We've Got a Lot to Say

and share about our community

Code Labs Success Story - Patrick Oswald

February 1, 2023

$1.5 Million Awarded to Codefi Foundation for Tech Workforce Training

January 24, 2023

Code Labs Success Story - Joseph Williams

January 11, 2023

1ST50K Awardee Ewagers Approved to Officially Launch

November 30, 2022

Transition, Local Tech Startup, Wins the Center on Rural Innovation’s Small Towns, Big Ideas Pitch Competition

November 14, 2022

Code Labs Success Story - Bri Grimsley

November 14, 2022

Local Tech Startup, Sequel, Selected to Present at North America’s Leading Blockchain Summit

November 4, 2022

Code Labs Success Story - Zelda Mazur

October 24, 2022

$2 Million Awarded to Codefi Foundation from Highly-Competitive National Program Accelerating Tech-Based Economic Development

October 11, 2022

Code Labs Success Story - Ashley Lovette

September 28, 2022

Transition Selected for the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund

September 13, 2022

AltCap Expanding into Southern Missouri Through a Partnership with Innovate SOMO

September 2, 2022

Youth Coding League Fall 2022 Season Preview and Kickoff

August 30, 2022

Founders of Innovate SOMO Announce Fund in Partnership with Community Foundation of the Ozarks to Support Businesses Across Southern Missouri

August 29, 2022

Welcome to the Youth Coding League - Fall 2022

August 24, 2022

Region's Tech Startup Community Continues to Grow - Codefi Introduces 2022 1ST50K Startup Competition Awardees

August 4, 2022

21 Communities Visiting Cape Girardeau for Rural Innovation Network Summit

May 17, 2022

Introducing Innovate SOMO: Codefi and the efactory announce one of the largest regional workforce and business development networks in Missouri’s history

April 8, 2022

Codefi and New Partners Receive Nearly $1 Million to Expand Digital Workforce and Business Development Programs Across Southern Missouri

March 22, 2022

Southeast Missouri and West Kentucky Level Up with Contender Esports

January 31, 2022

The Middle School Cliff and What We’re Doing About It

October 28, 2021

Youth Coding League Fall 2021 Regular Season Midpoint - a Look at Team Standings

October 19, 2021

1ST50K Startup Competition Announces 2021 Awardees

September 6, 2021

Fall 2021 Youth Coding League Season Preview

September 6, 2021

1ST50K Awardee SHO.ai Launches Free Brand Management Platform Beta

August 26, 2021

Welcome to the Youth Coding League: Fall 2021

August 24, 2021

4 Ways to Prep for the Software Developer Industry

July 27, 2021

Coworking: The New #WFH

July 23, 2021

How You Can Launch a Coding Program at Your School (Even With a Busy Schedule)

July 22, 2021

Big Fish, Small Pond – 4 Reasons Why Small Cities are Better for Startups

July 21, 2021

1ST50K Startup Competition opens 2021 applications

April 16, 2021

Glenn Campbell "Makes Bills" with "Bills" in Necessary Entrepreneur Podcast

February 15, 2021

Codefi turns 6 while closing in on $30 Million

December 1, 2020

Codefi and Partners Awarded $1.7 Million from Department of Labor and Delta Regional Authority to Establish Digital Workforce Coalitions in Missouri and Kentucky

November 23, 2020

Powering the Potential of Rural Communities

November 6, 2020

Codefi Partners with Southeast Missouri State University to Support Entrepreneurship and Tech Business Development Programs

September 2, 2020

Codefi Announces “The Future is Digital Challenge,” a Free Digital Upskilling Initiative for Rural America

August 31, 2020

Codefi Expands Digital Workforce and Economy Development Programs to Western Kentucky

August 28, 2020

Unprecedented Award Announcement for 2020’s 1ST50K Startup Competition

August 13, 2020

1ST50K Competition Committee Announces Startup Founders Heading to Cape Girardeau for 2020 Pitch Day

July 24, 2020

LaunchCode to Code Labs One to a Career in Tech: Kayla’s Story

May 5, 2020

Getting Sh*t Done During a Pandemic

April 2, 2020

Sho Rust Reflects on 1ST50K and the Last Year of Startup Development

March 23, 2020

Stories from the 2019 Code Labs Cohort: Jacob, Roy and Zack

March 18, 2020

Nathan Holmes Looks Back on a Year of Startup Development Through 1ST50K

March 9, 2020

From the Charles L. Hutson Visionary Award to Our Vision for the Future: Our $2 Million Goal

March 3, 2020

Codefi by the Numbers, Part V

November 7, 2019

Marquette Tech District Receives $750,000 Federal Grant

July 25, 2019

Marquette Tech District Announces Healthcare Hackathon Winners

July 24, 2019

Codefi Connecting, Supporting and Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs

July 19, 2019

Youth Coding League Champions Go Home with Trophies, Prizes at All-Star Party

May 16, 2019

1ST50K Startup Competition Accepting Applications

April 15, 2019

Code Labs One: Improved and Expanded

April 11, 2019

Codefi and the Marquette Tech District Foundation selected to participate in inaugural Rural Innovation Initiative

February 18, 2019

2019 Healthcare Hackathon

January 18, 2019

Building a Technology Sector (Part 3): Talent

December 2, 2018

Building a Technology Sector (Part 2): The Hub

November 13, 2018

Building a Technology Sector (Part 1): Startups

October 30, 2018

Marquette Tech District Foundation and Saint Francis Healthcare System Partner for Hackathon

October 18, 2018

Introducing the Youth Coding League

August 24, 2018

Building a Technology Sector

August 12, 2018

1ST50K Announces Seven Finalists for 2018 Startup Competition

August 6, 2018

Shifting into High Gear

June 28, 2018

Code Labs One: Your Chance to Be a Computer Programmer

June 1, 2018

Marquette Tech District Foundation receives $400,000 in funding to grow 1ST50K Startup Competition

March 14, 2018

Fireside Chat with Mike Van de Ven of Southwest Airlines

March 12, 2018

Codefi announces Stacy Dohogne Lane as its new Community Director

February 23, 2018

Codefi Turns Three

December 1, 2017

Delta Regional Authority Invests $110,555 to Increase Adult Computer Programming Training Throughout the Delta

October 11, 2017

1ST50K Awards $50,000 Grant to Applied Behavioral Analysis Startup

August 11, 2017

Startup Companies from Around the World Coming to Cape, Competing for $50,000

July 23, 2017

Stapleton Appointed to Governor Greitens' New Innovation Task Force

June 19, 2017

Fireside Chat with Glenn Campbell of LIDS

June 19, 2017

Lids Co-Founder Becomes Partner in Codefi

March 1, 2017

Forty Local Residents Launching New Careers in Technology

January 9, 2017

Codefi By The Numbers

November 3, 2016

Two startups awarded 1ST50K grant

LaunchCode announces free fall coding class in Cape Girardeau

August 29, 2016

Southeast honored by state for downtown Cape developments

August 9, 2016

Marquette Tech District Foundation awarded $200,000 grant

August 2, 2016

Winners of 2015 startup competition in Cape finalizing anti-theft bicycle product

July 29, 2016

Cape to get small-market ride-sharing service carGO

July 29, 2016

Outstanding Economic Impact Project awarded to Codefi of Cape Girardeau

July 29, 2016

Business notebook: Brighter days ahead for downtown, report says

July 25, 2016

Business notebook: Two tenants move on up with Codefi at Marquette Tower

July 18, 2016

Busy Codefi claims space in Marquette Tech project

April 13, 2016

Codefi co-founder plays a role in big downtown project

April 13, 2016

Local developers, investors announce plans for Marquette, H-H Building in downtown Cape

April 12, 2016

$20M Real estate, economic development project announced in downtown Cape Girardeau

April 12, 2016

Coworking with an Internet Marketer Kenmond Sanders: 17 Years to an Overnight Success

February 12, 2016

1ST50K Startup Competition Announces Award Winner

January 15, 2016

Codefi Launches Meet the Experts

December 2, 2015

1ST50K Announces Nine Finalists

October 29, 2015

Farmington Entrepreneur Receives Startup Investments

October 11, 2015

Search Begins for Second $50K Startup Winner

October 6, 2015

Codefi Sets Another Google Startup Contest

September 23, 2015

Startup Competition Winners Talk Shop at Incubator’s Event

September 3, 2015

Bike Lock Inventors Win 50K Prize, headed to Cape

August 25, 2015

California Startup Wins Incubator’s 1ST50K Competition

August 14, 2015

First 1ST50K Contest Draws International Interest

July 20, 2015

Business Startup Contest Draws Entries from 13 Countries

July 7, 2015

Winners Announced in Local Google Startup Contest

March 17, 2015

Codefi Launches Open Device Lab; Announces Expansion

March 16, 2015

Entrepreneurs Make a Pitch During Local Google Startup

March 15, 2015

Google Startup Weekend is Big Opportunity for Entrepreneurs

February 24, 2015

Google Startup Competition a First for Cape Girardeau Entrepreneurs

February 12, 2015

Google Weekend Planned for Cape Girardeau

February 9, 2015

Competition is Meant to Help Area Startups

January 18, 2015

Codefi Shows a New Form of Entrepreneurship

November 12, 2014

Cape to Host Weekly Entrepreneurs’ Mixer Starting in Mid-November

October 21, 2014

First Tenant Commits to Old Federal Building

June 29, 2014

We've Got a Lot to Say

and share about our community

Code Labs Success Story - Patrick Oswald

$1.5 Million Awarded to Codefi Foundation for Tech Workforce Training

Code Labs Success Story - Joseph Williams

1ST50K Awardee Ewagers Approved to Officially Launch

Transition, Local Tech Startup, Wins the Center on Rural Innovation’s Small Towns, Big Ideas Pitch Competition

Code Labs Success Story - Bri Grimsley

Local Tech Startup, Sequel, Selected to Present at North America’s Leading Blockchain Summit

Code Labs Success Story - Zelda Mazur

$2 Million Awarded to Codefi Foundation from Highly-Competitive National Program Accelerating Tech-Based Economic Development

Code Labs Success Story - Ashley Lovette

Transition Selected for the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund

AltCap Expanding into Southern Missouri Through a Partnership with Innovate SOMO

Youth Coding League Fall 2022 Season Preview and Kickoff

Founders of Innovate SOMO Announce Fund in Partnership with Community Foundation of the Ozarks to Support Businesses Across Southern Missouri

Welcome to the Youth Coding League - Fall 2022

Keep up, if you can!

Region's Tech Startup Community Continues to Grow - Codefi Introduces 2022 1ST50K Startup Competition Awardees

21 Communities Visiting Cape Girardeau for Rural Innovation Network Summit

Introducing Innovate SOMO: Codefi and the efactory announce one of the largest regional workforce and business development networks in Missouri’s history

Codefi and New Partners Receive Nearly $1 Million to Expand Digital Workforce and Business Development Programs Across Southern Missouri

Southeast Missouri and West Kentucky Level Up with Contender Esports

The Middle School Cliff and What We’re Doing About It

Youth Coding League Fall 2021 Regular Season Midpoint - a Look at Team Standings

1ST50K Startup Competition Announces 2021 Awardees

Fall 2021 Youth Coding League Season Preview

1ST50K Awardee SHO.ai Launches Free Brand Management Platform Beta

Welcome to the Youth Coding League: Fall 2021

4 Ways to Prep for the Software Developer Industry

Coworking: The New #WFH

How You Can Launch a Coding Program at Your School (Even With a Busy Schedule)

Big Fish, Small Pond – 4 Reasons Why Small Cities are Better for Startups

1ST50K Startup Competition opens 2021 applications

Glenn Campbell "Makes Bills" with "Bills" in Necessary Entrepreneur Podcast

Codefi turns 6 while closing in on $30 Million

Codefi and Partners Awarded $1.7 Million from Department of Labor and Delta Regional Authority to Establish Digital Workforce Coalitions in Missouri and Kentucky

Powering the Potential of Rural Communities

Codefi Partners with Southeast Missouri State University to Support Entrepreneurship and Tech Business Development Programs

Codefi Announces “The Future is Digital Challenge,” a Free Digital Upskilling Initiative for Rural America

Codefi Expands Digital Workforce and Economy Development Programs to Western Kentucky

Unprecedented Award Announcement for 2020’s 1ST50K Startup Competition

1ST50K Competition Committee Announces Startup Founders Heading to Cape Girardeau for 2020 Pitch Day

LaunchCode to Code Labs One to a Career in Tech: Kayla’s Story

Getting Sh*t Done During a Pandemic

Sho Rust Reflects on 1ST50K and the Last Year of Startup Development

Stories from the 2019 Code Labs Cohort: Jacob, Roy and Zack

Nathan Holmes Looks Back on a Year of Startup Development Through 1ST50K

From the Charles L. Hutson Visionary Award to Our Vision for the Future: Our $2 Million Goal

Codefi by the Numbers, Part V

Marquette Tech District Receives $750,000 Federal Grant

Marquette Tech District Announces Healthcare Hackathon Winners

Codefi Connecting, Supporting and Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs

Youth Coding League Champions Go Home with Trophies, Prizes at All-Star Party

1ST50K Startup Competition Accepting Applications

Code Labs One: Improved and Expanded

Codefi and the Marquette Tech District Foundation selected to participate in inaugural Rural Innovation Initiative

2019 Healthcare Hackathon

Building a Technology Sector (Part 3): Talent

Building a Technology Sector (Part 2): The Hub

Building a Technology Sector (Part 1): Startups

Marquette Tech District Foundation and Saint Francis Healthcare System Partner for Hackathon

Introducing the Youth Coding League

Building a Technology Sector

1ST50K Announces Seven Finalists for 2018 Startup Competition

Shifting into High Gear

Code Labs One: Your Chance to Be a Computer Programmer

Marquette Tech District Foundation receives $400,000 in funding to grow 1ST50K Startup Competition

Fireside Chat with Mike Van de Ven of Southwest Airlines

Codefi announces Stacy Dohogne Lane as its new Community Director

Codefi Turns Three

Delta Regional Authority Invests $110,555 to Increase Adult Computer Programming Training Throughout the Delta

1ST50K Awards $50,000 Grant to Applied Behavioral Analysis Startup

Startup Companies from Around the World Coming to Cape, Competing for $50,000

Stapleton Appointed to Governor Greitens' New Innovation Task Force

Fireside Chat with Glenn Campbell of LIDS

Lids Co-Founder Becomes Partner in Codefi

Forty Local Residents Launching New Careers in Technology

Codefi By The Numbers

Two startups awarded 1ST50K grant