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Someone asked me how to connect with the startup and entrepreneurship community in the Corridor. Here's a list to get you started.
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Startup Community: 20 Resources for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Entrepreneurs

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Someone asked me how to connect with the startup and entrepreneurship community in the Corridor. Here's a list to get you started.

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1.

20 WAYS TO CONNECT

WITH THE CEDAR RAPIDS / IOWA CITY STARTUP COMMUNITY
Someone asked me how to connect with the startup and entrepreneurship community in the Corridor. Here's a list to get you started.
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CREATIVECORRIDOR.CO

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER + EVENT CALENDAR
http://creativecorridor.co/
3.

1 MILLION CUPS

WEEKLY PITCHES FROM AREA STARTUPS (+COFFEE!)
http://icr.sites.1millioncups.com/
4.

OPEN COFFEE CR

GREAT CONVERSATION IN NEWBO (+COFFEE!)
http://facebook.com/nbocc
http://meetup.com/NewBoCoffee
5.

OPEN COFFEE IC

CONNECT WITH IC ENTREPRENEURS & CREATIVES (+COFFEE!)
http://meetup.com/Iowa-City-Open-Coffee
6.

IC COLAB

HOW COOL? PENGUIN COOL.
http://iccolab.com
7.

VAULT COWORKING

FREE COWORK WEDNESDAYS
http://crvault.com/
8.

STARTUP SCHOOL

CLASSES FOR ENTREPRENEURS BY ENTREPRENEURS
http://meetup.com/Vault-Startup-School
http://crvault.com/startupschool
9.

IOWA STARTUP ACCELERATOR

COMING SOON...
http://iowastartupaccelerator.com
10.

WE CREATE HERE

CONTEXT + UNDERSTANDING + CONNECTION
http://wecreatehere.net
11.

WELCH AVE

WEEKLY EMAIL + PODCAST
http://welchavenue.com
12.

SILICON PRAIRIE NEWS

news + events for the silicon prairie
http://siliconprairienews.com
13.

corridor business journal

WEEKLY BUSINESS NEWS FOR THE CORRIDOR
http://corridorbusiness.com
14.

DES MOINES REGISTER

AND FOLLOW @MARCOSANTANA
http://desmoinesregister.com/section/innovation
http://twitter.com/marcosantana
15.

EDC

RESOURCES + EVENTS FOR ENTREPRENEURS
http://edcinc.org/
16.

tAI

TECH BREW, PITCH AND GROW, AND MORE...
http://www.technologyiowa.org
17.

I/OWA CONFERENCE

WATCH FOR FUTURE EVENTS...
2013 last-minute replacement for Big Des Moines, will it happen again?
http://iowaconf.com
http://twitter.com/iowaconf
18.

STARTUP DRINKS CR

BRING YOUR CRAZIEST IDEA
Occasional gatherings -- follow
http://twitter.com/startupdrinkscr
19.

STARTUP WEEKEND

WATCH FOR FUTURE EVENTS
http://startupweekend.org
http://iowacity.startupweekend.org
http://twitter.com/startupwkndic
20.

CODE CAMP

MORE THAN .NET
http://www.iowacodecamp.com/
21.

BARCAMP

THE UNCONFERENCE
http://barcampicr.com
http://facebook.com/barcampicr
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More ideas?

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David Sturtz

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