Editors Note: This story was originally published by Ben Kaplan—videographer for NewBoCo—on Oct. 9. What would it mean to transfer human consciousness into a robot body? Do we look before we leap when we develop […]

Editors Note: This story was originally published by Ben Kaplan—videographer for NewBoCo—on Oct. 9. What would it mean to transfer human consciousness into a robot body? Do we look before we leap when we develop […]
Omar Jordan understands real estate lending. And because he was tired of working in corporate America, Omar Jordan set out to do his own thing in 2009 to help local lenders. After starting National Loan […]
Venture Capital firms are about pouring gasoline onto already built fires. Craig Ibsen and his team at Next Level Ventures are holding gasoline cans, looking for fires. Next Level Ventures is a $40 million venture fund […]
When a construction company turns 15, project plans are replaced with party plans. Temporarily. Heartland Finishes was created 15 years ago by three men and that company is celebrating its 15th anniversary Thursday, Sept. 14 […]
As Managing Director of his own venture capital firm Firebrand Ventures, John Fein is a founder helping other founders. His Kansas City-based company is a seed stage venture capital fund that invests in other companies […]
According to NewBoCo Accelerator Program Manager Molly Monk, Jesse Lane always has his hands in new ideas. Lane runs the rapid prototyping lab space at NewBoCo and is contracted out as a prototyping engineer for […]
Des Moines-based Denim is one of the area’s fastest growing social media companies that you probably haven’t heard of. In just five months, the platform has powered more than 10 million Facebook ads and aggregated […]
Guest commentary pieces are always welcome here relating to the entrepreneur, startup, technology or arts communities. Susan Gentz regularly talks policy at the Iowa legislature where Tej Dhawan has addressed diversity, Paul Singh misses Iowa and Susan […]
When she moved back to Des Moines three years ago Andrea Metzler wanted to find people to ride bikes with her. So she started the Ride On Bike Club. With the support of Des Moines […]
Justin Norman is all about variety when it comes to his creative endeavors. From his work for Shrieking Tree—a web design and development company he founded and runs alongside Wesley Norman, Scott Yoshimura, and Eric […]