Books: Good reads about startups, entrepreneurship
When Tom Chapman and Andy Stoll spoke to a large group of business and community leaders in Sioux City recently, they recommended a number of books about creating an ecosystem for entrepreneurship, startups and building for success. Here are the books they recommended, as well as others contributed to a LinkedIn discussion on the same topic. • Art of the Start
Audio: Tom Chapman and Andy Stoll on Grow Siouxland
In case you missed it, Tom Chapman from Nebraska Global and Andy Stoll (above left) from Cedar Rapids were in Sioux City last week for a business for Breakfast event at the Sioux City Convention Center. He stopped in at KSCJ and talked with Chris Bogenrief for the Grow Siouxland podcast. Here is the interview with Chapman.
Video: Tom Chapman talks about entrepreneurship
This is a near-complete video of Tom Chapman’s comments about building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Sioux City. There are a few spots where it skips 10-30 seconds, and once for up to a minute to change camera cards, but for the most part, his message is intact. It opens with a welcome by Sioux City mayor Bob Scott.
Sioux City entrepreneurship breakfast energizes crowd
Nearly 100 Siouxland area entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders and city officials gathered Nov. 29 to promote an entrepreneurial vision for the city. The event was called Business for Breakfast, a semi-annual gathering aimed at promoting business and economic development in Siouxland. Tom Chapman, vice president of operations at Nebraska Global, was the keynote speaker. Chapman, an entrepreneur himself, and a leader
Business for Breakfast event hosts Tom Chapman
Tom Chapman, who is helping attract and promote entrepreneurship and technology startups across Nebraska, will speak Thursday, Nov. 29, at Business for Breakfast, a regular business-focused gathering in Sioux City. Chapman is vice president of operations for Nebraska Global, a venture capital fund founded in 2010 in Lincoln, Neb., with the express intent of growing high-tech startups in the state.