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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022

Global Entrepreneurship Week empowers nascent entrepreneurs and those who face systemic barriers to starting and scaling their own company. Through GEW, we focus on four distinct theme areas to spotlight impactful voices and organizations — as well as inspiring activities — that are helping empower entrepreneurs everywhere. This November, Global Entrepreneurship Network will celebrate 15 years […]

Annual Meeting 2022

The Olympic South Side Theater 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

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 […]

1 Million Cups: Sources of Capital for Iowa Startups in 2023

The Olympic South Side Theater 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

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 […]

CoderDojo

The Geonetric Building 415 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

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 […]

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1 Million Cups: Kiva Interview with Dana Rae

The Olympic South Side Theater 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

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 […]

Whiskey Friday: Sacred Cow Tavern

BoMac's 219 16th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

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 […]

1 Million Cups: Victory Business Consulting

The Olympic South Side Theater 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

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 […]

Event Series NewBo Open Coffee

NewBo Open Coffee

NewBo City Market 1100 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

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.   […]

1 Million Cups: We Sparkle Co

The Olympic South Side Theater 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

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 & […]

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Event Series Whiskey Friday

Whiskey Friday: Tornado’s

Tornado's Pub and Grub 1600 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

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! This week's celebration is at Tornado's in NewBo! Tornado's is the kind of casual, unassuming neighborhood bar that really makes you […]

1 Million Cups: Founder Fireside with Nate Kalkwarf

The Olympic South Side Theater 1202 3rd St SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

This Week Hear from Nate Kalkwarf, cofounder and COO of Restoration Counseling and Community Services, and Eric Engelmann, General Partner of ISA Ventures! They talk about knowing your numbers, the metrics and math to focus on when scaling a business. Restoration Counseling and Community Services (RCCS) is "dedicated to providing proven community-based programming for individuals […]