EDC Client Clickstop Adds Seven New Team Members

URBANA, IA–JULY 3, 2013–EDC client, Urbana-based Clickstop, continues to grow, with the addition of six new staff members as well as a summer intern. The e-commerce business, which operates ten different websites, now has more than 70 employees with the recent additions. The marketing department welcomed Loraine Kelty as a marketing specialist and Matt Mitchell […]

Six EDC Clients Recognized at Corridor Business Journal’s 2013 Fastest Growing Companies Event

CORALVILLE, IA—May 21, 2013—The Entrepreneurial Development Center (EDC), a Cedar Rapids-based business accelerator, is pleased to announce that six of its clients were recognized at the Corridor Business Journal’s (CBJ) Fastest Growing Companies breakfast. The event, held Tuesday, May 21 at the Coralville Marriott, attracted a record crowd of over 470 attendees. This notable list […]

EDC Client, Breads From Anna, Selected As One of Twenty Global Women-Owned Businesses in Walmart’s New On-line “Empowering Women Together” Initiative

IOWA CITY, IA – March 13, 2013 –Anna Sobaski, Founder and President of Breads From Anna recently announced her selection as one of twenty global women owned businesses to be a part of  Wal-Mart’s new “Empowering Women Together” initiative.  The program, promoted on-line only, launched this week and is currently highlighted on the front page […]

EDC’s Curt Nelson Named to Board of iTforTeens

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA—FEBRUARY 21, 2013—Curt Nelson, President & CEO of EDC, Inc., a Cedar Rapids-based business accelerator, has been named one of the founding board members for a new non-profit, iTforTeens. The group, based in Cedar Rapids, was founded by Praveen Gadkari, a former VP of a software development company, with the mission to cultivate […]

Three EDC Clients Named Finalists for 2013 Prometheus Awards

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA—FEBRUARY 19, 2013—The Entrepreneurial Development Center (EDC) is pleased to announce that three of its clients are finalists in five categories of the 2013 Prometheus Awards hosted by the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI). The client finalists include: Involta, Ready Wireless and Terpenoid Therapeutics. The eighth annual Prometheus Awards event will be held […]

EDC Client Collective Data Reports Growth Over 2012

Cedar Rapids, Iowa – February 7, 2013 – Collective Data, Inc., a leading provider of fleet management software systems, announced today a year-over-year growth of 21% for 2012. The company attributes its continued success to the ability to offer unique solutions tailored to the needs of their clients. “Expectations for fleet managers vary widely and […]

EDC Client Inteconnex Announces New Organization and Sales Growth

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – FEBRUARY 5, 2013 – Inteconnex, a physical security and IT integrator, announced a new executive team for the Cedar Rapids-based company. Inteconnex serves clients around the country from three Midwest locations: Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska. The new organization comes in the midst of record growth for the […]