Time is the one thing we can't get more of, so a former teacher and college professor came up with an app to help school administrators better manage their time.
Time ReDesigned is an IOS mobile app targeted towards school administrators that collects data on activities throughout the day and allows them to analyze it to…
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As he came to Des Moines from Nigeria Asher Adeniyi planned on using the six-week Mandela Washington Fellowship to provide him some insight to improve his business.
He did just that.
Adeniyi came to Des Moines as the co-founder of Gidijobs—a human resources company—and he's returning to Nigeria with three partnerships with Kuder, Des Moines Area Community College…
Two more teams are entering the Iowa Startup Accelerator and its 2017 cohort, according to a news release.
According to the release, the two companies entering the Iowa Startup Accelerator are from Missouri and New York.
Noviqu—a Columbia, Mo. based company—a health and safety training application.
Funeral Direct—a New York City based company—is a website where families can…
Kinosol—an Ames-based company working to end global food waste—was awarded a $10,000 grant for their social entrepreneurial efforts from Global Citizen, according to a news release Friday afternoon.
According to the release, Kinosol will receive the Global Citizen Accelerator Award on Sept. 19 at the Cadillac an awards banquet in New York City.
Global Citizen is a…
Startup company founders have an opportunity to learn how to raise capital from entrepreneurs and investors at a seminar in September.
The Raising Capital Seminar will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 21 at the BrownWinick Law Firm in Des Moines.
Speakers will include local entrepreneurs and angel investors.
Alec Whitters, CEO of Higher…
After months of scanning Amazon and local store shelves, I finally purchased a Nintendo Switch console.
When the system was released in March, I wasn’t even sure I would buy one. Nintendo already fumbled the ball with its previous console, the Wii U, and it was only natural to assume they would do the same with…
The announcement Thursday that tech-giant Apple is building a $1.3 billion data center project in Iowa attracted a lot of attention to the state of Iowa.
Apple announced it will build two data centers on 2,000 acres of land that are scheduled to be finished in January of 2021. The buildings will be located one mile…
A seminar Friday morning allowed practicing attorneys an opportunity to earn Continuing Legal Education credits while also providing information for tech startups to navigate the legal maze.
The seminar included speakers and panels discussing various technology related topics from mobile applications, privacy issues, founders agreements, intellectual property and exiting a company. The seminar went from 8…
With his newly developed technology Dwight Stewart brought lighting to life, so he named his company Igor.
And because Stewart started the company from his basement in 2013, he said he was on a, "Pretty good high" as he spoke in front of a crowd Thursday afternoon in his companies new 1,600 square foot office."
"You go…
The State of Iowa began looking into automated vehicles about a year and a half ago, according to a story at GCN.com last week.
According to the story, Scott Marler, the director of traffic operations for the Iowa Department of Transportation, told GCN that the state has partnered with the company HERE to, "Start looking at what,…
A new home for innovation in America's heartland brought Tim Cook to Des Moines Thursday afternoon.
Cook—the CEO of Apple—spoke for ten minutes at a press conference outside the Iowa State Capitol announcing plans for a $1.3 billion project in Waukee. Apple will build two data centers a mile West of Waukee that are powered completely…
Apple is coming to Iowa.
It was approved Thursday morning for the tech giant to build two, state-of-the-art data centers that use 100 percent renewable energy in Waukee.
The total project cost is $1.375 billion.
The buildings will be located one mile West of Waukee, off Hickman Road. The project will create 50 jobs, which must pay a minimum…