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Plains Angels adds investor training program in Des Moines, videos online
The Plains Angels, a Des Moines-based consortium of angel investors that came together in June last year, announced today …
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ActiveGrade is acquired by Haiku Learning, says it’ll stay in Iowa City
ActiveGrade, a startup established to help educators better track pupils’ development, announced today it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Goshen, Ind.-based Haiku Learning Systems, a cloud-based learning management system. “With the incredible talent behind Haiku, we’ll be able to take standards-based grading to new places that we simply didn’t have the resources…
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Des Moines CEO wants to make responsible spending cool
What do Justin Bieber and a Des Moines executive have in common? The answer is BillMyParents, a San Diego-based startup that aims to help teens and their parents come to grips with financial independence. Of course, Bieber and chairman and CEO Mike McCoy (left) have very different roles with the company. Bieber acts as a…
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Think Big Partners, Kansas native launch CrossFit-inspired fitness app
A new app from Think Big Partners and Denver-based entrepreneur Adam Griffin promises to give users a hassle-free workout plan. “Gym costs, trainer fees, confidence barriers, time in the day,” Griffin said. “Bodeefit was created to remove those barriers.” …