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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…
