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Ten finalists chosen in Pappajohn Business Plan Competition

Ten businesses have been selected as finalists in the 2015 John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition, the Corridor Business Journal reported. In the first round, businesses submitted brief information about their business plans. Based on those entries, …

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Gravitate eyes Ames expansion

Gravitate, which long has discussed looking at offering services beyond downtown Des Moines, has met with stakeholders about an operation in Ames. Entrepreneur Geoff Wood of Gravitate wrote in his blog that interest seems to …

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Iowa State to dedicate bio-polymer facility

After 18 months of design and construction, Iowa State University on Wednesday will dedicate a new pilot plant facility to produce bio-polymers from soybean oil. The new $5.3 million Bio-Polymer Processing Facility is located at …

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Local cybersecurity panel says awareness, communication are key

On the heels of Tuesday’s news that five U.S. traders were arrested in a $100 million international scheme to sell corporate data stolen by Ukrainian hackers, Holmes Murphy & Associates hosted a breakfast discussion on steps that Greater…
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Women of Innovation Awards nominations open

The Technology Association of Iowa is accepting nominations for the annual Women of Innovation awards. The categories focus on women in the science, technology, engineering and math communities, in business or academia. Students also will …

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Rise Broadband receives award to serve rural Iowa

Denver-based Rise Broadband has been awarded $16.9 million through the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Broadband Experiment program to expand broadband and telephone in five states, including Iowa. The award was made to the company’s Skybeam …

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Cybersecurity symposium scheduled Wednesday in West Des Moines

Holmes Murphy & Associates on Wednesday will host a cybersecurity symposium, Keeping Iowa Safe, to address the increasing threat of cyber hackers. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart will join a panel of information security experts …

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Windstream accepts federal broadband funds for Iowa, 16 other states

Windstream Communications Inc. announced it has accepted nearly $175 million in annual support for the next seven years from the Connect America Fund to expand and support broadband for more than 800,000 of its rural …

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Forbes: Will Siri transcription app boost shares?

Apple’s Siri — the app that listens and talks back — may add a feature that converts voicemails left on your iPhone into text, Forbes reports. Does this mean it’s time to buy more Apple shares? Not …

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Gravitate plans big week

Gravitate will feature Scott Herren presenting a session called “Test, Validate, Grow” at noon Tuesday. He will talk about testing features, testing designs, testing landing pages and more. On Wednesday, Ryan Gerhardy of Next Level …