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Hwang: Framing economic growth through an ecosystem

EntreFEST 2018 is wrapping up day two of overtaking downtown Cedar Rapids. 

Entrepreneurial festival attendees still have a lot to learn — there’s a local 7 p.m. pub crawl and a 9 p.m. roundtable with “Whiskey and…
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Holmes Murphy partners with short-term rental coverage platform

Property Protect, an automated insurance program for short-term rental properties, today announced it has entered into an an exclusive partnership with Waukee-based independent brokerage Holmes Murphy to offer its coverage nationwide. Property Protect recently launched in all …

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Going mobile

In the next few years, you might be saying goodbye to that file cabinet of insurance policies.

In April’s final presentations at the Global Insurance Symposium, each pitch rejected the most common accusation leveled at …

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Facebook opens registration for Community Boost

Facebook has opened registration for the June 4 kickoff of Community Boost at Franklin Junior High School. The event, part of a national series, will provide digital skills training.

A survey by Morning Consult of …

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Happy Medium unveils new and animated website

Digital creative agency Happy Medium has launched a new website as the firm turns 7 years old, founder and CEO Katie Patterson announced. Starting at the home page — with changing animation in real time …

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DMACC Foundation extends competition for $10,000 entrepreneurship grant

The deadline to submit applications for the Des Moines Area Community College Foundation $10,000 Entrepreneurship Competition has been extended, DMACC announced in a statement. The new deadline to submit an application is May 21 by …

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NOTEBOOK: Are local officials underusing big data? asks speaker

The 180 or so participants in the annual Greater Des Moines Partnership lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., returned on Friday. We’ll have more on the trip later, but we wonder how many of the participants…
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Student-owned software therapy business wins $25K grand prize at startup contest

An autism therapy software firm founded by three University of Iowa students recently won the grand prize at Texas Christian University’s Values and Ventures business startup competition, the Tippie College of Business reports. ABAL Therapeutics, which won …

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ONE GOOD READ: What’s it mean to reverse-scale a business?

When I meet with founders and startup supporters across Des Moines, everyone has a similar vision for their company: scale, then scale and scale. 

 On a Friday-night popcorn-fueled blog-binge, my favorite non-tech blog, A Beautiful …

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Iowa libraries to have access to Edge technology platform

The State Library of Iowa announced it has joined Edge, a tool developed by Washington, D.C.-based Urban Libraries Council to help libraries assess their technology, communicate its impact and plan for the future. Edge is based on …