Guest post by Brian Gumm. A Coffee Problem In late 2013, in the small town of Toledo, Iowa, I found myself in a “Good Coffee desert.” From 2008-’12 my family had lived in a small […]
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Two startups receive funding from IEDA
The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved innovation funding in support of two startups located in Urbandale and Clive. Inflexion Point Technologies (IPT) An innovative idea to optimize current and future seed treatments to the maximum extent […]
Iowa Energy Center board awards $2.7 million in energy grants
The Iowa Energy Center (IEC) has awarded $2,721,102 in grants to 11 energy projects across Iowa. These funds enable eligible applicants to pursue projects that align with one of the seven key focus areas of […]
Mediacom showcases first-ever 10G Smart Home in Ames
U.S. broadband company Mediacom held yesterday what it says is the first U.S. field trial of the cable industry’s new 10G platform, a technology that will be capable of pushing 1 gigabit offerings to 10 […]
Middle Bit: Dwolla announces Push-to-Debit payout
Dwolla released a new Push-to-Debit payment functionality to its platform this week to allow for fast payouts to a debit card and to give additional flexibility to clients. Companies using Dwolla’s API-based platform can add […]
Williams: OpenLoop Joins Techstars to Scale Freelance Medical Services Into New Markets
Guest post by Christian Williams. A founder’s dream. When Jon, Matt, and I founded OpenLoop we asked ourselves one question. Why are we starting a startup? I’d be lying if I said that we had […]
Greater Des Moines Partnership to host series of events on raising capital
The Greater Des Moines Partnership, BrownWinick Law, and LWBJ announced this week a series of online events for small businesses looking to raise equity capital called the Raising Capital Seminar Series. This Raising Capital Seminar […]
Entrepreneurial events happening at ISU this fall
The ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship is hosting several events this fall for student entrepreneurs. Here are some the entrepreneurial events happening at Iowa State University this fall: Business Model Canvas Competition (Sept. 18) Students […]
Mooney: Advice for startup founders
Guest post by Clayton Mooney. As a founder, I’ve been guilty of taking any and all advice. That’s because many of us have a hard time filtering the good advice from the bad advice. Why […]
iotaMotion awarded $1.65 million grant to develop robotic cochlear implant tech
iotaMotion, an Iowa City-based robotic surgical technology developer, has received a $1.65 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). iotaMotion is using the grant funds to continue developing its real-time tissue trauma sensing […]