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NewBoCo Workiversary: Samantha Dahlby

Aaron Horn October 4, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]On October 4, Samantha Dahlby celebrated one year at NewBoCo. Before Samantha officially joined the team, she was an Iowa Startup Accelerator mentor, summer camp instructor, and CoderDojo volunteer. She joined the NewBoCo team in 2016 as the K-12 Education Coordinator. Since then, she has been the Program Manager for Code.org‘s Iowa region, helping an increasing number

A facilitator navigates a students laptop as other students around look attentively at their own laptops

Huge progress in Computer Science education this week

Eric Engelmann September 27, 2017

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] A lot has happened this past week in our effort to build computer science education in Iowa — and nationally — to help address the gap in computer science offerings available in schools today. The backstory: getting computer science

NewBoCo Workiversary: Jill Wilkins

Aaron Horn September 1, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]On September 1, our Events Director Jill Wilkins celebrated one year with NewBoCo. Wilkins officially joined the nonprofit on September 1, 2016; her addition to the team helped cement the partnership between the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and NewBoCo. She jumped right in helping plan and run Iowa Startup Accelerator’s Launch Day 2016 and worked

The easiest way to mess up when setting up your company

Rob Merritt August 30, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]From the desk of the Grumpy Old Company Lawyer One of the benefits we provide to participants in the Iowa Startup Accelerator is access to working capital. We have a relationship with a separate fund that provides cash for a portion of the startup’s equity. Before the fund invests, it generally requires the startup to be

NewBoCo employees paste Post-It notes to a whiteboard with grid lines during an Agile exercise

Agile as a strategic weapon

Eric Engelmann August 18, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]A few weeks ago I went to Singapore to the Scrum Alliance Global Gathering, which brought together Agile experts from around the world to talk about the future of Agile and how it’s being practiced today in Asia. As I listened to the sessions and talked with trainers, coaches, and attendees, I left with three strands

People work and chat in Vault Coworking's open office space.

We Moved! Meet NewBoCo in Vault Coworking

Molly Monk August 11, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]Last week, NewBoCo packed up our bags and said goodbye to our home of three years…and moved across the hallway into Vault Coworking! Converge Consulting, the fastest growing company in Iowa, previously occupied part of the first floor of the Geonetric Building, home to Geonetric, NewBoCo, Vault Coworking, and Iowa BIG. As Converge embarks on a

Iowa educators learn how to teach computer science at Code.org’s TeacherCon

Samantha Dahlby August 8, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]Thirty-two Iowa teachers were surrounded by over 400 of their peers in Houston June 18th – 23rd. Looking at their faces, you may have thought they were all on vacation, but they were actually hard at work during TeacherCon Houston, the beginning of our year-long Computer Science Professional Learning Program. This will be the first year