Geoff Wood

  • Do we really need Silicon Prairie News?

    Do we really need Silicon Prairie News?

    Three months ago I was hired by AIM to be the new managing editor of Silicon Prairie News. Since then, nearly every day, I’ve listened to entrepreneurs across the region. I’ve met college students with a kickstarter and a dream. I’ve met mid-career professionals who hit the restart button and are risking everything with kids…

  • 10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to the DSM startup community

    10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to the DSM startup community

    While the Silicon Prairie may span across several states, include vastly different types of companies and entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds (and football rivalries), supportive communities are one factor that tie them all together. Whether you’re in Omaha or Des Moines, Kansas City or Cedar Rapids, you’ll find people who really care about helping their fellow…

  • How to create an entrepreneurial center of gravity like Gravitate

    How to create an entrepreneurial center of gravity like Gravitate

    It’s been less than a month since Des Moines’ newest community focal point, Gravitate, opened on the third floor of the Midland Building, located at the corner of Sixth and Mulberry Streets. With more than 40 co-workers and all of the space’s private offices already filled with local startups, Gravitate’s beginnings might just seem like…

  • Photos: Move-in begins as Des Moines’ Gravitate opens to public

    Photos: Move-in begins as Des Moines’ Gravitate opens to public

    Monday was move-in day at Gravitate, Des Moines’ newest “entrepreneurial center of gravity.” With StartupCity Des Moines closing to the public last week, many of the companies and co-workers previously there migrated one block south on Sixth Avenue to their new digs inside the Midland Building.

  • Coming soon: Inaugural Des Moines Tech Week slated for Oct. 8-17

    Coming soon: Inaugural Des Moines Tech Week slated for Oct. 8-17

    It’s not often an entire community gets together to celebrate its collective accomplishments, but come October central Iowa community members are hoping to do just that.

  • Get to know the six finalists for Silicon Prairie Champion

    Get to know the six finalists for Silicon Prairie Champion

    While entrepreneurs are hard at work building, this individual or company selflessly gives time to advancing their startup community. And the finalists are…

  • All systems go: Gravitate registers 25 co-workers, begins construction

    About a month ago, Geoff Wood proposed a plan for what could become central Iowa’s new “entrepreneurial center of gravity” following the fast-approaching end of StartupCity Des Moines in September. Now it looks like all systems are go with the new space, to be named Gravitate. Located in the Midland Building, just blocks from StartupCity’s…

  • Meet Gravitate, Des Moines’ new entrepreneurial center of gravity

    Earlier this month, Geoff Wood announced a plan for a space that would become Des Moines’ next “entrepreneurial center of gravity.” Now, after discussions with various members of the community and the building’s owner, plans for the space are beginning to coalesce. The space will be called Gravitate—a nod to the space’s goal of becoming…

  • What comes after StartupCity? Des Moines might have an answer

    There’s been a lot of talk about what comes after StartupCity Des Moines when its funding ends in September. There have been community meetings and a report of findings from those meetings. And now, there just might be an answer. Today Geoff Wood published a blog post outlining some of this thoughts and ideas for…

  • Weekly Recap: Bawte on TV, Tesla banned and Big Omaha coverage

    Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week.