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A Closer Look: Jill Klindt

After discovering her love for animals would not translate into a career in veterinary or animal science, Jill Klindt embraced her natural skill in math and left Iowa State University with an accounting degree in …

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Farmers’ Market introduces Minority Owned Small Business Incubator Program

The Downtown Farmers’ Market is launching an incubator pilot program to support minority-owned businesses and startup businesses at two special incubator-themed booths. According to a news release, the program provides the new vendors an opportunity to …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: New tech conveys emotional touch long-distance

With in-person outings and events back in full swing, there hardly seems to be a need for the technology described in this Scientific American article: a wearable sleeve that simulates the feeling of physical touch. Nonetheless, …

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Mac Nab named regional finalist for EY Entrepreneur of the Year

Austin Mac Nab, co-founder and CEO of VizyPay in Waukee, has been named as a finalist for the 2022 Entrepreneur of the Year Heartland program. A panel of independent judges chose the finalists based on …

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Aureon launches new 616 Data Center, serving local businesses, telecommunications providers

Aureon CEO Scott Behn with Aureon’s board of directors inside the new 616 Data Center in downtown Des Moines. Back row from left: Tom Conry, Scott Behn and Mark Harvey. Front row: Doug Boone, Mark …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Blue-collar workers make the leap to tech jobs, no college degree necessary

It is easier than ever to break into the tech field with little to no background experience, and data from management consulting firm Oliver Wyman shows the pandemic has given workers the confidence to make …

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Aureon hosting launch party for new downtown data center

Aureon, along with the Greater Des Moines Partnership, the Technology Association of Iowa and the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, will host an event Wednesday in honor of the launch of its new 616 …

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Meta Altoona Data Center announces community grants to local groups

Fifteen Des Moines-area nonprofit groups and schools are the recipients of Meta Community Action Grants, Meta Altoona Data Center has announced. (Meta previously was known as Facebook Inc.) The grants total more than $200,000. The …

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Companies need to be curious about emerging technology, prepare for future of work

Ian Khan wanted the one word audiences took away from his presentation at the Technology Association of Iowa’s Iowa Technology Summit to be “change” as an acknowledgement that currently emerging technologies are set to dramatically disrupt …

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Orbiting the Earth (from Marshalltown)

The Business Record recently got a behind-the-scenes look at how a Marshalltown-based company, Mechdyne, is building enterprise-scale, world-class augmented-reality and virtual-reality interactive display systems for companies around the world. 

Many Iowans may not have heard …