This Week This week, we will be joined by four Cedar Rapids area business owners who have used the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program to position their businesses for growth. We will hear from Josh McNary of McNary Marketing & Design, Sydney Rieckhoff of Almost Famous Popcorn Company, Amy Heinen of Quick Action Accounting, […]
Join us for GirlsCode++ 2022! During this exciting one-day event, 8th–12th grade girls will dive into the limitless possibilities of technology through hands-on learning in a particular area of computer science. Specifically, we will explore computer programming and physical computing! We also always want to give you great examples of the things you'll learn, so […]
Engineering, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship for Kids! CoderDojo is a free K-5 STEM program under NewBoCo K-12 Education that encourages creativity, fosters entrepreneurship, and helps kids learn to code. Each week, we assemble different "stations" where kids can experience different STEM activities and learn about subjects like physics, engineering, computer science, circuitry, automation, and much more […]
This Week Hear from a company new to the Iowa business community, Twister's Cafe! Twister's Cafe traces its roots to Los Angeles in 2001, when founder Tom Straw realized that many of the off-the-shelf dog treats he had been feeding his own dogs were high in chemicals and artificial preservatives. It struck Tom that our […]
What is NewBo Open Coffee? NewBo Open Coffee meets on the 2nd and 4th Friday every month. No agenda, just good coffee and engaging conversations. It's designed to be a community conversation open to everyone. The topics of discussion are decided by the people that attend. Seriously, no agenda just great coffee and conversation. […]
Join us in a celebration of entrepreneurship, innovation, and tech education. NewBoCo works with a lot of amazing people and businesses, and over the course of the evening we will introduce you to their success stories. You’ll hear about our efforts and accomplishments over the past year, our plans for the future, and how you […]
This Week In honor of Global Entrepreneurship Week and in partnership with ISA Ventures, join us for a discussion of various funding sources available for Iowa startup companies. The discussion will be led by Eric Engelmann, ISA Ventures General Partner. In addition to being the primary driver behind ISA Ventures, Engelmann has also started several […]
Engineering, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship for Kids! CoderDojo is a free K–5 STEM program under NewBoCo K–12 Education that encourages creativity, fosters entrepreneurship, and helps kids learn to code. Each week, we assemble different "stations" where kids can experience different STEM activities and learn about subjects like physics, engineering, computer science, circuitry, automation, and much more—all […]
This Week Dana Rae poses with some holiday-inspired crafting materials Join us for engaging conversation between Capital Access Manager for Kiva Iowa, Kaitlin Byers and entrepreneur and recently-funded borrower, Dana Rae of DanaRae-llc! DanaRae-llc provides a crafting experience and stress-free workshop environment where people can go to be crafty and where, as Dana says, "coloring […]
Join us every Friday at 4 PM at a local bar/restaurant from a rotating series to celebrate the small and big successes of the week, unwind, and build relationships with our fellow community members! Today's Whiskey Friday is meeting at Sacred Cow Tavern! Of Sacred Cow Tavern, The Gazette's Elijah Decious writes: Soups, salads, sandwiches […]
This Week When a manager does know how to do the work but focuses on tasks and statistics and not the people, it creates poor leadership. Though this isn’t intentional, this mindset creates bosses and managers, not leaders. The solution is to teach, coach, mentor, inspire, and motivate people on becoming better leaders. Inspiring, process […]
What is NewBo Open Coffee? NewBo Open Coffee meets on the 2nd and 4th Friday every month. No agenda, just good coffee and engaging conversations. It's designed to be a community conversation open to everyone. The topics of discussion are decided by the people that attend. Seriously, no agenda just great coffee and conversation. […]
This Week We Sparkle Co. is this week's guest! We Sparkle Co. helps solopreneurs, sidepreneurs, and small business owners save time + increase revenues via a suite of software tools that makes it easy to sell their products/services, schedule meetings, and leverage AI to answer frequently asked questions. Program schedule 8:30-9:00 - Coffee & […]
