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July 20: July Startup Stories

Host: Square One DSM About: Katie Patterson, CEO and founder of Happy Medium and Happy Boards, will share how Happy Medium began as a service agency and expanded into a product development firm. When: 11:30 a.m.…
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The Photo Issue: Brian Waller

Brian Waller
President, Technology Association of Iowa


Guitar/mandolin/piano player/composer

Brian Waller got interested in playing guitar when he was in his 20s and 30s, performing with a band at Vaudeville Mews. The selections: John Prine, Bob …

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Des Moines students, business leaders get ready for next week’s Tech Camp

More than 70 Des Moines students will attend next week’s Tech Camp staged by nonprofit Tech Journey Inc. and a bunch of partners.


The idea is to give kids from disadvantaged backgrounds a chance to…
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NOTEBOOK: FLASHBACK – The reason Iowa is ripe for data centers

News that Project Osmium will potentially be another large Microsoft data center had me thinking back to a Business Record story from 2012.   Iowa had recently been showing a propensity to land large data centers, but…
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Pokemon Go craze offers lessons for business

It’s a hard story to miss if you are in business. Nintendo Co. has added $12 billion to its value in a week as part owner of the company behind Pokemon Go, the find-the-character smartphone game that…
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Workhound joins Tennessee logistics accelerator

Des Moines-based startup Workhound has joined a three-month accelerator program in Chattanooga, Tenn. The program, called Dynamo, specializes in logistics, transportation, and supply chain startups. Workhound, which has developed a software platform to help trucking …

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Certintell customer base up 150 percent after Square One DSM stay

Telehealth startup Certintell increased its customer base by 150 percent and developed a new mobile app during its time as the first company to join Square One DSM, the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s accelerator. Certintell, …

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First cohort for ISU Startup Factory announced

The first group of entrepreneurs for the ISU Startup Factory, a new avenue for Iowa State University students, faculty and staff to create technology-based businesses, has been announced. The program, which will be housed at …

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Workiva product first to make Inline XBRL filing with SEC

Ames-based Workiva announced that its cloud-based Wdesk software was used to submit the first filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Inline XBRL format. The first Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) …

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Workiva product first to make Inline XBRL filing with SEC

Ames-based Workiva announced that its cloud-based Wdesk software was used to submit the first filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Inline XBRL format. The first Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) …