Abby Rowling
The Human Moment: Coworking for your health

When it comes to leading a healthy and fulfilling life, it's not just about hitting the gym and eating your veggies. Studies have shown that community and connection play a vital role in our overall well-being, both mentally and physically.

Joining a coworking community can do wonders for your mental well-being by providing a space that fosters and strengthens social connections. It's not just about the physical amenities like a desk, coffee, and Wi-Fi, but rather the built-in network of individuals who can become your friends, support system, or even your future partner (we've seen it happen!).

The Human Moment: Coworking for your health

List Posts (shame!)

Startup community helps land Des Moines on Fortune list of "up-and-coming"

A recent Fortune.com video includes Des Moines on a list of "5 cities with up-and-coming downtowns" and cites the startup community as one reasons.

"There's a growing hub of startups, venture capitalists and internet incubators," says Fortune Assistant Managing Editor Leigh Gallagher while the video shows an image of a huge open office with several large Mac monitors and then another with a man working at an open table with couches, a wingback chair and some British red telephone boxes behind him.

The 5 people who cover Iowa startups

For the last 43 weeks I’ve consistently scanned all the press there is to scan about the Iowa startup community to put together the Welch Avenue Weekly (a super cool news digest of the top three news items each week). That means looking at the big community newspapers (and the small), the local blogs and the national tech press as well as trolling a few lists of startup founders to see who is writing about their companies. What I’ve found through that process is that there are five people who consistently write about the startup community. There are many others who will occasionally write about it — for instance when a community hosts an event like a Startup Weekend that business reporter for the local paper will often cover that event.

15 people to know in the Iowa Startup Community

15 people to know in the Iowa Startup Community

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).