Iowaâs startup mentor Mike Colwell reflects on career lessons Friday, March 5, 2021 6:00 AM
Following Mike Colwell’s retirement at the end of February as executive director of entrepreneurial initiatives at the Greater Des Moines Partnership, he’ll lead one more session of the Partnership’s Raising Capital Seminar Series in March, a twice-yearly power course for entrepreneurs learning how to fund their business.
Colwell, himself a private investor, is preparing to enjoy a “semiretired” life with his wife in Colorado but plans to continue supporting Central Iowa startups as a mentor the root of his work over the years. For this spring’s seminar course, entrepreneurs will benefit knowing COVID-19 opened a whole new set of virtual doors, he said.