Idaho Business Review IBR

Work is progressing on a cybersecurity education curriculum at Boise State University, where the department recently held a meeting of potential employers to determine what they would need. “The purpose is to work with industry to identify content topics,” said ...

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A Salt Lake City-based conference intended to help support women-owned businesses will be coming to Boise in April. The conference is Women Entrepreneurs Realizing Opportunity for Capital,from the Boise State University College of Business and Economics Funding Accelerator powered by VenutreCapital.org. ...

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A Nampa factory that is intended to help automate modular construction for affordable housing is scheduled to open soon. Affordable housing is at a crisis level, and the only way to meet the demand is through manufacturing and automation, said ...

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MERIDIAN – A local software company has taken its first investment, from Salesforce Ventures, the corporate investment group of the San Francisco-based software giant. Consulting company Zennify helps other companies implement Salesforce customer relationship management software. It was formed in ...

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A number of Boise startups have received national attention lately. Ten Boise startups were named by the Tech Tribune in its annual list of the Best Startups in Boise. Named to the list for the first time were ConvertKit and Pingman ...

Idaho banks are partnering with a Portland, Oregon-based company on electronic loan applications that can get responses back in a matter of days. “It is an easy system to use and a quick process,” said Jeff McDougall, project manager with ...

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Idaho is no stranger to national “best-of” lists, but in 2019 it hit a new threshold with a pair of articles in Inc. magazine, according to leaders in the state’s entrepreneurial community. Now, it’s a matter of leveraging that attention to ...

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A venerable San Jose, California-based credit union geared toward the technology community is considering setting up shop in Boise. Tech CU, formally known as Technology Credit Union, hasn’t filed paperwork with the state of Idaho nor received approval from its ...

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If you call a nuclear reactor with 12 60-megawatt (MW) modules a “small” modular reactor, what do you call a reactor with 1.5 MW modules? In the case of Oklo Inc., it’s called a “microreactor.” “Micro is even smaller than ...

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If there was a theme for Idaho’s entrepreneurial community in 2019, it was follow the money.  And increasingly, the money was making its way here. In April, San Francisco-based privately-held financial advisory and investment firm ICONIQ Capital — rumored to ...