Chris Pirillo

  • Chris Pirillo Meetup in Des Moines: photos and recap

    Chris Pirillo capped off his trip home to Des Moines with a meetup at Amici Espresso downtown on a beautiful late-summer evening Monday. A group of about 35 people came out to visit with Chris over the course of nearly three hours, and I was able to snag a few photos near the start of…

  • Q&A: Chris Pirillo on coming home and all things Gnome

    In case you didn’t catch wind of it through our announcement last week or via the Facebook event page, let this serve as a friendly reminder that Chris Pirillo is stopping by Amici Espresso (206 6th Ave.) for a meetup tonight from 5:30-8:30. Pirillo, the Des Moines-born founder of the Lockergnome blogging network and the…

  • Events: Chris Pirillo Meetup, Cowork Wednesday, Venture Friday and more

    Mark your calendars for a full week of great events on the Prairie with one of our own tonight. Tonight we will be hosting a meetup in Des Moines with Chris Pirillo. On Wednesday, take part in Cowork Wednesday at the Vault Coworking & Collaboration Space in Cedar Rapids, or join BIZ’s Business Insights and…

  • Announcing the Chris Pirillo Meetup in Des Moines on Monday

    In a fortunate coincidence of timing, I connected via email with Silicon Prairie native-son Chris Pirillo through a friend in Seattle earlier this week and Chris happened to mention that would soon be on his way to Des Moines for a visit to the legendary Iowa State Fair (side note: the butter cow is now…