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NewBoCo Workiversary: Mandy Webber

Aaron Horn April 2, 2018

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]On March 31, our Director of Innovation Mandy Webber celebrated one year with NewBoCo. Before Mandy joined the team, she led innovation efforts at Transamerica. When she started at NewBoCo as Director of Innovation, she kicked our Innovation services into high gear–hosting workshops, facilitating strategic meetings, and will soon launch Intrapreneur Academy on April 13. The

Iowa Companies Need a New Tech Recruitment Strategy

Aaron Horn March 23, 2018

In a weird paradox, Iowa can celebrate a historically low unemployment rate and a growing economy while also being in the midst of a major workforce crisis. All across the state, employers are having trouble filling the increasing number of tech jobs. Almost every fast-growing company in the state is a tech company. Our other main industries, like agriculture, manufacturing,

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Ask the Agile Pros: Help! Is Agile Only for Software Teams?

Molly Monk March 14, 2018

Hey Agile Pros— We’ve been hearing a lot about Agile in the news, and it sounds like it could solve a lot of the problems our organization is facing right now. However, all of the advice about Agile is for software development teams. Can we be Agile if we’re not a software group? Sincerely, Definitely Not a Computer Geek Well,

Ask the Agile Pros: What is Agile?

Aaron Horn March 2, 2018

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] Hey Agile Pros, I keep seeing Agile this and Agile that, but what exactly is Agile? Everything I read just confuses me more. There’s so much jargon and corporate speak that I don’t understand. What is Agile, and is it right for my company and my team? Sincerely, A Total Agile Novice I totally get

We’re Rebranding! Meet NewBoCo K-12 Education

Aaron Horn March 1, 2018

NewBoCo’s been up to a lot these past four years. We’ve grown from a small startup accelerator to a nonprofit with programming supporting education, innovation, and entrepreneurship for Iowans of all ages. As we’ve grown, we know it’s been hard to keep up with what exactly it is we do here. So many of our programs have different names, and

NewBoCo Workiversary: Diane Dutton

Rob Merritt February 20, 2018

On February 7, Diane Dutton celebrated one year at NewBoCo. Before Diane joined the team, she graduated from the University of Iowa, lived and worked in Montana, and then moved back to the Corridor. She joined the NewBoCo team in 2017 as the executive assistant. Since then, she has made sure that the NewBoCo office runs smoothly, kept track of

NewBoCo Workiversary: Ben Kaplan

Rob Merritt February 16, 2018

On January 17, Ben Kaplan celebrated one year at NewBoCo. Before Ben officially joined the team, he was a freelance photographer and videographer, which included creating NewBoCo’s videos for Launch Day and other projects. He was also a key member of We Create Here powered by The Gazette, which was a journalistic engine for sharing stories of startups and the