April 29, 2012

  • Photos and team details from Day 2 of the inaugural OpenIowa

    The inaugural OpenIowa is in its homestretch at Startup City Des Moines. The three-day event, sponsored by StartupIowa, is empowering entrepreneurs, developers and designers to utilize a continually-growing set of government databases to create new ways for citizens to access that information. Close to 30 participants signed up for the event, which began on Friday…

  • Sunday Video: A class on ‘Employee Equity’ taught by Fred Wilson

    Venture capitalist Fred Wilson took his weekly blog series “MBA Mondays” into the classroom this month to share the ins and outs of employee equity. Skillshare, a New York-based startup billed as a “marketplace of classes,” facilitated Wilson’s hour-long presentation. Wilson began his class by asserting his belief in the importance of awarding employee equity.…