Resources

Looking for some help? Here are some resources we have found to be very informative:

• Websites
• Blogs
• Books
• Luncheon Handouts and Presentations (August 2008 – June 2010)
• Newsletter Archives

Networking Luncheon videos and their handouts are located here.

Websites:

• Iowa Department of Economic Development 
• Silicon Prairie News
• Iowa Entrepreneur Network
• The Kauffman Foundation
• MyEntre.Net
• Startup City Des Moines
• The Greater Des Moines Partnership

Blogs:

• Startup City Des Moines (Startups)
• Startup Iowa (Startups)
• Christian Renaud (Startups)
• Tej Dhawan (Startups)
• Drew’s Marketing Minute (Marketing)
• Rush on Business (Law)
• StartupLaunchpad (Law)
• Chris Brogan (Social Media)
• Guy Kawasaki (Startups and Venture Capital)
• A VC (Venture Capital)
• Paul Graham (Startups)
• Blawg IT (Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Internet Law)
• Iowa BIZ (Variety of Topics)
• Mary Stier Connects (Leadership)

Books:

 

	Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist by Brad Feld and Dick Costolo
	The Lean Startup by Eric Reis
	Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder
	Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Luncheon Handouts:

• Christian Renaud: The Pitch (pdf file)
• David Gion: Lessons Learned–Creating Opportunity via Spinning Out from a Parent Company. (pdf file)
• Shirley Poertner: How to Change Your Influence (pdf file) and the research report on How to 10x Your Influence. (pdf file)
• Mike Wagner: Installing the Vision. (pdf file)
• Joseph Hinke: Buying Insurance. (pdf file)
• Katie Roth: Finding Good Employees (pdf file) and Behavioral Interview Questions. (pdf file)
• Jim Labaito: Recession Busting Selling. (pdf file)
• Adam Claypool: What Investors Look For (pdf file)
• Christian Renaud: Prepare Now to Exit Your Business Profitably. (pdf file)
• Dirk Dixon: 10 Most Expensive Tax Mistakes a Business Owner Can Make. (pdf file)
• Rush Nigut: Choosing the Right Business Structure. (pdf file)
• Monte Wyatt: Time Mastery Handout (pdf file) and Time Mastery Presentation Slides. (pdf file)
• Kris Johansen: SBIR STTR Grants . (pdf file)
• JD Geneser: Equity Capitalization. (pdf file)
• Drew McLellan: 3 Marketing Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make (pdf file) and his Marketing Plan Grid (pdf file)
• Tom Vander Well: 3 Simple Steps Towards Continuous Customer Service Improvement (pdf file)
• Kevin Smith: Your Commercial Banker – Friend or Foe? (pdf file)
• Joni Tonnemacher: Fraud…Will You Be a Victim? (pdf file)
• Bob Mortensen: Entrepreneurism (pdf file)
• Tamera Kenworthy: Market Research (pdf file)
• Steven Smith: Do’s and Don’ts of Angel Financing. (pdf file)

 

Newsletter Archives:

• March 2012 (pdf)
• November 2011 (pdf file)
• September 2011 (pdf file)
• July 2011 (pdf file)