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Precision Reality brings virtual reality to corporate real estate
There are some innovative uses for virtual reality, but too often the technology comes across as more of a novelty, with gaming and fantasy being the primary focus of use. Dubuque, Iowa strategic systems innovator Design Mill, Inc. and Chicago’s Ideas Into Apps have joined forces to integrate virtual reality with corporate real estate through…
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Cox, Inc. magazine offer startups chance to win in “Get Started Omaha”
The Holland Performing Arts Center will host Get Started Omaha on April 24. Entrepreneurs will have 2.5 minutes to pitch to a panel of expert judges. Get Started Omaha will give five entrepreneurs a chance to pitch for a $8,500 prize pack April 24 at 5:30 p.m. in the Holland Performing Arts Center. The top prize…
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Big Omaha alumni Andrzejewski, Hauser make Inc. list of 30 Under 30
Chalk it up to the Big Omaha bump. OK, no, don’t chalk it up to that at all. That Foodspotting’s Alexa Andrzejewski and Grasshopper’s David Hauser made this year’s Inc. list of 30 Under 30 has everything to do with Andrezejewski and Hauser’s hard work and execution on big ideas, not their work on stage…
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Inc. magazine names Firespring one of Top Small Business Workplaces
Lincoln-based Firespring was recently named to Inc. magazine’s Top Small Company Workplaces, a list that celebrates 50 of the best small and mid-sized business work environments across the country. The list is compiled annually in conjunction with Winning Workplaces, a nonprofit organization dedicated to small business development. Firespring was chosen for the honor from a…
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Iowa Women of Innovation awards recap
On Tuesday evening, November 10th, I had the opportunity to attend the second annual Iowa Women of Innovation Awards as the guest of the Technology Association of Iowa. The Women of Innovation awards recognize the achievement of female Iowans in one of several categories ranging from leadership in large companies to education in the University…
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Eelios’ weather app hits the App Store
Today was a big day for the team at Êelios, Inc., a spin-off subsidiary of 21st Century Systems, Inc. (21CSI). Their location-based personal weather app, WxFix, became available for purchase in Apple’s App Store. This morning, they shared the good news in a blog entry. It began: Well, we finally got our new WxFix “Lifestyle…