April 11, 2019
Comments Off on What could the record ICONIQ-Truckstop.com investment mean for Idaho?
The most interesting part about ICONIQ’s investment in Truckstop.com – estimated at up to $1 billion – may not be the investment itself, but its repercussions for Idaho’s technology community. ICONIQ Capital – the company said to represent Silicon Valley heavy hitters such ...
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April 10, 2019
Comments Off on Gig economy takes on Idaho’s technology needs
Editor’s note: This is the third in a four-part series on the gig economy. While the gig economy has been spawned by technology such as Uber apps, the technology sector itself is a beneficiary as well. “The tech sector has ...
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April 10, 2019
Comments Off on Kount opens downtown office
Kount Inc. has finished its renovation of a century-old building that brings the company to downtown Boise. “We are thrilled with the newly-renovated Kount building,” said CEO Brad Wiskirchen. “The open space allows for extensive collaboration and enhances the Kount ...
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“Entrepreneurship is like Australia. It looks beautiful, and then you get there and you find out everything is trying to kill you.” So said Matt Price, an investor who recently spoke at Trailhead as part of its Lunch and Learn ...
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In what could be the largest venture capital investment in Idaho history, a majority share of Truckstop.com is being acquired by ICONIQ Capital, a San Francisco-based privately-held financial advisory and investment firm. Neither company revealed the size of the investment, ...
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April 3, 2019
Comments Off on Data center tax bill gets hearing but won’t progress this session
A bill to attract data centers to Idaho by giving them a tax break got printed this session after all, though it isn’t expected to progress this year. But a section intended to make the bill more palatable to Idaho ...
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April 1, 2019
Comments Off on Magic Valley a growing food technology hub
When people think about technology, they’re more likely to think of computer chips than potato chips, but Idaho is becoming known as a cluster for food processing technology. “It’s budding in Twin Falls,” said Nathan Murray, economic development director for ...
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March 29, 2019
Comments Off on Hackfort discusses solar roads, medical records and giant praying mantises
What do solar roadways, giant praying mantis puppets and breaking into banks have in common? They were all subjects at Hackfort, Treefort’s nerdier cousin. Now in its sixth year, Hackfort held sessions and demonstrations from March 21 through March 24 ...
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March 28, 2019
Comments Off on Micron quarterly earnings drop. Next quarter’s worse.
As expected, Micron’s second-quarter earnings showed a drop in earnings from previous performances, which had been on a fairly steady climb since 2016, though slightly better than predicted. But next quarter isn’t good. Jim Handy, a veteran Micron analyst and ...
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The best part about raising $10 million in Class B funding for AppDetex isn’t being able to update the technology or add more employees, but having everyone in the same office. “Currently, we are kind of separated into several different ...
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