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July 27: Pella Tech Town Hall

Host: Technology Association of Iowa About: Join TAI for Tech Town Hall presented the Iowa Economic Development Authority. A panel discussion hosted by the Pella Chamber will delve into technology topics such as attracting and retaining tech…
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Science Center receives $10,000 Monsanto grant

The Science Center of Iowa will receive a $10,000 grant from the Monsanto Fund’s 2016 site grant initiative to support statewide outreach programming, called Science @ Your Site. The program brings live science programming to …

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Survey: Smart home technology catching on

A recent survey of U.S. adults by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC and CNET found that Americans are embracing smart home technology, with 28 percent owning at least one smart home product and almost half…
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ISU receives $2 million grant to retool engineering instruction

Students at Iowa State University majoring in electrical and computer engineering will benefit from a new $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The project being funded — “Reinventing the Instructional and Departmental Enterprise …

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Mediacom to spend $1 billion to upgrade broadband network

Mediacom Business, a division of Mediacom Communications Corp., will begin offering a scalable, high-capacity broadband network to hundreds of commercial properties in the Greater Des Moines area. Dubbed Project Open Road, the effort to put …

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July 14: TechBrew West Des Moines

Host: Technology Association of Iowa About: TechBrew is an informal networking event for entrepreneurs, technologists, business people and funders. Your first drink is on TAI starting at 5:30 p.m. July TechBrew is sponsored by the West Des…
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July 18-22: Paul Singh’s Iowa Tech Tour

Host: Gravitate About: Great content, coffee (and beer) and conversations with the areas top deal-makers, deal-breakers, entrepreneurs and assorted hangers-on. When: All day Where: Gravitate

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UPS sponsors X-PORT Challenge for small, medium businesses

Small and medium-sized businesses seeking to go global could win $25,000 in international services through the X-PORT Challenge by UPS. Ten businesses with the best application explaining why their company is prepared to go global …

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ISU startup program lets students gain entrepreneurial experience

Ames Tribune: The dream of starting a business for most college students is just exactly that, a dream. Just a thought that lingers in the back of many ISU student’s minds. But for a lucky few, …

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WorkHound co-founder is delegate to Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Max Farrell, co-founder of Des Moines-based startup WorkHound, has been selected as a delegate for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by President Barack Obama on June 22-24 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. As …