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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 …

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July 20: Animal Health in the Heartland: Biotechnology’s Role in Emergency Preparedness Symposium

Host: BioNebraska and the Iowa Biotechnology Association About: BioNebraska and the Iowa Biotechnology Association are collaborating on an animal health symposium scheduled for July 20 in Omaha that will focus on the biotech industry’s role in mitigating…
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New web extension for insurers to debut

A new Internet web extension exclusively for insurance providers and distributors — .insurance — will become available on Wednesday.


Insurance companies, licensed agents/agencies, brokers/brokerages, trade associations, select service providers and government regulators are eligible to…
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Drive Spotter selected by Techstars Mobility accelerator

Drive Spotter Inc., an insurance technology company that graduated from last year’s inaugural Global Insurance Accelerator in Des Moines, has been selected as one of 12 startup companies that will participate in the Techstars Mobility…
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June 9: TAI TechBrew

Host: Technology Association of Iowa
About: TAI will have tables set up by the live music at Fifth and Railroad in West Des Moines with Sumpin Doo performing at 6 p.m. Plan to arrive early …

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Guest Opinion: The High-Tech Lever

Editor’s Note:
I heard Jim McCaughan, CEO of Principal Global Investors, speak at the CFA Society Iowa dinner in April. McCaughan was moderating the event and kicked off the discussion by raising a question about …

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The Future…Facebook. Uber. Airbnb. They changed the world.

Des Moines leaders have heard from a range of local speakers lately with big ideas for the future.There’s been talk about a major university campus downtown. About changing street designs to make them friendlier to …

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Urbandale technology company wins Finovate competition

Silver6, an Urbandale marketing technology company, won a Best of Show award at the annual Finovate Conference in San Jose, Calif. The award recognizedSilver6 for developing a unique video personalization platform that enables companies to deliver …

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A Closer Look: Ron Keller

Ron Keller joined Iowa Network Services Inc., now Aureon, as president and CEO in 2011. Prior to joining INS, Keller was senior vice president for Aviva North America and spent 27 years at Nationwide Insurance …

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LightEdge Solutions signs security deal with IBM, plans Omaha data center

Altoona-based LightEdge Solutions has signed a deal with IBM for a virtual security operations center that will be IBM’s only such operation in the MIdwest, LightEdge CEO Jim Masterson said in an interview following the …