Revolution, the Washington, D.C.-based investment arm of AOL-founder turned venture capitalist Steve Case, debuted a new “Ecosystem Playbook” last week that includes at least two Des Moines sources, Gravitate’s e-newsletter the Pull reported. The document draws ideas and insights from 33 cities visited on the “Rise of the Rest” bus tours, which stopped in Des Moines in 2014. The book includes Geoff Wood’s thoughts on how to get connected in the startup community and thoughts from Tina Hoffman — then at the Iowa Economic Development Authority, now of MidAmerican Energy — about the creation of local accelerators by partnerships in the insurance and agriculture sectors.
