Mike Colwell

  • Prairie Moves: Bryan McCarty, Canvis, God at Play and more

    Reminder – Prairie Moves is now a bi-weekly series. Learn more in our most recent Prairie Moves. What is Prairie Moves? Published Tuesdays and Thursday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your…

  • With casesmpl, Colwell and Flynn look to cure carrying headaches

    Toting their electronics from appointment to appointment, Mike Colwell and Charise Flynn grew increasingly frustrated with the lack of a protective container for all their devices that was, well, simple. “While there are thousands of sleeves and countless …

  • Business Record takes close look at Des Moines startup scene

    Our friends at the Business Record ran several stories in their most recent issue highlighting the startup community in Des Moines, and like we did with Lynn Hicks’ article in the Des Moines Register last week, we wanted to make sure our audience saw them as well. In the first article, writer Kyle Oppenhuizen interviews…

  • PrairieCast with Mike Colwell and James Eliason (Video)

    On this week’s PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Mike Colwell of the Business Innovation Zone and Casesmpl and James Eliason of Eliason Media and Uppward. Discussed this week: Casesmpl launches, Dream Big, Grow Here contest announced for 7/1, Uppward expands to any device that includes Facebook …

  • PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m Tuesday with James Eliason and Mike Colwell

    Tune in at 2 p.m. today for Episode 44 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We’ll be joined by guests James Eliason of Eliason Media and Uppward and Mike Colwell of the Business Innovation Zone. Both guests have special announcements to make on the show, so be sure to join us live. Additional discussion…

  • BIZ Luncheon Series: Transitioning from consulting to products (Video)

    Mike Colwell, director of the Business Innovation Zone in Des Moines, holds a monthly educational luncheon for entrepreneurs across Central Iowa. Called the “Business Insights and Networking Luncheon Series,” each event features a speaker from the community with either expertise or thought leadership in an area that’s applicable to people working on building high growth…

  • BIZ Luncheon Series: Matt Kinley of Equity Dynamics on equity capital

    Mike Colwell, director of the Business Innovation Zone in Des Moines, holds an educational luncheon series for entrepreneurs across central Iowa called the Business Insights and Networking Luncheon Series. Each luncheon features a speaker from the community with either expertise or thought leadership in an area that’s applicable to people working on building high-growth and…

  • BIZ Raising Capital Seminar: Paul Juffer on the types of capital available

    Mike Colwell, director of the Business Innovation Zone in Des Moines, holds an educational luncheon for entrepreneurs across central Iowa. Called the “Business Insights and Networking Luncheon Series,” each luncheon features a speaker from the community with either expertise or thought leadership in an area that’s applicable to people working on building high-growth and scalable…

  • BIZ Luncheon Series: Ben Milne of Dwolla (Video)

    Mike Colwell, director of the Business Innovation Zone in Des Moines, holds an educational luncheon for entrepreneurs across Central Iowa. Called the “Business Insights and Networking Luncheon Series,” each luncheon features a speaker from the community with either expertise or thought leadership in an area that’s applicable to people working on building high-growth and scalable…

  • BIZ Luncheon Series: Justin Schoen of eComegy presents on SEO

    Mike Colwell, director of the Business Innovation Zone in Des Moines, holds an educational luncheon for entrepreneurs across Central Iowa. Called the “Business Insights and Networking Luncheon Series,” each luncheon features a speaker from the community with either expertise or thought leadership in an area that’s applicable to people working on building high growth and…