Archive for February 2021
Next Level Ventures announces new Curql Fund targeting credit union industry
Next Level Ventures and credit union partners of Members Development Co. announced the launch of a new collaborative venture capital fund for the development of financial services technology in the credit union industry. The Curql …
Read MoreSBA backs more than $2M in Central Iowa loans in January
The U.S. Small Business Administration in January backed eight loans totaling $2,099,700 to Central Iowa businesses, the same number and a comparable dollar amount of loans made by the agency in January 2020. The loans …
Read MoreNotebook: Let artificial intelligence judge your drawing skills with Paint.wtf
Are you willing to have your sketch skills judged by artificial intelligence?
The staff at Des Moines-based computer vision startup Roboflow decided to test just how well a new machine learning model, CLIP, could recognize …
Read MoreNotebook: Godfather’s and jazz: A few things you may not have known about Nick Nurse
Forget about it, Fongs. And Gusto and Bordenaro’s? You never stood a chance.
When the coach of the 2019 NBA champion Toronto Raptors lands in Des Moines on a visit back to Iowa, his must-go …
Read MoreNotebook: Six takeaways: Business Record’s 2021 Economic Forecast
COVID-19 recovery highlighted the Business Record’s 2021 Economic Forecast panel on Jan. 28
For the first time in its nearly two-decade history, the Business Record’s annual Economic Forecast event was held virtually on Zoom. For …
Read MoreOn Leadership: The pandemic’s economic effect on women hurts us all
When I saw a recent Fortune magazine article titled “Women accounted for 100% of the 140,000 jobs shed by the U.S. economy in December,” I did a double take. One hundred percent? How could that …
Read MoreMcLellan: What’s your video strategy for 2021?
Video, when done right, is dynamic, engaging and helps a business break through the clutter. It used to be that producing a video was time-consuming, expensive and there weren’t that many channels for sharing the …
Read MoreBrown named president, CEO of MidAmerican, replacing Wright, who moves to PG&E
MidAmerican Energy Co. has named Kelcey Brown as its new president and CEO effective Jan. 26. The move coincided with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. naming Brown’s predecessor, Adam Wright, as its executive vice president …
Read MoreBroadband expansion, population growth key goals outlined in Iowa Business Council’s annual dashboard
The Iowa Business Council released its 2021 Competitive Dashboard report today. Image contributed by IBC
Iowa is strongly positioned to compete with other states in 2021, according to indicators measured by the Iowa Business Council’s annual Competitive Dashboard …
Read MoreNine Iowa communities receive historic preservation grants
The historic Muscatine County Jail. Submitted photo
Nine Iowa communities have been selected to receive a total of $108,284 in grants for historic preservation projects. The State Historic Preservation Office, a bureau of the Iowa Department …
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