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Closer Look: Alex Taylor

In his new role at the Iowa Startup Accelerator, managing director Alex Taylor has a wealth of experiences to draw on as he prepares to guide Iowa startups building their business. 


“It seems that all …

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Anthem to pay $39.5 million over 2014 data breach

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller joined 43 other attorneys general in a $39.5 million settlement with health benefits company Anthem over a 2014 data breach that involved personal information of 78.8 million citizens, the attorney …

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More than 600 without Mediacom service more than six weeks after derecho

Cedar Rapids Gazette: More than six weeks after the Aug. 10 derecho, 671 Mediacom customers and fewer than 200 ImOn customers remain without internet service. Mediacom expects to have service restored for Cedar Rapids customers by …

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UnityPoint Health is fourth Iowa entity to be affected in Blackbaud ransomware attack

More than 27,000 people have been contacted after UnityPoint Health was affected by a ransomware attack against third-party vendor Blackbaud, a cloud-based provider of fundraising and finance services for education and nonprofit entities, reports KCCI. The …

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How did broadband companies meet the need for economic assistance?

As broadband providers watched in late spring, the needs of Iowans evolved rapidly, representatives at Mediacom and Minburn Communications said this summer. 

Both companies saw an almost immediate shift in peak activity by residential users …

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Venture School begins with new partnerships, opens applications

The University of Iowa’s Venture School, developed by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC), is expanding to Mason City, Cedar Falls, Iowa City and Des Moines next month, the Venture School announced this week. …

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Ames Seed Capital names new director

Mike Upah, pictured, has been named the director of Ames Seed Capital, an organization that provides seed funding for startup companies in the Story County area. According to a news release from the Ames Chamber …

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Courtney Kay-Decker, who was director of the Iowa Department of Revenue from 2011 to 2019, has been selected by the Internal Revenue Service as one of 10 new members of the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee, the IRS announced.

A national report finds that 82% of Iowa small businesses increased their use of digital tools during the pandemic, compared with 72% of small businesses nationally, the Connected Commerce Council announced in “Digitally Driven” this …

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Industrial cleaning companies Emory Dry Ice, NexGen merge in $12.9 million deal

Emory Dry Ice Inc. and NexGen Industrial Services Inc. have announced the recent merger of the two companies to create Emory Industrial Services Inc., which operates throughout the United States. The all-stock merger, completed Aug. 31, was …

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Crash course in a new way to work

Anna Simon, a senior at Iowa State University, stopped by Renewable Energy Group’s Ames office in early June to pick up her new work laptop. She would be spending the summer working with communications manager …