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Construction
Laser-engraved floorplans & building security solution win top prizes at Hacking for Homebuilding competition
Boise State’s Venture College and Boise Entrepreneur Week announced the winners for the Hacking for Homebuilding challenge. Competitors were tasked with identifying solutions to...
Business
What’s a switchel? Innovative Idaho drink wins Trailmix competition for cash & Albertsons exposure
It’s Boise Entrepreneur Week and the Trailmix Pitch Competition announced its winner.
The winners were husband and wife Eric and Sam Herrera who co-founded Erth...
Business
Renamed Boise Entrepreneur Week ready for (mostly) virtual event
Boise Startup Week is back - with a new name and widened focus: Boise Entrepreneur Week. The weeklong event will largely be virtual,...
Office
New office building to host growing Boise private equity firm
Another new office building will sprout up at Ten Mile Crossing.
The latest office building will go up three stories, with about 73,000 square feet...
Affordable Housing
IndieDwell lands new investors, moves manufacturing out of Idaho
An Idaho-based affordable housing company landed itself a new investor, but its Canyon County manufacturing facility is still closed.
Earlier this year, BoiseDev brought you...
Startups
Boise startup lands funds to help online buying align with shoppers’ values
Two Boise women hope to make it easier for people shopping online to buy from businesses that align with their values - whatever they...
Business
Boise’s Clearwater Analytics files for IPO, could fetch $4 billion valuation
Boise's Clearwater Analytics hopes to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The IPO...
Boise Downtown
Bars, rooftop & more: Treefort plans a permanent fort downtown, lands investment partners
Treefort Music Festival announced it would build a new, permanent venue, known as Treefort Music Hall. It would go up at Capitol Blvd. and...
Startups
Calling all entrepreneurs: Applications open for Boise Entrepreneur Week
Boise Entrepreneur Week is coming up October 18 through the 22 and any Idahoan with an idea is invited to participate. Now in its...
GetLocal
Boise startup brings its toys to Target stores
A Boise startup just took its products to retail - big-time retail.
A small selection of developmental toys from Lovevery is now available at some...
Business
Vacasa, a vacation rental co. with Boise roots, aims to go public in $4.5 billion deal
Vacasa, the large vacation rental company with a strong presence in Boise, says it plans to go public this fall.
The deal, which would come...
Business
Boise software company founded by Apprentice star lands large growth investment
A Boise area software company landed a big investment round this summer. Tovuti LMS added $8 million to its coffers in an investment round...
Business
LunchBox Wax went from one Boise salon to dozens nationwide. Now it has a high-profile new owner
The first LunchBox Wax salon opened in Downtown Boise in 2010. Debi Lane moved from Sun Valley, started the waxing-only salon with the attention-grabbing...
Startups
From tech startup to… duck calls? TSheets founders invest in another Eagle startup
Matt Rissell and Brandon Zehm started a small business to provide timesheet tracking for users of the QuickBooks platform in 2006. Just more...
Caldwell
Caldwell footwear co. expands in the US & internationally; names sandals after Idaho towns
In 2015, Chance Stevenson was promoted to president of High Country Plastics, a Caldwell company that specializes in rotational molding. Soon after, Stevenson says...