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Seed Here celebrates second birthday with Cedar Rapids’ Vault Coworking
Seed Here will celebrate its second birthday––which technically falls on Independence Day––and the “success of the East Coast of the Silicon Prairie” …
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University of Iowa doctors practice on models made by 3D printers
What can’t 3D printers do these days? According to a recent article in the Iowa City Press Citizen, doctors can even use CT scans to print accurate models of human organs that help better prepare them for complex surgeries. Mark Ginsberg is the owner of M.C. Ginsberg Objects of Art––a jewelery store in Iowa City.…
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Test your trivia tonight at 1Week KC’s Silicon Prairie Pub Quiz
If you’re already in the 1Week KC groove after last night’s Entrepreneur Day at the K, look forward to another inning of fun at tonight’s trivia session at 7 p.m. at the Granfallon. More than 70 members of the KC startup community and their witty friends have already signed up to attend SPN’s second annual…
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Cedar Falls-based Banno names three-year veteran Ben Metz new CTO
Cedar Falls-based company Banno announced in a press release Wednesday that Ben Metz, a three-year employee at the startup, has been promoted to CTO. “Ben has created a culture of continued learning, peer mentoring, and product execution from no employees on his team to over 40 in 24 months,” said CEO Wade Arnold last year…
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NextStep returns to Iowa after three-month run with Nike, TechStars
Fresh off a three-month stay in Portland for the TechStars Nike+ Accelerator and three demo days along the West Coast, John Schnipkoweit and the rest of his team are headed home to Iowa. But the five-person team that left Cedar Rapids as RecBob returns as NextStep.io, a Nike+ Fuel application that Schnipkoweit describes as a…
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Sprint partners with Pipeline, opens lines of communication to members
Sprint has opened the lines of communication with Pipeline Entrepreneurial Fellowship as a top-level corporate partner. Announced today, the Kansas City neighbors will collaborate on new entrepreneurial programs in the region, share strategies and knowledge, create national relationships and …