1. My team: Seed Here Studio

2. CITIES WILL
THRIVE OR DIE
BASED ON
THEIR CITIZENS ABILITY
TO MAKE IDEAS HAPPEN

4. Find the entrepreneurs
Startup Weekend

5. Find the
entrepreneurs
EntreFEST
(entrefest.com)

6. Fill resource gaps

7. Fill resource gaps

8. Fill resource gaps

9. Promote a culture of (smart) risk-taking

10. Promote a culture of risk-taking
(connect the crazy ones)
1 Million Cups

11. Promote a culture of risk-taking
(connect the crazy ones)
Open Coffee

12. Promote a culture of risk-taking
(connect the crazy ones)
Innovation Expo

13. Sharpen founders & teams

14. Tell our story.
CreativeCorridor.co

15. Celebrate our success.
Creative Week

16. Results

17. Results
"This area [Peoria] can be
another Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
or Austin, Texas."
~quote in the Peoria Journal Star

18. Results
I told my husband the other day, that
after nearly 5 years of living here, I
can finally say that I'm proud to call
the Creative Corridor my home.
~ Iowa City Citizen

19. Results
I also wanted to tell you that I'm about 90% sure that
instead of moving to Chicago June 1st I will
instead move back to the CR/IC area!
I have to stay the reason is because of the work you and
Andy and the gang are all doing there. It's impressive and
I've always considered Iowa my home. I know I can run a
global business from there, as I do now and have from all
over the country, and I'd love to be involved and help as I
can. They are exciting time there and I can just feel the
energy and momentum. So let me just say it works --
because of you all people like me are coming back!!! :)
~ Young Cedar Rapids Expat

20. What it’s really all about.

21. What it ultimately leads to.

22. Ways to Get Involved:
Subscribe to the Creative Corridor Digest
at CreativeCorridor.co
Attend an Open Coffee or 1 Million Cups
and be friends with entrepreneurs
Become a mentor or investor
for the Iowa Startup Accelerator
or with Plains Angels
Contact Me:
Amanda Styron West
amanda@seedherestudio.com