A few months back, ISA Ventures posted two jobs: an Associate and an Analyst. As a small team, both roles are critical hires for a new venture fund. Today, I’m excited to announce Mikayla Sullivan has joined ISA Ventures as our Associate. She’ll be primarily responsible for identifying and meeting…

We’ve invested six years and millions of dollars into Iowa’s startup ecosystem. Now we’re aiming much bigger. Our mission at NewBoCo is to accelerate world-changing ideas, from Iowa. To do this, we’re tackling the things holding our startup ecosystem back: Ensuring entrepreneurial support programs work together at every stage of growth Addressing investment capital needs that change as companies grow

It isn’t common to have venture jobs in Iowa. As Iowa’s newest venture fund, we are looking to build our team from the ground up and are looking for the very best to join us. The first two roles we’ll hire are an associate and a financial analyst, both described…

SBA Disaster Loans might be a useful tool to help you weather this economic downturn — or make things worse for your business. — tl;dr: If an SBA loan meets your needs, you should probably apply —you don’t have to accept what they offer. But you should go into this eyes open, knowing the pros and cons, which is what this article is about. These are extraordinarily challenging times for startup founders and small…

EntreFEST is one of Iowa’s largest entrepreneurship and innovation conferences. For the past few years it has primarily focused on high-impact speakers and workshops aimed at entrepreneurs and innovators in existing companies. Previous keynote speakers include Scott Belsky of Adobe, marketing icon Seth Godin, and Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal. As…

As one of the oldest 1 Million Cups chapters in the U.S., we’ve experimented with a variety of approaches to our mission of helping educate and grow Eastern Iowa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Going into 2019, the team that runs the Cedar Rapids program has some exciting new changes planned. One big…

This is the third post in a series about NewBoCo’s plans for 2022. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. We’re extremely proud of the bold work that NewBoCo has done over the past three years to support entrepreneurship, education, and innovation. We’ve laid a lot of the groundwork…

Despite enormous progress, we have more work to do to face the challenges of tomorrow’s economy. — We’ve accomplished a lot at NewBoCo in the last three years. But it’s not enough. We are in the midst of a transformation of our economy as big and far reaching as the transition from agricultural into the industrial age. …

Part 1 in a series: A huge leap forward for entrepreneurship in Eastern Iowa — Several years ago, we decided it was time to help build Eastern Iowa’s startup community. When we looked at our region’s resilience after the 2008 flood and our density of successful tech companies, we knew it was possible to build a vibrant startup ecosystem here. We began by traveling around…