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Why you don’t want your city to become Silicon Valley
For the last few years I’ve heard and read that St. Louis just might be the next Silicon Valley. I haven’t just heard that about St. Louis. I’ve heard the same thing about Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Denver, Houston, Columbus, and just about every decent-sized city in America. Of course, Silicon Valley has a lot going…
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PowerPollen boosts yields and cuts costs for growers
Jason Cope and Todd Krone worked in the agricultural seed industry for roughly twenty years when they decided to confront a growing problem. The industry had become so laden with big mergers that developing technologies were being slowed in the process. That realization led them to found their own Ankeny, Iowa-based startup, PowerPollen, and disrupt…