Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Meet three startups in Iowa centering sustainability in their solutions

Sustainable solutions are a form of innovation. They often birth new technologies, ideas, mindsets and behaviors that differ from how consumers and businesses have traditionally interacted with the environment. 

With agriculture as one of Iowa’s …

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ManchesterStory’s Nicole Gunderson shares her steps from investment banking to working with startups and venture capital

Like many students, Nicole Gunderson entered college not knowing what career she would land in. 

“When I started at the University of Iowa … all I really knew was that I wanted to do ‘business.’ …

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Partnership announces 2024 Top Five for Small Business series schedule

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced the 2024 schedule for its Top Five for Small Business Series. The Top Five series features experts in human resources, marketing, accounting, sales and other topics aimed at …

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Aureon acquires clients from Northwest Communications

Aureon, a managed IT provider based in Des Moines, has acquired cloud and managed IT clients from Havelock, Iowa-based Northwest Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Northwest Communications Cooperative Association. The transfer of commercial clients took …

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Putting theory into practice

Yen Verhoeven’s decision to pivot from working as a scientist to being a high school science teacher set her on the path to a future working to shift the focus of education from teaching content …

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Sustainability nonprofit accepting grant applications for innovative ag practices

West Des Moines-based nonprofit Wright Foundation for Sustainability and Innovation is currently accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations and farmers working on projects that reduce carbon footprints and increase biodiversity and use of renewable resources. …

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Principal, Pi515 partner for in-kind lease agreement at company’s downtown campus

Principal Financial Group has entered an agreement with Pi515 to let the nonprofit operate on the first floor of the company’s campus in downtown Des Moines.

According to a news release, Principal is providing an …

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Vision 2024 trends to watch

The Business Record works every day to find the pulse that’s driving business news throughout our state and to make sense of it and provide you, our audience, a variety of perspectives. Our newsroom aims …

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Involta appoints Lindsey as new CEO

Involta, a national provider of data center, cloud and connectivity infrastructure and services based in Cedar Rapids, announced today that its board of directors has appointed Brett Lindsey as its chief executive officer.

“Brett envisions …

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Microsoft acquires land for new data center for $15.3 million

Microsoft Inc. has purchased 111 acres of Madison County farm ground on which it plans to build a data center, the sixth that would be located in the city of West Des Moines.

The Washington-based …