This Week This week's presenter is Dr. Jennifer Murphy! Dr. Murphy is the Director of Innovation at NewBoCo and cohost of the new Iowa Innovation podcast! You and she will […]
In order for innovation to be repeatable and sustainable, companies need to build a culture that embraces experimentation and rapid iteration. There are numerous resources to guide startups through this […]
Join us for a very special Whiskey Friday this week hosted by and at Vault Coworking! Come and see where it all began with the same great opportunities to socialize […]
This Week This week's presenter is Executive Director of the Cedar Rapids Downtown District Jesse Thoeming! Jesse will be discussing an upcoming economic development program called "Race for the Space." […]
Vault now offers free coworking on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month! Join us Wednesday morning at 10AM (Immediately following 1 Million Cups) for a free day of […]
This is a Girls Who Code club where 3rd-5th grade students will learn from BAE Systems mentors about coding, build a community of support, and work on beginner coding projects. […]
CoderDojo is a free K-5 STEM program under NewBoCo K-12 Education that encourages creativity, fosters entrepreneurship, and helps kids learn to code. Attendees are welcomed at 3:00 pm and will […]
This Week It's Spring! Let's celebrate with a very special 1 Million Cups on the lawn at NewBo City Market! NewBoCo's very own Dr. Jennifer Murphy will talk with NewBo […]
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 […]
This Week This week, instead of a founder story, we're going to focus on funding resources for founders. We'll dive into a few of the resources here in Iowa like […]
Join us every Friday at 4pm at a local bar/ restaurant from a rotating series to celebrate the small and big successes of the week, unwind, and build relationships with […]
This Week Join Dr. Jennifer Murphy and Cedar Rapids DEI Manager Elizabeth Buch on May 25th for a discussion on DEI in the city of Cedar Rapids. Elizabeth will speak […]
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 […]
This Week 1 Million Cups Cedar Rapids is off this week in observance of Memorial Day, but if you're jonesing for community and creativity, 1MC Iowa City has your entrepreneurial […]
This Week This week's program will piggyback off 1 Million Cups Iowa City in celebration of EntreFEST 2022 in Iowa City! 1 Million Cups Iowa City is presenting week 2 […]
Come out and see the 2021 Fall and 2022 Spring Cohorts of the Iowa Startup Accelerator pitch their innovative business solutions! They have crafted and tuned their presentations through months […]
EntreFEST is a two-day conference, celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation where professionals at every level come together, share ideas, and own their success! See entrefest.com for […]
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 […]
This Week Hear from one of the startup founders backed by ISA Ventures. Matthew Rooda, founder of SwineTech, will share his story through conversation with Eric Engelmann, ISAV’s General Partner, […]
Join us every Friday at 4pm at a local bar/ restaurant from a rotating series to celebrate the small and big successes of the week, unwind, and build relationships with […]
This Week The Log Project is a collaborative arts project working to "tell the story of the storm" (that is, the Iowa Derecho of August 10, 2020). When environmental catastrophes […]
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 […]
This Week This week's guest is Matt Huether with Atlas Psychiatry. Atlas Psychiatry is an integrative private practice that specializes in natural approaches to effective mental health treatment. Matt will […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
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 […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week This week, we will hear from Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust (CRBT) and their parent company, QRC Holdings, Inc! "CRBT is deeply rooted in the spirit and mindset […]
Are you changing careers? A recent high school or college grad with an interest in computers? Maybe, you even represent a company that wants to develop your current employees! So, […]
Join us every Friday at 4pm at a local bar/ restaurant from a rotating series to celebrate the small and big successes of the week, unwind, and build relationships with […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week We'll hear from Laura Taylor, co-founder of Iowa business staple Woofables! In April 2004, Kathleen Potts and Lara Moore began baking and selling Woofables gourmet dog biscuits. Of […]
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 […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week Our guest this week, Iowa Arts Media, is a nonprofit concept in development. Cedar Rapids and Eastern Iowa are recognized as the root of the Midwestern Regionalist Movement, […]
Join us every Friday at 4pm at a local bar/ restaurant from a rotating series to celebrate the small and big successes of the week, unwind, and build relationships with […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week After a successful debut season, NewBoCo's Iowa Innovation Podcast is kicking off Season 2 in style -- with a live interview at 1 Million Cups! Iowa Innovation interviews […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week Learn about a new(ish) Iowa Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Resource! In Summer 2022, Bunker Labs Des Moines launched the first Iowa based military veteran and military spouse entrepreneurial incubator. Join […]
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 […]
The next step on your IT adventure! In this hands-on course, you will deploy and troubleshoot Windows and Linux operating systems in various virtual and cloud environments. You will practice […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week Hear from one of the startup founders backed by ISA Ventures. Nathan Gruel, founder and CEO of Haggle, will share his story through conversation with Eric Engelmann, ISAV’s General […]
Join us every Friday at 4pm at a local bar/ restaurant from a rotating series to celebrate the small and big successes of the week, unwind, and build relationships with […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week NewBoCo's Kaitlin Byers will interview the owner of WeDream Technical Solutions, Darryl English, about the recent addition to his business: establishing a cyber café and gaming center. WeDream […]
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 […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week This week, we'll hear from Jed Eichhorn of Eichhorn Recreation! The organization works directly with daycares and preschools to offer fundamental sports training for kids. "Eichhorn Recreation is […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
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 […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week Hear from Mark Butland, Director of the Iowa EdTech Collaborative this morning! He will explore how the absence of an efficient education technology marketplace hurts educators and industry […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week Hear from one of the startup founders backed by ISA Ventures. Melanie Wertzberger, founder of Shaka, will share their story through conversation with Eric Engelmann, ISAV’s General Partner, […]
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 […]
Are you changing careers? A recent high school or college grad with an interest in computers? Maybe, you even represent a company that wants to develop your current employees! So, […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week This week, Indigo River & Co. will present! "Indigo River & Co. makes sustainability practical, convenient, and accessible to the Cedar Rapids community and beyond. Providing a selection […]
Welcome to a very special 5th Friday Whiskey Friday! This week, we'll meet at the home of Vault coworking, the Geonetric building, for some outdoor fun! There will be a […]
Are you changing careers? A recent high school or college grad with an interest in computers? Maybe, you even represent a company that wants to develop your current employees! So, […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
Are you changing careers? A recent high school or college grad with an interest in computers? Maybe, you even represent a company that wants to develop your current employees! So, […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week We all know people and systems influence one another. Right? Well, you do now! And Dr. Jennifer Murphy is going to share her first round of research on […]
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 […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week This week's presenter is TBD. Are you a creative, founder, executive, or subject matter expert with stories to share or questions to ask? If so, apply to present […]
This Week This week's presenting company is T1 Entertainment! T1 Entertainment focuses on the development of musical artists, models, and public personalities not just as performers, but as businesses —as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
This Week Join us to hear from Little Miss Finance! Little Miss Finance (LMF) is a financial education company with a mission to help individuals build wealth by translating the […]
This Week Join us for a special workshop lead by ISA Ventures General Partner Eric Engelmann. Eric will be discussing capitalization tables — cap tables, for short — specifically, understanding […]
Students design a futuristic city with innovative solutions to some of today’s most pressing issues. 1 of the 4 pillars of this important task is the city essay. (The other […]
This Week We are excited to welcome Gabrielle Williams of Meal Prep Queen to 1MC Cedar Rapids! Gabrielle is a funded Kiva borrower who runs a meal preparation business in […]
This week, we will meet at The Map Room! The Map Room is a gathering place for explorers & adventurers, inquirers & observers, wanderers & wonderers, storytellers, schemers, & dreamers […]
Climate Change The 2022-23 Future City Competition will challenge your middle school students to research, design, and create a city that exists 100 years in the future and incorporate futuristic […]
Join us for a free informational meeting covering Project GUTS professional development programs and funding and support opportunities! Bring all your questions! Register Here! https://newboco.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsf-iupz8vEtJ_ZztsGUEnnAUkOr6aZ0Xd
Session Learning Objectives Once you know with certainty that you are going to start a business there are some administrative things that need to be done to get registered, licensed, […]
Join us for a free informational meeting for Code.org's Computer Science A (AP High School) professional development program! We'll also cover funding and continuing support opportunities and answer all your […]
This Week Today, join us and the 35(!!) members of Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance’s Leadership for Five Seasons Youth Program. These 35 high school students are participating in the […]
Join us for Code++ 2023! During this exciting one-day event, 8th–12th grade students will dive into the limitless possibilities of technology through hands-on learning in a particular area of computer […]
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, […]
