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Midwest Founder Stories & Startup Profiles

Interviews and profiles of Midwest startup founders — featuring the Founder Stories series, Midwest Moxie, Lay of the Land podcast, and Flannel Rocket newsletter.

Midwest Founder Stories & Startup Profiles

Erin Wall of Lunr Capital's Founder Story: Finance for Consumer Brands

October 12, 2026

START UP Season 14 on LinkedIn is focused on Ohio & Illinois

START UP Season 14 highlights Midwest entrepreneurs in Ohio and Illinois

October 3, 2026

StartMidwest Founder Story on Tim Huelskamp of 1440 in Chicago

Founder Stories: Tim Huelskamp of 1440 - newsletters for the insatiably curious

August 24, 2026

How Midwest builders manage pressure by Aria Spears of Michigan Founders Fund

The Weight Founders Carry: How Midwest Builders Manage Pressure

August 14, 2026

PitchMI startup competition - $2 million but are attention and hype the real prize

PitchMI startup competition: $2 million, but are attention and hype the real prize?

www.start-midwest.com/news/founder-story-brian-moore-of-voxel51-data-for-physical-ai

Founder Stories: Brian Moore of Voxel51 - Data for Physical AI

Women Innovators Lounge at Newlab during Michigan Tech Week in Detroit

Builders below the radar: What pattern-matching might cost us

The Secret Founder why does Midwest fundraising feel like applying for a job

The Secret Founder: Why does Midwest fundraising feel like applying for a job?

Scott Litman and Dan Mallin with winner Dori Jones of AcQumen Medical at the Minnesota Cup in 2025

Five Exits, One Partnership: The Playbook Behind Minnesota’s Quiet Power Duo

Corn Rocket - StartMidwest - Inc Fastest Growing Companies Midwest

What Inc.’s fastest-growing Midwest companies list says about growth

StartMidwest Founder Stories: Justin Turk of ConStrat AI

Founder Stories: Justin Turk of ConStrat AI

StartMidwest Chris Kaufman of StockX in Detroit Founder Story

Founder Stories: Chris Kaufman of StockX

February 16, 2026

StartMidwest How Rapid Radicals Is Advancing Water Tech in the Midwest

How Rapid Radicals Is Advancing Water Tech in the Midwest

January 9, 2026

Indiana's 2026 Focus is about Taking Over, Not Starting Over

January 5, 2026

StartMidwest Midwest Startup Founder Stories: Year in Review 2025

Midwest Startup Founder Stories: Year in Review 2025

December 23, 2025

StartMidwest Founder Stories: Charlie & Madeline of Intero Biosystems

Founder Stories: Charlie & Madeline of Intero Biosystems

December 15, 2025

Dual HQ, Singular Vision: Inside Kernel’s Plan to Scale a Breakout AI Company

December 10, 2025

StartMidwest Founder Stories: Ryan Rybolt of Payload

Founder Stories: Ryan Rybolt of Payload

November 17, 2025

StartMidwest The Secret Founder: How Ecosystems Fail (and what it means for all of us)

The Secret Founder: How Ecosystems Fail (and what it means for all of us)

November 14, 2025

StartMidwest Founder Stories: Kerry Duggan of Energy Security Partners

Founder Stories: Kerry Duggan of Energy Security Partners

October 17, 2025

StartMidwest Founder Stories: Ben Kvalo of Midwest Games

Founder Stories: Ben Kvalo of Midwest Games

October 13, 2025

StartMidwest Lay of the Land podcast 200 with Jeffrey Stern - Andy Tran of Arthur Street Ventures, A Modern Renaissance Man

Lay of the Land podcast #200: Andy Tran (Arthur Street Ventures) — A Modern Renaissance Man

October 6, 2025

StartMidwest Founder Stories: Laura Markewicz of Lotza

Founder Stories: Laura Markewicz of Lotza

September 29, 2025

From Cincinnati to Appleton: a founder doubles down on the Midwest

September 26, 2025

StartMidwest Angela Damiani of Newaukee Thriving in Spite of Wisconsin

Thriving in Spite of Wisconsin: a founder’s view of the Ecosystem

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