Organizers are seeking applications for speakers at the 2019 EntreFEST two-day conference for businesses, community organizers, industry leaders and individuals across Iowa. Session leaders will present over two days in venues across downtown Cedar Rapids May 16-17, 2019 to an estimated crowd of more than 600 attendees. Organizers are seeking…
Members of the Technology Association of Iowa and the Iowa Biotechnology Association have two chances to hear candidates for Iowa’s governor office speak on issues around the state’s technology and bioscience industries. TAI and IowaBio will host both forums – one with Fred Hubbell on Sept. 21, and one with…
A new online tool is selling eastern Iowa’s quality of life to those considering a move, or a move back, to Iowa, reports the Corridor Business Journal. The ICR Iowa Talent Hub is an online portal highlighting regional lifestyle information, including popular events and attractions, links to job boards and…
Members of the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) and the Iowa Biotechnology Association (IowaBio) have a chance to attend two gubernatorial candidate forums in Cedar Rapids, focusing on science and technology issues in Iowa, TAI announced Friday. Candidates Fred Hubbell, Democrat, and incumbent Gov. Kim Reynolds, Republican, will participate in…
A new office rental and coworking space in Cedar Rapids is offering group health insurance plans and other benefit programs to clients starting in October, reports the Corridor Business Journal. Office Evolution, which opened this spring in the NewBo district, plans to offer Affordable Care Act-compliant group health insurance plans…
Transfer, a direct-pay product that allowed users to pay each other through an app or website, will be discontinued starting in October 2018, Dwolla VP of Product Travis Ensley announced in a company blog post recently. In the process, Dwolla will stop accepting new Transfer accounts in October, and remove…
First launched in 2014, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) is now partnering with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to promote sustainable agriculture technologies, Wells Fargo announced on Tuesday. The expansion will support technology developing and commercializing technology that reduce agriculture’s carbon, energy and water impact, said Mary Wenzel,…
Some Iowans are scratching their heads after Microsoft announced a new rural broadband plan that will improve access in three Iowa counties – which are primarily urban, reports the Des Moines Register. Microsoft is partnering with Quad Cities company Network Business Solutions to expand internet service in three Iowa counties,…
Many U.S. employers are adopting new technology-enabled tools and solutions to address the root causes of the high cost of health care, without cutting benefits or increasing the financial burden on employees, according to a national survey of employer-sponsored plans by Mercer. Correspondingly, the survey found that for 2019, fewer…
By Katharine Carlon | Corridor Business Journal A historic University of Iowa building erected in the 1930s to bring the then-revolutionary “Iowa Idea” to life is being reincarnated as the state’s bold idea factory of the future. In what one UI official is calling a “game changer” that will boost…
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