DES MOINES—The second-annual I/OWA conference kicked off Thursday, filling Des Moines’ newest community center with entrepreneurs, business professionals and creatives of all different backgrounds.
More than 100 people gathered at Gravitate, located in downtown Des Moines’ Midland Building, throughout the day for open co-working and educational sessions on a variety of topics.
The conference continued on Friday a few blocks away at the Kirkwood with six speakers sharing their personal stories of innovation and building a business.
While not all of them hail from Iowa, this year’s six I/OWA conference speakers all have some tie or connection to the Iowa entrepreneurial community. The day’s speakers included Bunchball founder Rajat Paharia; Modest Inc. CEO Harper Reed; Techstars managing director Nicole Glaros; Seed Here Studio co-founder Amanda West; Geonetric founder and CEO Eric Engelmann; and Sqwiggle co-founder Matt Boyd.
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