Burt Chojnowski

Burt Chojnowski is the Founder and Managing Partner of BrainBelt Consulting in BrainBelt Consulting based in Fairfield, Iowa.

Burt Chojnowski is the president of the Fairfield Entrepreneurs Association and played a major role in attracting $289 million of investment in over sixty startup companies in a community less than 10,000.

Burt has created innovative, low cost strategies to support an entrepreneurial culture. Burt helped brand Fairfield, Iowa as the entrepreneurial capital of rural America and “Silicorn Valley”.

Burt has senior management and capital formation experience with dozens of startup companies in California and Iowa.

Burt serves on the boards of the National Network of Technology, Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (N2TEC), the Community Vitality Center (CVC) and Fairfield First! Burt is also a screener and mentor for World’s Best Technology Showcase. Burt hosts a Rural Entrepreneurial Gathering and an Economic Gardening Boot Camp, annually.

Titles and Affiliations

Founder and General Manager of BrainBelt Consulting, Inc.

President, Fairfield Entrepreneur Association

President, Fairfield First!

Focus Team, Seyen Capital

President, BC Productions

Editor, Fairfield Business Edge

Founding Board Member, Community Vitality Center

Board Member, National Network of Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (N2TEC)

Adjunct Faculty, Roundtable Consulting Group

Board Member, Hometown Harvest of Southeast Iowa

Advisory Board, Bootstrap Detroit