Media Contact Jessalyn Holdcraft, NewBoCo Director of Marketing jessalyn@newbo.co Cedar Rapids, Iowa, August 1, 2016 – The six teams for the ISA 2016 Cohort represent the results of NewBoCo’s efforts to accelerate world-changing ideas, from Iowa: all of the startups are from Iowa. This crop is the result of many of the
Locked in an office on calls from dawn until dusk for 25 days, Iowa Startup Accelerator Managing Director David Tominsky worked to whittle down 200 applicants to the top startups to put in front of investors. Thousands of emails, hundreds of hours on the phone, and one investor meeting later,
NewBoCo and Iowa Startup Accelerator are my first nonprofit adventure. Having founded Geonetric in 1999, I remember the thrill of building something new and the euphoria of finding traction and things that work. And then, the tug of the thing taking off as it grows and holding it together as
Media Contact Jessalyn Holdcraft, NewBoCo Director of Marketing jessalyn@newbo.co Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 21, 2016, — EntreFEST is coming back in 2017 and has a new home at the New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative. The largest entrepreneurship and innovation conference in Iowa will return May 4-5, 2017, in Iowa City after
An industry expert gives feedback during a presentation at the Education Innovation Summit. “I walked away with far more reliable feedback, resources, and ideas than at a 1 Million Cups or InnovateHER because everyone there was in my industry.”NewBoCo Director of Programs David Tominsky gives HowFactory CEO Trace Steffen a
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
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
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
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
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.
