We're excited to welcome Paul Singh and Dana Duncan back to Iowa for the second year as part of their 40+ city North American Tech Tour. Last year, we based the majority of the visit in downtown Des Moines with day trips to both Cedar Rapids and Ames. This year, we're changing things up. They'll start the trip with two days in Iowa City and before anchoring their Central Iowa visit at our our new Gravitate Valley Junction location in West Des Moines.
Office hours: if you're looking to meet 1-on-1 with Paul and Dana while they're in Central Iowa, there is still time to grab a spot on their schedule. To start that process, apply here and their team will be in touch with what is available.
Here's the full schedule for Paul Singh for second annual visit to Iowa entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Thursday, May 4 & Friday, May 5
- EntreFEST — Iowa City Paul will be speaking at the Englert Theater at 1:15 Friday afternoon
Monday, May 8
- 9-11 AM, Fundraising for Founders Workshop at Gravitate Valley Junction (318 5th Street, West Des Moines) — Open to anyone interested in raising money
- 5-6:30 PM, Suburban Mayors & Economic Developers discussion, Urbandale — by invitation only
Tuesday, May 9
- 8-10 AM Cereal Bar + Coffee : Meet and Greet Paul Singh & Dana Duncan (318 5th Street, West Des Moines) — Open to everyone
- 4-5:30 PM Central Iowa Angel Investor Meetup at The Fletcher (1802 N. Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny) — Open to angel and venture investors, RSVP's appreciated to heythere@gravitatedsm.com
Wednesday, May 10
- 6-8 PM Full Time Founders Meetup at Gravitate Valley Junction (318 5th Street, West Des Moines) — Open to anyone working full time on their startup or far enough along with a part time startup that you're earning revenue.
Geoff Wood is the founder, connector and space captain at Gravitate, a workplace community for entrepreneurs, freelancers and remote workers in the heart of downtown Des Moines. In addition to writing here, he hosts a podcast, speaks at conferences, organizes events and has been helping tell the story of the Iowa startup community since 2009.