A national accelerator and entrepreneurial support organization is launching a free monthly education program for Boise entrepreneurs interested in making the world a better place as well as making money. Impact Entrepreneur Meet-Up – sponsored by Seed Spot, which has ...

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IDAHO FALLS – Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has received a one-year grant to set up a center to facilitate the creation of commercial products from technologies developed from research at the lab, modeled after and partnering with Boise’s Trailhead incubator ...

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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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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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“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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Angel investors want to fund companies, but startups need to prove that they deserve the money, and to do that, they need to have their stuff together. That’s according to Kevin Learned, partner with Loon Creek Capital in Boise, who ...

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Buying intrusion detection software and third-party antivirus software aren’t necessarily the way to go to improve your company’s cybersecurity. That’s according to Shawn Scott, CEO of Badger Infosec, who spoke recently on cybersecurity at Trailhead, the coworking space in downtown ...

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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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Women currently working in the technology field said that both men and women should mentor girls to encourage them to get into the industry because Idaho will need them to fill jobs. That’s according to a panel of seven women ...

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In an event intended to showcase entrepreneurship in Idaho’s food processing industry, grocery retailer Albertsons and downtown Boise co-working space Trailhead are partnering on “Trailmix,” a competition for startup food producers. The event will be held Oct. 18 at Trailhead ...

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