LINC WIP

Key Focus: Empowering Native American, rural, and urban underserved
communities to break through barriers that block
socio-economic inclusion
LINC KROEGER

INTERVIEW
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Linc Kroeger is the President of Knight Moves, a limiting profit company creating
the next generation of elite technology professionals through extensive training
in technology disciplines, with an intentional focus on including Native American,
rural, and urban underserved communities.
Why operate as limiting profit company vs. nonprofit?
• Sustainably self-funds its social benefiting mission
• Enables innovative and effective approaches IRS nonprofit regulations prevent
as a nonprofit
• Escapes the federal grant and foundation nonprofit funding system that stifles
social innovation
Linc’s passion for fighting social inequality led him to leverage his 35 years
enterprise technology experience to create a creative solution to help level the
playing field while also delivering technology solutions for the world’s most
important causes.
Linc served on the Technology Association of Iowa board for three years. He was
assigned by Governor Kim Reynolds to her Empower Rural Iowa Task Force and has
been identified as “the most innovative leader on bringing tech jobs to rural in the
nation” by U.S. Congressmember Ro Khanna representing Silicon Valley. He has
also been recognized as “Top National Rural Influencer” by The Ruralist and was the
USDA Rural Prosperity Tour keynote speaker.
Media appearances before the initiative was spun-off as Knight Moves:
• Des Moines Register video (3 minutes) and associated article.
• Resurrection Saturday, Brought to you by a Republican and Democrat
• USA Today: backing of Silicon Valley leaders
• Video: This Congressman Wants to Save Rural America
• China Media Coverage
• Japan Media Coverage
Social Innovator, President at Knight Moves,
Enterprise Technology Expert

INTERVIEW TOPICS
• The tech talent shortage gap is the widest in my 35 years - and growing. How
do we turn this around and include everyone in the prosperity?
• Strategies to address the skyrocketing costs of college and the lower college
attendance rates of minority and rural populations
• Unleashing digital innovation to solve society’s biggest problems
• Why does Knight Moves appeal to Native American communities?
• Why foundations, nonprofits, and federal grants aren’t making a meaningful
impact to advance racial and place equity
• How is Knight Moves unique from traditional code camps?

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