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Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Pappajohn offers awards of up to $25,000 to startups

Venture capitalist John Pappajohn has opened entries for this year’s Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Venture Competition, which offers new and start-up businesses awards of up to $25,000. The competition is designed to stimulate business development and provide …

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A Closer Look: Stacy Timperley

Stacy Timperley is a small-town Iowan who didn’t grow up on a farm, but now can tell you plenty about heavy agricultural equipment. Her job is to make it easier for Iowa companies to export …

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Graceland V.P. Bjorland named Iowa Innovation Corp. CEO

Graceland University administrator Kirk Bjorland has been appointed as the new president and CEO of the Iowa Innovation Corp. “Our selection committee performed a nationwide search for more than three months, with extensive interviews of …

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NASA scientist to speak at UNI

Jennifer Wiseman, NASA Hubble Telescope senior project scientist, will present“Galaxies, Stars, Planets, and Life: A Dynamic Universe” at 7 p.m., Wednesday in Lang Hall Auditorium at the University of Northern Iowa. The lecture will discuss the …

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Bateman named top dreamer, doer, driver

Gary Bateman, chief information officer at Iowa Workforce Development, has been named one of Government Technology magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers for 2015. Bateman was recognized for his efforts to cut costs while retaining access …

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Gravitate plans session on market realities

Gravitate, 206 Sixth Ave., will feature a presentation on Tuesday, April 7 at noon featuring market realities facing entrepreneurs and innovators. The speaker will be Ryan Anderson, vice president of product at The Members Group, …

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Dwolla’s Milne to speak April 15

Ben Milne, founder of Dwolla, will speak at the Business Innovation Zone’ Startup Stories event at 11:30 a.m. April 15 in Conference Room 101 of Ruan II. General admission is free; tickets including lunch cost $15. Launched …

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Draper named to Iowa Innovation Corp. board

Chris Draper, director of EMERGE@Simpson, has been elected to the board of the Iowa Innovation Corp., where he will represent private colleges. The nonprofit corporation fosters research and development, supports the commercialization of ideas and …

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UI helps improve response to earthquakes

The University of Iowa and the U.S. Geological Survey have developed a system to help save lives by characterizing fault lines within 24 hours of an earthquake.

 

The technique uses Global Positioning Satellite data. William Barnhart, …

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TAI plans pitch competition

Iowa entrepreneurs will be able to take part in a pitch competition just before the 10th annual Prometheus Awards. Pitch & Grow Des Moines, a pitch competition, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon April 16 …