Events: Startup Drinks Des Moines, Iowa Code Camp and more
There’s a quality selection of events in Iowa and Nebraska this week, kicking off Tuesday with Startup Drinks Des Moines and closing on Saturday with Iowa Code Camp in Cedar Rapids. Details from the event websites are below followed by links to sites where you can learn more. Find more …
There’s a quality selection of events in Iowa and Nebraska this week, kicking off Tuesday with Startup Drinks Des Moines and closing on Saturday with Iowa Code Camp in Cedar Rapids.
Details from the event websites are below followed by links to sites where you can learn more. Find more upcoming events on our event page, siliconprairienews.com/events, and submit an event for consideration to info@siliconprairienews.com.
A simple concept: startup culture in cities around the world gathers around a bar to have a pint and discuss what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can do for each other.
Who Should Attend?
Existing or aspiring entrepreneurs of all types and ages
In this amazing YPG Entrepreneurship event, John Wirtz will interview Dale Jensen about his experiences starting and running a technology firm here in Lincoln. Find out how he sold the company to Fiserv. Inc. in 1995, and listen to the advice he has for businesses in technology and entrepreneurs in Nebraska now.
Update: Special guest, Steve Kiene, Managing Principle at Nebraska Global and successful serial entrepreneur, will be joining Wirtz and Jensen on stage.
This event is free for YPG members and $10 for nonmembers
Featured Presenter: Doug Wilwerding, Managing Principal, The Optimas Group
Doug Wilwerding is the founder of The Optimas Group, LLC. Since its inception in 2008, Doug has been assisting in the development and management of The Optimas Group’s portfolio companies which predominantly focus on business to business service offerings.
A public panel discussion UNDIVIDED LIVES: A Conversation About Career and Creativity will add to the exhibit opening festivities on April 29 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm. The psychologist, writer and CEO of the Apogee Group, Roger Fransecky, will lead the panel.
Larry Keeley will be speaking at the Jeffrey S. Raikes School on Friday, April 29th from 1:00–2:00 p.m. in the Kauffman Center Great Hall.
Larry Keeley is the co-founder and president of the innovation and strategy consulting firm, Doblin, Inc., and President and Partner of the Monitor Group. Keeley is a thought-leader who has worked with many global companies on innovation effectiveness, among them the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, American Express, Apple, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Ford, GE, Hallmark, Mayo Clinic, McDonald’s, Novartis, Pfizer. BusinessWeek named Keeley one of seven Innovation Gurus who are changing the field.
Immediately following his presentation is a reception from 2:00-2:30 p.m. and the Raikes School Design Studio Showcase from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
We are looking for developers who want to tell other developers about cool things they are doing. Topics they really care about. If you are working with .Net, Ruby, PHP, Java, Rails, Python, SQL, <fill in the blank> and you want to tell other people about it, then consider submitting a speaking proposal.
This story is part of the AIM Institute Archive on Silicon Prairie News. AIM gifted SPN to the Nebraska Journalism Trust in January 2023. Learn more about SPN’s origin »
