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NewBoCo Honored for the BIG Gift at the BIGGYs

Rob Merritt May 17, 2016

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px”][text_output] NewBoCo Honored for the BIG Gift at the BIGGYs Good evening! My name is George Elossais, and I’m a graduating second-year student at Iowa BIG. My peers and I work out of the Vault Coworking & Collaboration Space, tackling real initiatives with real community partners. My experience in Iowa BIG was taken to a completely new level when

Education Innovation Summit

Rob Merritt May 6, 2016

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px”][text_output]Our seventh and final Innovation Summit this Spring is Friday, May 13. The event brings together education-related startups, investors, corporate leaders in standardized testing and publishing and textbooks, and industry experts from secondary and higher education. The summit features startup pitches, a reverse pitch from corporate innovators, and discussion topics about cutting-edge education technology challenges facing the

Health & Medical Innovation Summit

Eric Engelmann April 28, 2016

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px”][text_output]Following on the heels of our May 5th Aging 2.0 event, we are holding our sixth Innovation Summit this Spring focusing on Healthcare, Medical, & Biomedical on May 6th. The event brings together health-related startups, corporate leaders at hospitals, home health agencies, health technology companies and investors in the healthTech space. The event features startup pitches, a reverse

Edtech Accelerator participants consult with a mentor around a conference table

Announcing Aging2.0 Cedar Rapids Chapter Launch and Startup Pitch Event

Eric Engelmann April 28, 2016

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px”][text_output]Cedar Rapids is the newest chapter of Aging2.0, a global organization focused on accelerating innovation to improve the lives of older adults around the world. With more than 30 chapters in cities like Beijing, Barcelona, and Seattle, the Cedar Rapids chapter brings a heavy emphasis on these critical issues to the upper Midwest. The chapter will be

Supporting women investors in Iowa

Eric Engelmann April 20, 2016

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”2/3″][text_output]Our approach at NewBoCo has been to identify constraints on our startup ecosystem, prioritize them, and then knock them down (or at least make a major dent) wherever possible. We’ve done this already by building a long-term technical talent pipeline, helping corporate partners develop new ideas, fostering diversity in our startup community, figuring out housing constraints

The right kind of housing to foster entrepreneurship

Eric Engelmann April 19, 2016

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px”][text_output]You probably know there’s a lot going on in entrepreneurship in our community right now: we have a world class accelerator program, a fantastic coworking space, a constant stream of events like Startup Weekend and 1 Million Cups, and much more. Now, we’re gearing up to address another kind of constraint: the need for flexible, affordable housing.

Manufacturing Innovation Summit

Rob Merritt April 5, 2016

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px”][text_output]We’re excited. Our second innovation summit is Friday, March 25. Manufacturing and engineering startups and industry experts will come together for a day of collisions between the seasoned and the startups. The first innovation summit was an experiment and the results proved successful. Thirty industry experts heard what startups in the food and agricultural worlds were working,