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  • All aboard the Iowa Startup Buses for Iowa Startup Accelerator Launch Day

    All aboard the Iowa Startup Buses for Iowa Startup Accelerator Launch Day

    It’s a concept that’s been brought up on and off for months now: What if a bus existed to help shuttle entrepreneurs from across the state to different events? Then during his I/OWA conference talk Iowa Startup Accelerator organizer Eric Engelmann mentioned something about a startup bus, and just like that there was an Iowa…

  • New TAI president Brian Waller wants to spread reach, bring diversity

    New TAI president Brian Waller wants to spread reach, bring diversity

    More than a decade into his professional career, Brian Waller has found a position that is an extension of all of his previous experiences. Last week the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) announced that Waller would replace its president of nine years, Leann Jacobsen, who will step down the end of this month.

  • Prairie Portrait: Brian Waller of the Iowa Economic Development Authority

    Silicon Prairie News: In the nine months since you started your gig with the IEDA, what are a couple of the most important things you’ve learned? | Brian Waller: 1. Know your role. When working for a state agency such as IEDA, I realize that sometimes we lead, sometimes we follow and sometimes we get…

  • PrairieCast Video: Bloom.com’s $5.4m Series A, SXSW preview

    This week Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Brian Waller and our own Danny Schreiber joined us to talk about Capricorn Investment Group’s $5 million investment into Omaha’s Bloom.com as well as to preview the Silicon Prairie region’s involvement in South by Southwest Interactive. Also, check out the video that Startup Weekend …