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NewBoCo’s QuickScore simplifies grading for K-12 teachers
Despite the digital classroom revolution, many teachers still keep track of students’ grades by pencil and paper. The Cedar Rapids collaborative NewBoCo, which operates the Iowa Startup Accelerator, is looking to improve the process for schools with a new plugin, QuickScore. Six teams were chosen for the Iowa Startup Accelerator this year, but QuickScore wasn’t one of them. QuickScore…
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AssetRover helps new real estate investors estimate their ROI fast
Investing in real estate is a dream for many, but limited resources and the fear of another real estate bubble keep many from following through on that dream. Cedar Rapids-based startup AssetRover is hoping to simplify the process for on-the-fence investors with its Rental Property Analyzer. The idea for AssetRover came from co-founders Jeri Frank…
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DigiFarm puts the precision in precision agriculture
While the general public adjusts to the idea of self-driving cars, in the agricultural world it’s old hat. Navigating corn fields is a different experience from driving on streets and freeways, but DigiFarm is there to help make sure it’s a safe journey. Most tractors, combines, sprayers and other big pieces of farming equipment come…
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Streamweaver turns Twitch gamers into influence marketers
In 2015 Swedish gamer PewDiePie earned $12 million thanks to more than 47 million subscribers on his YouTube page. More and more, fans are tuning in as gamers livestream games on Twitch.tv, which has more than 1.5 million broadcasters and 100 million visitors a month. Cedar Rapids startup Streamweaver wants to help gamers monetize their followings on…
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Hang makes it easy to organize group events without a platform [Updated]
Say you’re planning a family reunion. At first Facebook seems like a good option to reach your family. But your great aunt isn’t on Facebook, and your cousins in college aren’t really using it either. Keeping everyone informed and on the same page can be tricky. A Des Moines-based startup is looking to simplify the…
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ClinicNote wants to scratch out therapy paperwork
Speech-language pathologists dedicate their careers to improving their patients’ communication skills, but about 20 percent of their time is actually spent communicating with someone else: insurance companies. When Tyler Fox, Justin Coaldrake and Morgan Hampel were graduating from Iowa State University, they were intrigued by an SLP friend complaining about the time she spent dealing with…
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iEmergent offers market intelligence for mortgage lenders
Did the mortgage crisis of the late 2000s save the real estate industry? iEmergent CEO Laird Hedlund Nossuli thinks it might have. She also thinks her company’s Mortgage MarketSmart app might be laying the groundwork for a more stable real estate market in the future. “Lenders are realizing that if they don’t change and meet more…
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ezNetPay is changing the way construction payments work
Engineer John Trickel was looking to simplify his work clearing lien at his business VGI Design. He ended up creating a patented software for the instantaneous exchange of payments that gave birth to the company ezNetPay. The company launched in 2011 as ezPay, with Trickel and his colleagues working to develop the software. Trickel initially…
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AgriSync seeks to end agricultural downtime
When a piece of tech breaks in the city, you can find help within minutes. When it breaks on a farm, you may be in for a long wait. Farming involves way more technology than most people realize, and it can be an unfortunate situation for farmers when that tech fails. Rural locations mean the…
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Apps giant Cloud Sherpas acquires Overland Park’s Beloit Solutions
As Beloit Solutions Group sized up the challenge of scaling in recent months, the Overland Park, Kan.-based Google Apps partner came to a realization. “We were going to have some scale issues,” Beloit co-founder Tim Lockyear said by phone Wednesday, “and some gaps that were going to be a little difficult for us to compete…