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Adamowski to lead new entrepreneurship center at Drake

Bill Adamowski, director of innovation and entrepreneurship at Iowa State University and creator of the successful ISU Startup Factory, will leave ISU in February to join Drake University. Adamowski, a serial entrepreneur in his own …

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Corteva to ramp up production of biotech seeds

Corteva Inc. intends to accelerate sales of its proprietary genetically engineered seeds over the next five years while reducing its reliance on high-tech crop genes licensed from Bayer AG, the Wall Street Journal reported. The company, formed …

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Carroll Times Herald joins Facebook Journalism Project accelerator

The Carroll Times Herald, an Iowa newsroom serving the Carroll community online and twice-weekly in print, is one of 13 North American news organizations joining the Facebook Journalism Project’s Local News Accelerator for digital subscriptions — and …

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New accelerator BrokerTech hires Jackovin as executive director, announces cohort

BrokerTech Ventures, a new broker-led insurance accelerator launched by Holmes Murphy in Des Moines, announced the hiring of John Jackovin as its new executive director this week. Jackovin most recently managed the Growth and Internal …

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Collins Aerospace to divest GPS business in $1.9 billion deal

Collins Aerospace has agreed to sell its Military Global Positioning System business to BAE Systems PLC, the Corridor Business Journal reported. The $1.93 billion deal is intended to satisfy antitrust concerns related to the merger of its …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: David’s Bridal seeks a business style upgrade, with AI assistance

As soon as my friend announced her engagement, I knew we were in for an advertising spree. Even though the wedding is more than a year away, our normal digital dialogue about doughnuts, pets and …

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$4M from Microsoft settlement to benefit computer science education in Iowa

More than $4 million from the settlement of a Microsoft class-action lawsuit will go toward computer science education in Iowa schools, according to the office of Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin, who represented Iowa consumers …

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AE Ventures leads $1.75 million funding round for healthtech company

American Enterprise Ventures LLC announced it is leading a $1.75 million seed round of funding for Repisodic, a Philadelphia-based health care technology company that has developed a new technology platform to help patients, families and caregivers manage …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Students turn in their cellphones and write about living without them

A piece in the MIT Technology Review analyzes a trend many of us already know: Cellphones, when used too frequently, weaken our relationships with other people. The MIT professor who wrote the piece gave students extra …

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Guided meditation app owned by Meredith named a top Alexa skill

A mindfulness app owned by Des Moines-based Meredith Corp. was recently named one of Amazon Alexa’s Top 10 Skills of 2019. The Stop, Breathe & Think app, which has more than 17 million check-ins to date, was …