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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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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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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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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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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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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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Companies are learning that there’s more to security than installing antivirus software and calling it good. None of the work in information technology security is “set it and forget it” – instead, it’s an ongoing process, said Hunter Ferguson, a ...

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Black Box VR chief design officer and co-founder Preston Lewis really thought his inaugural San Francisco virtual reality gym would be open by now. “I was hoping I could say, ‘We’re open next week,’ but we’re still waiting for the ...

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One of Idaho’s largest insurance companies said Friday that someone hacked its website and obtained access to the personal information of about 5,600 customers, including their names, claim payment information and codes indicating medical procedures they may have undergone. Blue ...