The Great Outdoors Foundation has announced the launch of the Happy Disruptors Podcast, which will feature guests from a variety of sectors who take an unconventional approach within their industry. The podcast aims to explore the power of innovative thinking and explore novel approaches to conventional challenges. “We created the Happy Disruptors for people who challenge the […]
Meyocks, a West Des Moines-based branding and marketing agency, has launched a proprietary artificial intelligence technology that assists agricultural markers with testing and refining messaging by simulating farmer mindsets. Sam, short for Simulated Audience Mindset, is the name of the AI-powered tool. “Sam ‘speaks’ with the voice of targeted audience segments,” Kelly Ferguson, CEO and president […]
The Technology Association of Iowa is now accepting nominations for the Prometheus Awards, which celebrate the best in Iowa tech. The nomination period is open through Aug. 7 and finalists are announced mid-September. The Prometheus Awards will be held Nov. 6 from 5 to 9 p.m. in Des Moines. Categories include company awards such as Startup Technology […]
Radicle Growth, an agriculture and food-focused venture capital firm, and the supporting corn growers’ associations have announced investments in two companies identified through the Radicle Corn Value Chain Challenge, a pitch competition held by the firm. The Radicle Challenge set out to invest a minimum of $1.5 million in startup and growth companies worldwide that […]
The Latina Business Excellence Summit has announced this year’s theme for its second annual event in Des Moines: “Health: Intersecting Financial, Physical and Mental Well-being.”The 2025 summit will be held Aug. 9, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Drake University’s Sheslow Auditorium, 2507 University Ave. The event is the signature event of the JEFAS Latinas in Business Magazine, […]
Gross-Wen Technologies founder and CEO Martin Gross is one of the winners of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 Heartland Award, which honors visionary leaders of high-growth companies driving innovation, growth and prosperity. The Heartland program celebrates entrepreneurs from the North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska. Regional winners were selected by an […]
Dana Rupe has been named director of the University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC). Rupe began her new role on June 9. She succeeds longtime director Lynn Allendorf, who will remain on staff as a program assistant. Rupe, a native of Eddyville, has more than 20 years of experience launching and scaling businesses, […]
The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced its Scale DSM Business Accelerator will return this year from July to December. Scale DSM helps businesses gain access to knowledge and networks needed to increase revenue, create jobs and positively affect the community. Participants will complete Interise’s StreetWise program, which is centered around practical, case-based peer learning […]
University of Iowa Health Care has added three new da Vinci 5 robotic-assisted surgical systems, one of the latest minimally invasive technologies on the market. The three new da Vinci 5s are the first in Iowa and will double the health system’s capacity for robotic-assisted minimally invasive procedures, enabling approximately 1,000 additional procedures each year. […]
The Technology Association of Iowa has announced the launch of a new brand identity. According to the announcement, the updated brand aims to reflect the association’s evolution as the “unified voice for Iowa’s technology industry” as the complexity, speed and scope of Iowa’s technology landscape grows and changes due as the rise of artificial intelligence […]