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Andre Wright speaks at Entrefest 2024 at the Olympic Theater in Cedar Rapids on June 14, 2024.

EntreFEST returns to Cedar Rapids in June

EntreFEST, Iowa’s premier entrepreneurship and innovation conference, returns June 12-13, offering professionals the opportunity to network, exchange ideas, and take charge of their success. Organized by NewBoCo, this year’s event will feature a pitch competition on June 13 at Big…

2019 Chief Marketing Officer of the Year: Jessalyn Holdcraft

Jessalyn Holdcraft Director of Marketing NewBoCo Chief Marketing Officer of the Year – Nonprofit Nominated…

IDx secures $33M in funding as AI heats up

A patient experiences a screening by IDx’s AI-driven diagnostic system, IDx-DR, in an undated photo.…

Inside Iowa’s new innovation hotspot

The University of Iowa’s former Art Building, which was mothballed after being damaged in the…

Real Success with Nate Kaeding: David Tominsky

Nate Kaeding and ISA Managing Director David Tominsky at Caucho in Cedar Rapids. PHOTO ADAM…

Stoking the fires of nonprofit innovation

Girls With Ideas Founder and CEO Allison Poss works with Abbie Schneider at the Iowa…

How to be an angel investor (step one)

By Frank Camp / Guest Column You’ve finally got some money laying around that needs…

Why we’re launching Intrapreneur Academy

By Mandy Webber / Guest Opinion One of the biggest misconceptions about innovation is that…

Newest ISA teams focus on funerals, factories

Christopher Thomas (left) and Armani Goens of Funeral Direct started at the Iowa Startup Accelerator…

Aaron Horn named NewBoCo’s first COO

By Steve Gravelle [email protected] NewBoCo’s new chief operating officer looked up the Cedar Rapids-based inno­vation…

Developing Iowa’s innovation economy

By Eric Engelmann / Guest Column In a recent WalletHub study on the most innovative…

Corridor Angel Investors aim to give startups a boost

NewBoCo Executive Director Eric Engelmann discusses the Corridor Angel Investors group on March 10 in…

NewBoCo goes virtual with Vault Labs

Troy Miller, director of strategic partnerships at the Iowa BIG School, experiments with the Microsoft…

NewBoCo launches with global aspirations

By Dave DeWitte [email protected] The nonprofit umbrella organization of the Iowa Startup Accelerator now has…