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Fees, Reports, and Records, OH MY!

FEES, REPORTS AND RECORDS, OH, MY! 5 things a startup should cross off its “to do” list each year Startups seeking to interest various types of funding sources are usually required to establish a formal entity to continue to grow and expand their funding possibilities. These entities can take many

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NewBoCo Honored for the BIG Gift at the BIGGYs

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

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Aging2.0 Cedar Rapids Winner, Wrapping Up the Innovation Summit Series

Media Contact Jessalyn Holdcraft, NewBoCo Director of Marketing jessalyn@newbo.co Cedar Rapids, IA, May 9, 2016 — Last Thursday, Iowa Startup Accelerator powered by NewBoCo launched the Aging2.0 Cedar Rapids chapter with a pitch competition and Aging Innovation Summit sponsored by Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa. iTR Diagnostics, a company focused on testing for

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Education Innovation Summit

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

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Aging2.0 Cedar Rapids Chapter Launch and Startup Pitch Event

Media Contact Jessalyn Holdcraft, Director of Marketing jessalyn@newbo.co Cedar Rapids, IA, April 28, 2016 Aging2.0 Cedar Rapids Chapter Launch and Startup Pitch Event Cedar Rapids is home to the newest chapter of Aging 2.0, a global organization focused on accelerating innovation to improve the lives of older adults around the world.

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Health & Medical Innovation Summit

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.

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Edtech Accelerator participants consult with a mentor around a conference table

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

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

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Supporting women investors in Iowa

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

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The right kind of housing to foster entrepreneurship

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

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