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Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Dec. 12: Entrepreneur Readiness Assessment

Host: Iowa Center for Economic Success About: Are you ready for business ownership? Through this workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to dive into your personality, goals, and skills to better evaluate where you are in…
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As the holidays approach, is your data secure?

With the holiday season approaching, businesses should be particularly vigilant for cyber threats and understand risks that could compromise sensitive data, warns Holmes Murphy & Associates. In an online assessment taken by its clients, Holmes …

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Tesla opens faster charging stations in W.D.M., Coralville, Davenport

Tesla drivers will have an easier time crisscrossing Iowa now that the company has added superchargers at Hy-Vee stores in West Des Moines, Coralville and Davenport, Iowa Public Radio reported. The devices can give a 170-mile charge …

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DHI testing Google Cloud Jobs platform on Dice site

DHI Group Inc. announced it is testing Google’s Cloud Jobs through its Dice career website for technology professionals. An application program interface (API), Google Cloud Jobs “leverages Google’s cloud machine learning capabilities to respond to …

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Nov. 19: Start Up Storm

Host: Simpson College chapter of Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization About: Creativity on Tap is the Global Entrepreneurship Week’s theme, headlined by a series of speakers and panels discussing how to harness creativity, connect people to innovations, pitch and…
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W.D.M. council to vote on parkland and other steps related to data centers

The West Des Moines City Council will decide today whether to offer $1.9 million for 142 acres of land in Madison County that could serve as a community park in an area that is expected …

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Stevens, Chang, Lt. Gov. Reynolds win Women of Innovation awards

The Des Moines Area Community College Iowa Women of Innovation Awards were awarded this week by the Technology Association of Iowa. Among the winners was Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, the STEM champion who received the inaugural Legislative…
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Nov. 18: Lunch and Learn – 7 Traits of an Effective Remote Worker

Host: Gravitate About: WordPress, GitHub, Buffer, Todoist, and Invision. Some of the fastest growing companies today are built by distributed teams working across time zones, chat apps, and video calls. Danny Schreiber, a three-year team member of…
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Grocery bagger turned safety entrepreneur to appear at Startup Stories

Gabriel Glynn, CEO of MakuSafe Corp., will speak at Square One DSM’s November Startup Stories luncheon. Glynn will discuss his conversion from sacking groceries at a corner store to starting a string of businesses, most recently …

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NewBoCo starts CR code school for adults, eyes D.M.

Tech accelerator NewBoCo in Cedar Rapids plans to launch a code-writing school for adults, and may add classes in Des Moines later. Officially the New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative says the DeltaV program will be powered by Code Fellows, a…