Startup Weekend Iowa City is back, and registration is still open to anyone who has an idea they’ve never worked on before, organizer Jay Cooper said. From July 13-15 at MERGE, Iowa City’s coworking lab, teams will start building on an idea for Sunday’s final pitch contest. Tickets are $20 at http://swic.rocks/. “People show up with an idea. It can be any idea they’ve not worked on before, but they
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June 14, 2018
Survey: Boomers trying entrepreneurship over retirement
An increasing number of baby boomers are turning to entrepreneurship over traditional retirement, according to a new survey by financing company Guidant Financial. Entrepreneurs over age 50 accounted for 44 percent of respondents to the survey, which found that boomers accounted for 54 percent of all current U.S. business owners. Sixty four percent of those baby boomers also reported they were looking to grow business, while only 6 percent were
June 8, 2018
When depression and entrepreneurship collide
Losing two powerful voices within a week – legendary designer and founder Kate Spade, and ally, storyteller and chef Anthony Bourdain – left our culture grappling, once again, with how we acknowledge and treat depression. This morning, Forbes contributor Chris Myers explored the unique emotional risks that entrepreneurs and startup founders face – which led me to this 2013 Inc. Magazine piece, exploring the price of entrepreneurship. The issues are
June 8, 2018
Survey: Boomers trying entrepreneurship over retirement
An increasing number of baby boomers are turning to entrepreneurship over traditional retirement, according to a new survey by financing company Guidant Financial. Entrepreneurs over age 50 accounted for 44 percent of respondents to the survey, which found that boomers accounted for 54 percent of all current U.S. business owners. Sixty four percent of those baby boomers also reported they were looking to grow business, while only 6 percent were
May 24, 2018
Hwang: Framing economic growth through an ecosystem
EntreFEST 2018’s opening keynote is still fresh in attendees’ minds after keynote speaker Victor Hwang, vice president of entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation, laid the foundation for attendees to explore building local economies by ecosystem instead of building individual-by-individual. It seemed fitting for Hwang to commence the conference on the topic of ecosystems in Cedar Rapids, which is hosting the event for the first time after EntreFEST spent several years in
