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Straight outta Fayetteville: Thoughts from a startup tour through “NWA”
One of the most underappreciated aspects of working online is that fact that you can set up anywhere. I choose to work from downtown Des Moines most of the time, but for a few days last week I found myself in Northwest Arkansas (colloquially “NWA”). While there visiting my parents, I took the chance to…
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Thinc Iowa 2012 features new look, two full days of speakers
As of this moment, Thinc Iowa 2012 is real. That’s what makes days like today so special – we get to let the community in on what we’ve been up to the past few months. The first step, along with our partners Performance Marketing (PM) and Shift, is the debut of the preview site for…
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Come eat tapas tonight from 5:30-7:30 at the Des Moines SPN Meetup
Join us tonight from 5:30-7:30 p.m. for a traveling tapas meetup at The Standard in downtown Des Moines. During the meetup we’re joining forces with July’s Des Moines Startup Drinks, and adding movement to the regular happy hour. Throughout the evening, we’ll rotate through a series of tapas stations and signature Minitinis and with each…
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At TechStars Patriot Boot Camp, Missouri vet preps Picsure launch
Over the next two days in Washington D.C., Terry Roberts has one goal: build relationships with the staff, mentors and alumni of TechStars, the Boulder, Colo.-based startup accelerator. Roberts, a Columbia, Mo. native and a former active-duty Marine, is part of the accelerator’s first Patriot Boot Camp, a “TechStars-like” experience that began Wednesday. “I know…