Archive for April 2012
A Closer Look – Lynn Michl
Lynn Michl is bringing his experience as a chief financial officer to CFO Systems LLC, which is expanding into Iowa. …
Read MoreGITOMER: Measuring social media ROI? LOL!
I got an (unsolicited) email offering a webinar to teach me about how to measure, and the importance of measuring, the return on investment (ROI) of social media.
TOTAL JOKE. And a bad one at …
Read MoreMCLELLAN: Moving prospects to the next step
When you’re creating any sort of communication aimed at a potential buyer, you want them to do what?
When I ask this question, I typically hear a range of answers like:
• Know more about …
Read MoreTRANSITIONS: The real cost of gas?
Editor’s Note: Jim Pollock is out of the office this week. In his absense, and with the price of gas once again on the rise, we wanted to bring back one of Jim’s columns from …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Lynn Michl
Lynn Michl has made a career out of assuming the chief financial officer (CFO) role at companies in tumultuous situations, whether it’s significant growth or a turnaround situation. Now, the seasoned financial executive will lead …
Read MoreLAUNCH: Meridian Health Plan of Iowa
Meridian Health Plan, a private Medicaid health plan founded 15 years ago in Detroit, has begun offering services to Iowa Medicaid patients. The company has grown to become Michigan’s largest Medicaid health maintenance organization (HMO) …
Read MoreGrowing a small farm
High cholesterol led the Book family to beef.
Ethan and Rebecca Book, both 32, turned that health problem into a business that has caught the attention of a small farm specialist, not to mention 800 …
Read MoreCre trends & Issues Forum
The issue has stymied state lawmakers for the better part of 30 years, and it could trip up session-opening sentiments that the moment of reckoning had arrived for changing Iowa’s commercial property tax laws.
Lawmakers …
Read MoreWebsite connects small businesses with big opportunities
Small businesses looking to expand their markets have a new tool to help with their hunt. Supplier Connection is an online portal that connects small businesses to large corporations in need of products or services.…
Read MoreThe Big Question
A recent National Federation of Independent Business survey found that 72 percent of small business owners would like to expand their operations or add employees during the next five years. However a host of challenges, …
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