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Thinc Iowa 2011

  • Thinc Iowa: Andy Murray on overcoming ‘poverty of creativity’

    Andy Murray, the founder and chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi X, kicked off Thinc Iowa as the first speaker today at the Temple for Performing Arts in Des Moines. Murray discussed the common challenges that both corporations and startups share and focused the rest of his talk on the five themes that make entrepreneurship in…

  • Thinc Iowa: Photo booth fun from the opening party

    Give the photos from Thinc Iowa’s opening party a once-over and you might mistake our conference on the common ground between corporations and startups for an event focused on the place where Clark Kent and Superman meet. That is to say, the phone booth was a busy spot at last night’s opening bash. An estimated…

  • Tune in here: Thinc Iowa live-streaming all day

    Thanks to the support of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a Kansas City-based foundation that works to harness the power of entrepreneurship and innovation, we’ll be live-streaming all nine speaker presentations of our Thinc Iowa conference at no charge and ad-free. With this awesome opportunity in mind, we’d ask that you take part …

  • Watch the Thinc Iowa live stream, join the conversation

    From the moment the emcee takes the stage at our inaugural Thinc Iowa conference on Friday, we will amplify the important conversation taking place inside the walls of the venue by providing a free live stream of every speaker presentation, from Andy Murray at 9:15 a.m. to Ben Silbermann at 4:50 p.m. (See full schedule.)…

  • Get to know the Thinc Iowa speakers

    Headed to Thinc Iowa but haven’t had time yet to study up on all the presenters? Not to worry; we can help you cram before Friday. We did our homework on all the Thinc Iowa speakers so that you can brush up on them before you sit down at the Temple for Performing Arts on…

  • Events: Thinc Iowa, DeMo, Locusic Launch Party and more

    Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening on the Prairie, you’ll find it here.

  • Thinc Iowa Closing Party presented by Microsoft BizSpark coming Friday

    Wrap up the inaugural Thinc Iowa experience with the Closing Party presented by Microsoft BizSpark. The party, which starts at 8 p.m. on Friday at Americana (1312 Locust St), is open to the public. (The Thinc Iowa Opening Party presented by T8 Webware is open to the public.) By this time in the conference, attendees…

  • It’s here! Thinc Iowa week begins

    Thinc Iowa week is here! Can you believe it? It’s somewhat surreal that we started working on this idea over a year ago and now the time has come to make it happen. This is going to be a special event, bringing people from across the nation to Des Moines for an important conversation about…

  • Join us Oct. 20: Thinc Iowa Opening Party presented by T8 Webware

    At 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 20 prepare to break the first steps on the Thinc Iowa “common ground” at the Des Moines Social Club for the Thinc Iowa Opening Party presented by T8 Webware, a Cedar Falls-based financial services website strategy firm. This first event of the Thinc Iowa circuit is open to the…

  • Guest Post: Why ThINC Iowa? The story behind the ‘inc’

    (This is a guest post by Camille Wolfe of Performance Marketing, our Des Moines-based design and identity partner for Thinc Iowa.) Before Thinc Iowa was Thinc Iowa, it was an idea in search of an identity. Performance Marketing was delighted to be part of that creative process from the beginning. Of course, before we could…