I use the term "connector" a lot when describing what I do day-to-day in regards to helping grow the startup community in Iowa. I get the opportunity to meet with people all the time who are new to the community or are just getting started with an idea. As we talk, I usually keep a mental check list of people that I'd like to connect them with who can help them with what their building and then send a slew of emails afterwards to make those connections happen. As it turns out, many of those introductions and suggestions go to the same people and this post represents 15 of them (given more time, I could easily expand it to 25 or 50 people). You'll notice that most of the people listed aren't founders — thats on purpose (and founders will probably be its own list at some point).