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Nate Matherson and Matt Lenhard, co-founders of LendEDU, participate in the first cohort of the Iowa Startup Accelerator.

About one year ago this month, my partner and I packed our bags for Cedar Rapids to take part in the Iowa Startup Accelerator’s first cohort.

At the time, we’d both just quit our summer internships and didn’t quite know what we were getting ourselves into. When we told our friends and family that we were heading to Iowa for a startup accelerator program, we got more than a few confused looks. Iowa? Startup accelerator? School? What?

Image: Nate Matherson and Matt Lenhard, co-founders of LendEDU, participate in the first cohort of the Iowa Startup Accelerator.