For our sixth #StartupsEverywhere profile, we chatted with Cedar Rapids startup ecosystem builder David Tominsky, Managing Director of the Iowa Startup Accelerator, powered by NewBoCo.

For our fifth #StartupsEverywhere profile, meet Matthew Marcus, Executive Director of the Kansas City Startup Foundation and startup ecosystem builder in Kansas City.

For our fourth #StartupsEverywhere profile, meet Tarik Sultan, Founder and Managing Partner of Sultan Ventures, an investment firm, and Founder and Managing Partner of XLR8UH, the University of Hawaii (UH) venture accelerator program

For our third #StartupsEverywhere profile, meet Scott Phillips, Founder of Civic Ninjas in Tulsa, OK.

For our second #StartupsEverywhere profile, meet Chris Heivly, Managing Partner at the Startup Factory in Durham, NC.

For our first #StartupsEverywhere profile, meet Lucas Lindsey, Executive Director of Domi Station, an entrepreneurial support organization based in Tallahassee, FL.

When asked to envision a startup community, the majority of Americans probably think of San Francisco, New York City, or maybe Cambridge, with flocks of engineers in hoodies drinking cold brew coffee. This is an unsurprising perception—78 percent of venture capital investments go to just three states: California, New York, and Massachusetts. Entrepreneurs and technology talent are often forced to move to where the funding is, creating a money-talent cycle that has contributed to heavily concentrated startup hubs on the two coasts.