A snippet of the “Silicon Sixth” interactive map published by the Des Moines Register on Friday. Screenshot from desmoinesregister.com.
Update Sunday – Read the Register story by Lynn Hicks: “Information technology startups find a collegial spot in Des Moines“
The Des Moines Register is previewing a Sunday feature about Des Moines’ growing startup scene with an interactive map highlighting 19 businesses, mainly tech or web-based, located in the city’s downtown district. “Iowa’s information technology industry won’t fill a valley,” the Register published on its website on Friday. “But it does have nearly 20 tech companies in a span of three blocks. More are coming.
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“On Sunday, learn more about the rising stars and incubator companies of Sixth Avenue in Des Moines.”
In Goeff Wood‘s post on Friday, he made a reference to Silicon Sixth Avenue – “the first Startup Job Crawl on Des Moines’ ‘Silicon Sixth Avenue.’ ” Though I’m not on the ground daily in Des Moines, I have the privilege of covering the city’s tech and entrepreneurial activity weekly, and I’ll admit that I quite like this new nickname, and even more so, the density of entrepreneurs, marketers, business people, developers, designers and, best of all, dreamers that it represents.
Check out the Register’s interactive map today, and make sure to visit desmoinesregister.com on Sunday.
Disclosure: Silicon Prairie News has two connections to the map, which makes it extra cool. Besides our organization being labeled, Geoff Wood’s personal venture, Eggcrates, is also labeled.