These posts don’t really fit into any specific group.
Reading Time: 7 minutesPitch competitions are a great way for students and entrepreneurs to raise equity-free money as they build new startups and businesses. I actively encourage students to apply to as many pitch competitions as they find around the United States and Canada. A handful of my students have made it into competitions over the years, and … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 10 minutesI’ve attended quite a number of events over the past ten years. Entrepreneurial events are the lifeblood of the community, bringing people together to create the kinds of “creative collisions” that can lead to great things. That’s why I run Startup Weekend events every year, in order to bring complete strangers together in order to … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 13 minutesI’ve just returned from Texas for the second time this month. It’s been a wild pair of trips – one with plenty of time to explore, and the other with one task at hand. Both trips were nice getaways from the cold weather at home. However, it’s nice to be back at home, even if … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 15 minutesThis past month was an absolute blur. Snowstorms, ice storms, flights, bus rides, and cider shares until well after a reasonable bedtime made January an amazing month, but there was barely enough time to sleep in between the work that needed to be done and the events that had to be attended. In past years, … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 8 minutesPieces have really started to fall into place over the last couple of years, and 2024 should be a continuation of that theme, barring some international calamity timed perfectly for an election year. There’s a lot to anticipate in the coming months, including a decent amount of travel on my part. I’m finally at a … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 9 minutesI love the week between Christmas and the new year. You forget what day of the week it is. There’s no need for an alarm in the morning. Christmas cookies and candy are an acceptable dinner. As we drift toward the end of the year and celebrations of the new year late this evening into … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 6 minutesOn my 40th birthday in October, I sat down and began to think back on life so far – something about a milestone birthday will make one do that. In the last ten years, and especially the last three or so since entrepreneurial events restarted post-corona, I’ve made a ton of progress forging a career … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 8 minutesAt this time last year, still in a jetlagged time haze and reorienting from living on the other side of the world for a month, I started as Director of Undergraduate Incubator Programs at The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center. I showed up the first day of the fall semester under the impression … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 10 minutesLast time I wrote, I was waist-deep in preparing for the Undergraduate Incubator Summer Track, my 11-week experiment in accelerating 16 student businesses from super-early stage to a point where they are beta testing a product or generating revenue. We have four stages in the program – idea, startup, traction, and growth – and the … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 9 minutesIn what seems like the blink of an eye, we’re a quarter of the way through the year and over halfway done with the spring semester. I’m deep into preparation for the summer program at the Undergraduate Incubator, and I’ve started prepping for the fall semester since I’ve already been asked if I need to … [Read more…]
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