This week, hosts Anthony Betters and Jessica Abdoney sit down with Regenia Bailey, previous mayor of Iowa City and the founder of Bailey Leadership Initiative. The group chats about how Regenia’s stint as mayor influenced her leadership style and how she navigated the flood of 2008, ideas behind messaging and
WASHINGTON– On Wednesday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced NewBoCo as a Stage One winner for the 2023 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. NewBoCo will receive a $50,000 cash prize to build strategic partnerships that will support the launch, growth, and scale of STEM/R&D-focused small businesses. NewBoCo’s award-winning model will
This week, hosts Anthony Betters and Rob Merritt sit down with Zack Kucharski, Executive Editor of The Gazette. The group chats about how media needs to continually reinvent itself, how they navigated the Pandemic and Derecho, touch on diversity and inclusivity at The Gazette, and dig deep into how Artificial
Hosts Anthony Betters and Jessica Abdoney are joined by Malia Gudenkauf, founder of LM Finance for the Season 3 premiere! Listen in as Malia chats with the hosts about leaving her six-figure corporate job to follow her passion of financial education, and empowering people to make the best decisions for
Attention, all PreK-12 Educators, Counselors, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators in Iowa: Join us for Iowa’s Computer Science Professional Development Week happening from June 12-16, 2023, on the University of Northern Iowa campus in Cedar Falls, IA. This FREE professional development program aims to support the state and K-12 district CS
NewBoCo has announced that Aaron Horn will step down as Executive Director to take a new position as Chief Information Officer with Benchmark, Inc, a national roof and pavement consulting firm based in Cedar Rapids. Horn will remain with NewBoCo until April 30.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (Dec. 8) – Advance Southwest Iowa Corporation announced today that it is joining forces with NewBoCo of Cedar Rapids as part of a growing Community Partners Pilot Program. NewBoCo is collaborating with economic development organizations in communities around Iowa to help fill gaps in their local entrepreneurial
ICAD, NewBoCo team up for new Regional Speaker Series CEDAR RAPIDS/IOWA CITY,, IA (Dec. 8, 2022) – There are plenty of questions that come with starting a business, from advertising to figuring out how to get power set up. NewBoCo and the Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD) are teaming
WATERLOO, IA (Nov. 17, 2022) – When Dana Rae saw a need in her community last year, it led her to take a big chance by leaving her job in order to start her own company. Now she’s hoping that lenders around the state will take a chance on her.
Join hosts Rob Merritt and David Tominsky as they sit down with David Hayes, President of Coe College. The group explores how Coe College and NewBoCo are working together to offer innovative opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs at Coe College through its C3 (Creativity, Community, and Careers) program, and David Hayes
