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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, …

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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 …