Lisa Love hasn’t seen her doctor of 25 years since she discovered telemedicine. Love tried virtual visits last summer for help with a skin irritation and returned for another minor problem. She doesn’t feel a pressing need to seek care ...
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Four nascent Idaho companies got the opportunity to practice pitching themselves to people who might actually give them money someday. The Deal Forum is held several times a year by venturecapital.org, a Salt Lake City-based nonprofit venture accelerator, based in ...
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Amazon has announced an expansion of its Denver Tech Hub and plans to create 400 new high-tech jobs in fields including software and hardware engineering, cloud computing, and advertising. To accommodate this job creation, Amazon will open a new office ...
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May 1, 2019
Comments Off on Catching up with Ventive, as it pivots to develop its own products
Ventive isn’t a household name, but the Boise-based software firm is one of just 23 Idaho companies on the 2018 Inc. 5000 list, which is ranked according to percentage revenue growth between 2014 and 2017. Founded in 2014, the company ...
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April 24, 2019
Comments Off on Catching up with SMHeuristics, as it adds products to its marketing services
It’s not unusual for technology startups to hire people to help develop the initial product, but SMHeuristics is on the opposite side: Startup companies, and some established ones, hire it to help find customers. Some people call such companies “growth ...
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April 24, 2019
Comments Off on Identify, protect intellectual property, Simplot attorney says
Idaho companies can do a better job of protecting their intellectual property, according to the person hired by Simplot Co. to do just that. Likening himself to the little boy in the movie Sixth Sense who sees dead people, Vid ...
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April 24, 2019
Comments Off on Umpqua adds personal banker to banking app
Correction: This story has been updated to correct the number of digital bankers. There will be 250, not 200. The story also incorrectly stated that personal bankers are not available in Boise. A new banking app from Umpqua Bank will ...
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So far, the outside of the Boise State University Fine Arts Building has gotten most of the attention, but the inside is pretty cool, too. Marrying technology and art, the World Museum’s 943-square-foot centerpiece consists of nine 4K screens that ...
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April 19, 2019
Comments Off on Business community learns about little-known research and development tax credit
A surprising number of Idaho companies could be eligible for a tax credit on research and development activities. Formally known as the Research & Experimentation Tax Credit, but commonly known as the R&D Tax Credit, it was initially set up ...
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April 18, 2019
Comments Off on Keybank, Trailhead partner to encourage rural student entrepreneurs
Trailhead and KeyBank are partnering on a program to help support student entrepreneurs in rural parts of Idaho. The KeyBank foundation is donating $70,000 toward You Lead Idaho!, which Trailhead, a coworking space in downtown Boise, is managing. The four-month, ...
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