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Cultivo Global Ag announces Australia as first country cohort

Australian entrepreneurs will join the inaugural 2020 cohort of the Cultivo Global Ag Innovation Program hosted by America’s Cultivation Corridor, a partnership program announced in October to host startups from a single targeted country each year. The …

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State leaders, advocates to gather for STEM Day at Capitol

The Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council will host STEM Day at the Capitol with nearly 200 Iowans showcasing their contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics on Feb. 19, the council announced this week. STEM …

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Future Ready Iowa launches e-mentoring program

Future Ready Iowa has launched an e-mentoring platform geared to support Last Dollar Scholarship recipients by partnering them with career-related mentors. Through engaging in the Future Ready Iowa Mentoring Program (a collaborative partner of Volunteer …

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A Closer Look: Jeremy Harrington

Jeremy Harrington enters Shift Interactive just as the company enters a new phase: focusing entirely on custom software for clients across industries such as agriculture, health care, insurance and finance. Shift, which has a team …

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Dwolla seeking new CEO, founder Ben Milne announces in blog post

Dwolla is searching for a new CEO after founder Ben Milne announced he was going to step away from the role in a blog post published this afternoon. Milne and other company leaders came to the decision …

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Future Ready Iowa summer youth intern program now accepting applications

Employers, nonprofit groups and educational institutions are encouraged to apply for the Future Ready Iowa Summer Youth Intern Program grant, a funding opportunity to place youths at risk of not graduating from high school in …

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Goodwill of Central Iowa to expand corporate e-waste program

Goodwill of Central Iowa is expanding their corporate e-waste program after recycling 309,000 pounds of electronic waste from landfills in 2019, the organization said in a statement this week. Goodwill accepts old monitors, printers, cables, …

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Secretary of state hires Jeff Franklin as chief cybersecurity officer

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has hired Jeff Franklin as the chief cybersecurity officer, Pate announced on Thursday morning. Franklin has served as the State of Iowa’s Chief Information Security Officer for the past …

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A Closer Look: Kerty Levy

Everywhere that Kerty Levy appears these days, she is talking about Iowa investment. 

As an honored speaker at the Technology Association of Iowa’s Catalysts event, Levy noted that only 1.2% of the $117 billion in …

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Student Shark Tank in Ankeny awards students

Students who recently participated in the first Student Shark Tank offered by Ankeny Economic Development Corp. pitched ideas to a team of local judges. Ideas pitched included saving homeowner’s money through an innovative water solution, …