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Reading Time: 8 minutesThe engine of progress restarted in 2021, and I have a bunch of momentum rolling into 2022! All of my favorite events from 2019 and before have relaunched in person, and the calendar looks to be returning to its normal arrangement – no cramming a year’s worth of stuff into the second half of the … [Read more…]

Reading Time: 9 minutesSomething really interesting and unexpected seems to have happened this year. Maybe it was the low-to-no expectations I had coming into this year, but it felt to me like life had a hard restart around Memorial Day – like pulling the plug on a computer, then plugging it back into the wall and pressing the … [Read more…]

Reading Time: 17 minutesRoutinely, I have a habit of scheduling way too much in a week. This problem is amplified when I travel, because I know I only have a certain number of hours in a place and want to maximize the time I have. I tried not to do this during the Delta Be Damned Tour in … [Read more…]

Reading Time: 6 minutesI said that I wasn’t going to post again until after my adventures in October. However, I didn’t know that there were going to be so many different stops over so many weeks next month until I put together the itinerary just the other day. Actually, things stretch into the first part of November, so … [Read more…]

Reading Time: 11 minutesIt was only a few months ago when I was contemplating what to do with this blog due to the lack of travel brought on by Coronaworld. I had mentioned then that it was difficult to come up with content for an entrepreneurial ecosystem journey blog when the journey is stopped. Little did I know … [Read more…]

Reading Time: 8 minutesI don’t know about you, but I really didn’t expect for things to start bouncing back toward normal as quickly as they did. Had you asked me a few months ago, I would have said that most events wouldn’t come back in 2021 and would probably be back after cold and flu season in the … [Read more…]

Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s been quite the couple of months of entrepreneurial ecosystem building through online events. One big event down, another now on the horizon, and a great celebration of what we’ve accomplished at 1 Million Cups Iowa City over the past three years. Since the beginning of the year, and specifically in the last few weeks, … [Read more…]

Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s certainly been a while since my last non-review post. Not traveling for months on end makes it difficult to generate content for a blog documenting travels through the entrepreneurial ecosystem. In fact, as of this past week, we’ve officially crossed into the second year of Coronaworld. March 11, 2020 was the last in-person entrepreneurial … [Read more…]

Reading Time: 6 minutesMaking plans in 2020 was a losing battle, and 2021 isn’t going to be any different. With “two weeks to flatten the curve” in its tenth month now, it’s hard to say when some form of normalcy will return. However, I have a prediction that things will start to return to normal when most people … [Read more…]

Reading Time: 8 minutesThere was so much optimism going into this year. 2019 had been a fantastic year, and it seemed like momentum was building toward something amazing in 2020. Had you told me a year ago what was to come in the following 366 days, I would have suggested you find a psychiatrist. No travel after February, … [Read more…]