iOWA FOUNDER SURVEY

The Iowa Founder Survey is an in-depth survey of Iowa's startup founders to shed light on the state of startups throughout Iowa. The survey will dive into questions on the fundraising climate, working environment, future outlook, and the challenges of operating a startup.

Here is more information about what we’re asking in the survey and how the information will be used:

• General information about your company (location, year founded, industry)

• Resources in Iowa you’ve used to date (accelerators, incubators, etc.)

• Fundraising history (venture capital, grants, state funding)

• Demographic information

• Perception of Iowa's startup ecosystem

Data from this survey will be used to design and develop the Iowa Innovation Dashboard, a comprehensive indicator of entrepreneurial activity in the state of Iowa, compiling several key metrics of entrepreneurial information into one dashboard to capture the pulse of Iowa's entrepreneurial and startup climate.

We believe that tracking these metrics is important for capturing the vibrancy and evolution of Iowa's entrepreneurial ecosystem, and will help drive discussion on improving the overall amount of entrepreneurial activity in the state.

We’ll use this information in an anonymized fashion to help better understand the companies being founded in our region. Any information shared will have no identifiable or confidential information included. We will use this survey as a baseline to track changes to the ecosystem over time.