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The state of Iowa’s innovation ecosystem: so much progress, yet so much more to do.

April 21, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] Last night, the NewBoCo team attended the annual Prometheus Awards put on by the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI). Having been a long-time member of the organization, and a current board member, I’ve been attending this event since the very beginning 12 years ago. Back then,

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Developing the Innovation Economy in Eastern Iowa

April 20, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]In a recent WalletHub study on the most innovative states, Iowa ranked 44th . The ranking was based on R&D spending, patents, entrepreneurial activity, venture capital activity and other factors. While we could quibble about the ranking itself, there’s no doubt there’s a significant opportunity for

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NewBoCo Workiversary: Keith Dahlby

April 14, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]On April 11, our Software Architect & DeltaV Code School Instructor Keith Dahlby celebrated one year with NewBoCo. Dahlby joined the nonprofit on April 11, 2016. Over the last year, he has completed contract work through NewBoCo’s dev team “NewBoCode”, served as our Slack Cop, architected the structure of

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NewBoCo Workiversary: Jessica Bertling

April 13, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]On April 7, our UI/UX Developer & DeltaV Code School Instructor Jessica Bertling celebrated one year with NewBoCo. Bertling joined the nonprofit on April 7, 2016. Over the last year, she has completed contract work through NewBoCo’s dev team “NewBoCode”, architected the design of the new NewBoCo website,

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NewBoCo Workiversary: Frank Camp

April 12, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]On April 5, our General Counsel Frank Camp celebrated one year with NewBoCo. Camp joined the nonprofit on April 5, 2016. Over the last year, he has led NewBoCo’s legal work, including but not limited to filing trademarks, investment deals, contracts, and more. When Frank joined the team, there were

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Guest Blog: Entrepreneurs: Student Debt Doesn’t Need To Hold You Back

March 31, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]Guest blogger: Nate Matherson It seems like we’re always hearing stories about young entrepreneurs launching startups or starting their own small businesses, but are young people really starting more businesses now than they were ten or twenty years ago? According to the Kaufmann Foundation, they’re not. In

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When and how to kill your company

March 14, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]Another rant from the Grumpy Old Company Lawyer. In case no one’s said it to you before, it’s a fact of life for entrepreneurs and early-stage investors: Not all startups succeed. By definition, early-stage investors have to be “big boys and girls.” So what happens when,

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NewBoCo Workiversary: Kristine Sorensen

February 22, 2017

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]On February 22, our Director of K-12 Education Kristine Sorensen celebrated one year with NewBoCo. Sorensen joined the nonprofit on February 22, 2016. Over the last year, she has led NewBoCo’s K-12 STEAM education initiative, Imagination Iowa, including the Summer Challenge camps. Now NewBoCo is a

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Get your safe harbors while they’re hot

November 11, 2016

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]Another rant from the Grumpy Old Company Lawyer. Does your startup have a website? Do you ask users to help generate any kind of content, comments, feedback, or other interaction? If so, then you need this new and improved safe harbor from being sued for copyright

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Building Regional Networks: Week 11 Review

October 14, 2016

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px”][text_output]There’s less than one month until Launch Day! This week, the Iowa Startup Accelerator 2016 Cohort focused on community building and Launch Day pitch prep. Over the past few weeks, the cohort and Iowa Startup Accelerator staff have traveled to other startup and business communities to build

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