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2012 Women of Innovation winners

The following is from a press release sent by the Technology Association of Iowa detailing the 2012 Women of Innovation winners.

2012 Women of Innovation Award Winners

Research Innovation and Leadership: Dr. Eve Wurtele, Iowa …

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Technical difficulties

Technology job opportunities are being built, but are the workers coming?

Leann Jacobsen doesn’t think so. As president of the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI), which represents large and small businesses around the state, Jacobsen …

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A Closer Look: John Stineman

A background in politics gave John Stineman skills he now uses to help businesses. Stineman worked on Gov. Terry Branstad’s 1994 re-election campaign and managed the Iowa campaign for Steve Forbes’ 2000 presidential bid. Out …

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Torsion Mobile partners with national email platform

Des Moines-based Torsion Mobile Inc. has partnered with email marketing service MailChimp. MailChimp will use Torsion’s Mojaba tool set, a platform for building and hosting mobile websites.  

MailChimp has more than 2 million subscribers …

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The United States of Stanford

Almost 40,000 active for-profit companies trace their roots to Stanford University, and if they formed an independent country, it would be the world’s 10th-largest economy, according to a study, Bloomberg reported.

The companies’ combined annual …

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Iowa Innovation Corp. receives award

The Iowa Innovation Corp. was the recipient of the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds 2012 award for best approach for technology-based economic development. The award recognizes the achievements by a technology-based economic development …

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BlackBerry 10 will debut in January

Research In Motion Ltd. plans to showcase the first two of its BlackBerry 10 smartphones on Jan. 30, giving details on the release date and prices for the devices it’s counting on to revive its …

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Singly co-founder to present at Startup Weekend

Jeremie Miller, co-founder of Silicon Valley-based Singly, will deliver a keynote speech at next weekend’s Startup Weekend Des Moines event, The Des Moines Register reported. Singly provides an interface for users to sync their personal information …

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Does Central Iowa need a biotech incubator?

The two principals of StartupCity Des Moines are helping the Greater Des Moines Partnership study whether a similar incubator could work for biotechnology businesses. 

Tej Dhawan and Christian Renaud, who just over a year ago …

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STEM efforts show results at Iowa universities


The number of women seeking degrees in science and related fields at Iowa’s three public universities rose by 13 percent over the past three years, the Des Moines Register reported.

University officials credited outreach efforts directed toward …

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