Girls code camp returns for third yearGirlsCode++ is a day-long camp to teach girls how to code Contact: Jessalyn Holdcraft, NewBoCo Director of MarketingEmail: jessalyn@newbo.coPhone: 319.382.5128 February 1, 2018, Cedar Rapids, IA – NewBoCo’s girls code camp, GirlsCode++, returns for a third year to teach middle and high school girls
Contact: Jessalyn Holdcraft, NewBoCo Director of Marketing Email: jessalyn@newbo.co Phone: 319.382.5128 Wednesday, January 31, 2018, Cedar Rapids, IA – DeltaV Code School, Iowa’s premier adult code school, was announced November 2016, and graduated its first cohort October 2017. The next milestone to add: all of the graduates from DeltaV’s 401
One of the biggest misconceptions about innovation is that it’s something done by a lone genius. Some computer whiz comes up with an idea, usually in a basement or a garage, that ends up changing the world overnight. Their idea was so good — so unique! so innovative! — that there was no way
Contact: Jessalyn Holdcraft, NewBoCo Director of Marketing Email: jessalyn@newbo.co Phone: 319.382.5128 Cedar Rapids, IA, January 15, 2018 – Hundreds of Iowa’s middle school students will present their solutions to make cities more accessible for community members of all ages at the Future City Iowa Regional Competition at Prairie Point Middle
This is the third post in a series about NewBoCo’s plans for 2022. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. We’re extremely proud of the bold work that NewBoCo has done over the past three years to support entrepreneurship, education, and innovation. We’ve laid a lot of the groundwork necessary to help our community
Media Contact: Jessalyn Holdcraft, NewBoCo Director of Marketing (319) 382-5128 jessalyn@newbo.co Cedar Rapids, IA, December 7, 2017 – NewBoCo Launch Day showcased startup successes and new ventures, with pitches from Iowa Startup Accelerator’s 2017 cohort and updates from NewBoCo entrepreneurship, education, and innovation programs. “Not only does Launch Day give
Despite enormous progress, we have more work to do to face the challenges of tomorrow’s economy. We’ve accomplished a lot at NewBoCo in the last three years. But it’s not enough. We are in the midst of a transformation of our economy as big and far reaching as the transition from agricultural
December 6, 2017, Des Moines, IA – Des Moines East High School, in partnership with NewBoCo, will host business representatives, state officials, and school administrators during an Hour of Code event on December 8, closing out Computer Science Education week. East High School math and computer science teacher Tim Walljasper
Part 1 in a series: A huge leap forward for entrepreneurship in Eastern Iowa Several years ago, we decided it was time to help build Eastern Iowa’s startup community. When we looked at our region’s resilience after the 2008 flood and our density of successful tech companies, we knew it was
“We’ve stopped doing Retrospectives. They’re boring and nothing ever came out of them anyway.” If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard someone say something like this, I’d have a pretty nice little pile of nickels. I couldn’t retire yet, but I could definitely get popcorn at the
