Startup Weekend Ames

  • Site for last-minute flower shoppers wins first Startup Weekend Ames

    Stinky Flowers Co. enjoyed a smell of sweet success at the first Startup Weekend Ames on Sunday. The group of four beat out six other teams to take the top prize. With the tagline, “Cheap flowers that make your girlfriend say: ‘At least he remembered,’ ” the team set out to connect “economical flower shoppers”…

  • Watch pitches from the first Startup Weekend Ames live at 5 p.m.

    Tune in to Startup Weekend Ames this evening at 5 to watch a live stream of the weekend’s seven teams as they pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. Judges for the …

  • Meet the seven teams of the first Startup Weekend Ames

    The first Startup Weekend Ames is underway with seven teams working to make an idea a reality in just a weekend. On Friday evening the 51 people registered for the event pitched ideas and formed teams at the CPMI Events Center in Ames. Throughout the weekend, these teams work to solidify business plans and build…

  • First Startup Weekend Ames is April 12-14

    Now Ames, Iowa entrepreneurs, developers, designers and tech enthusiasts have the opportunity to participate in the “global grassroots movement” …