A recent entrepreneurial event sponsored by the Idaho Technology Council was notable for what it didn’t say: all three entrepreneurs on the panel were women, and their businesses are geared toward women. The ITC didn’t set out to have an ...

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Idaho’s technology community said it largely expects more of the same in 2019. Some additional technologies may be added to the mix, said Jay Larsen, president and CEO of the Idaho Technology Council. For example, he said to improve security, ...

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While more than half of Idaho’s technology jobs are based in the Treasure Valley, a number of efforts are underway to look for entrepreneurs in other parts of the state and provide them with resources they need to be successful. ...

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Idaho, particularly Boise, can become more of a tech hub as places like Silicon Valley lose their luster, but it has to take advantage of the situation, attendees of the Idaho Technology Council’s develop.idaho conference learned. The two major components ...

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More than half of Idaho’s technology jobs are located in the Boise area, yet even there, they represent less than 10 percent of the jobs in the area. Idaho needs to look at ways to increase the number of technology ...

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A Salt Lake City private equity firm has decided to scrap plans to develop an Idaho-only venture capital fund. Banyan Ventures had mentioned its plans for such a fund in April at the Idaho Technology Council’s (ITC) Capital Conference, and ...

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How is a data center like a tractor? Supporters of past failed attempts to exempt data center equipment from sales taxes will be trying another tactic in the upcoming legislative session: Equating data center equipment to agricultural and manufacturing equipment. ...

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A software engineering apprenticeship program developed by the Department of Labor and funded by the federal government has placed its first apprentices. “There’s truly a shortage of software talent,” said Dan Puga, president of In Time Tec LLC, in Meridian, ...

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The value of reported investment deals in Idaho last year leapt to $2.04 billion in 2017, up $1.06 billion from last year, but that was primarily due to a single transaction, according to the Deal Flow Report released April 18 ...

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Boise Mayor Dave Bieter has famously said, “When Micron sneezes, Boise catches a cold.” When Micron Technology Inc. is healthy, Boise and Idaho are healthy too. That’s why the company’s earnings report on March 22 was good news for the ...

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