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Meet the 12 teams of Startup Weekend Iowa City
CORALVILLE, IOWA—Startup Weekend Iowa City kicked off Friday evening at the University of Iowa BioVentures Center in Coralville, Iowa, to hear the event’s 78 attendees pitch 44 ideas in 60 seconds each.
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Everything you need to know about the four IA Startup Weekends this fall
At this point, Startup Weekends are fairly common occurrences across entrepreneurial communities. But it’s not often that four Startup Weekends are organized within a few weeks of each other in the same state. Starting on Sept. 5, there will be four Startup Weekends hosted across Iowa—Sioux City, Iowa City, Des Moines and Cedar Falls—in the…
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Biography app Tellmystory takes top prize at Startup Weekend Iowa City
Tellmystory walked away as the winner of Startup Weekend Iowa City on Sunday night. The team’s app, which is designed to preserve memories through text, audio and video, resonated with judges and audience members alike. Three teams participated in Sunday night’s final pitch session at the John Pappajohn Business Building on the campus of the…
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Meet the teams of Startup Weekend Iowa City
The second Startup Weekend Iowa City is nearing the conclusion of its second day, and three teams are plugging away inside the University of Iowa’s Pappajohn Business Building in preparation for a Sunday night finale. About 15 of the event’s 25 participants gave one-minute pitches during Friday night’s opening pitch session, event co-organizer Shannon Younger…
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Iowa City to host second Startup Weekend Oct. 5-7
Startup Weekend Iowa City is back for a second go-around Oct. 5-7, and tickets are still available for developers, designers and businesspeople. The weekend-long event, which is designed to help participants learn the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures, will take place inside the John Pappajohn Business Building (21 East Market St.) on…
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Q&A: RecBob CEO discusses going full-time with Startup Weekend idea
John Schnipkoweit (left), the co-founder and now former CTO of Ovation Networks in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has gone full-time with an idea he first pitched at Startup Weekend Iowa City in October. And he’s not alone. “I’ve sold all of my shares in Ovation Networks to my co-founder,” Schnipkoweit said in an email interview on…
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Results and photos from Startup Weekend Columbia and Iowa City
A couple of black and gold college towns rolled out the red carpet for entrepreneurial aspirations over the weekend, as both Columbia and Iowa City played host to Startup Weekend, the 54-hour event during which participants work to build ideas into the foundations of viable businesses. In Columbia, where more than 70 participants turned out…
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Events: Startup Weekend, Startup Drinks, Googlization and more
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening on the Prairie, you’ll find it here. (Left: On Wednesday, Siva Vaidhyanathan will give a presentation in Kansas City examining the ways individuals have…
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Startup Weekend Iowa City starts Sept 30, Tony Hsieh slated as keynote
Pulling out the tech scene star power, Startup Weekend Iowa City (Sept. 30 – Oct. 2) is featuring a video introduction by Zappos CEO and best-selling author Tony Hsieh. “(I) defintely encourage all of you, if you’ve got an idea, pitch it,” Hsieh says in a five-minute video that also features Dylan Bathurst of Zappos’…