa off the ground, we decided it’s best to hold off on producing a show this week. I do personally want to congratulate my co-host Andy and his wife Lindsay on the birth of their…
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Big Omaha Backstage Pass – Shervin Pishevar: Mentorship is a gift
“One, I think mentorship is a gift in and of itself,” Pishevar says. “By mentoring you’re already giving something to the mentor, right, as the mentee. So the value of it is just being in that relationship as a mentor and a mentee. And so if you go about it with that attitude it, as…
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Pipeline welcomes Nebraska with happy hour, applications due Oct. 24
The reopening of Interstate 29 between Kansas City and Omaha earlier this month came at a perfect time for Pipeline. Organizers, current participants and alumni of the Kansas-based entrepreneurial fellowship appear to have traveled the recently reopened roadway in droves late last week, turning out in good numbers Friday afternoon for a happy hour at…
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Events: Thinc Iowa, DeMo, Locusic Launch Party and more
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening on the Prairie, you’ll find it here.
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Thinc Iowa Closing Party presented by Microsoft BizSpark coming Friday
Wrap up the inaugural Thinc Iowa experience with the Closing Party presented by Microsoft BizSpark. The party, which starts at 8 p.m. on Friday at Americana (1312 Locust St), is open to the public. (The Thinc Iowa Opening Party presented by T8 Webware is open to the public.) By this time in the conference, attendees…
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It’s here! Thinc Iowa week begins
Thinc Iowa week is here! Can you believe it? It’s somewhat surreal that we started working on this idea over a year ago and now the time has come to make it happen. This is going to be a special event, bringing people from across the nation to Des Moines for an important conversation about…