Archive for November 2012
The Elbert Files: What Dave is thankful for
A lot happened in 2012 that I’d just as soon forget, starting with the Iowa caucuses, which were followed by an incredibly divisive election and one of the worst droughts we’ve seen in years.
Nonetheless, …
Read MoreBERKO: A bloody tale of short selling
Dear Mr. Berko:
Can you please explain, in simple English, what a short sale is, how it works and how it’s possible to make money? My broker tried to explain this to me, but he’s …
Read MoreGITOMER: The most misused word in sales
The most misused word in sales will surprise you. It’s “value.”
Value is a misguided, misused, maligned word, whose meaning has gone dormant. It is used without meaning, understanding and implication. It’s bantered about in …
Read MoreMCLELLAN: Give the gift of gratitude
So many aspects of owning or running a business are difficult.
• It’s tough to hire the right employees.
• It’s a challenge to create a work environment that encourages your team to routinely go …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Cory McClure
After 17 years as an assistant Polk County attorney specializing in child welfare issues, Cory McClure went to work Oct. 22 in the family law practice at Babich Goldman P.C. in Des Moines. His career …
Read MoreNonprofit: LeadingAge Iowa
Iowa’s senior living communities continue to reinvent themselves to meet the needs of a changing demographic, and an organization that represents them has changed as well.
“As we live longer and we have more people …
Read MoreBeating the odds
Against the odds, The Temple for Performing Arts has become a lively downtown Des Moines gathering place.
The smell of coffee and the sound of chatter emanates from the Starbucks coffeehouse. Visitors and downtown workers …
Read MoreService helps patients, employers cut health-care costs
Few people would think of asking their doctor how much a procedure will cost them before they have it done. Probably fewer have any idea how to go about shopping for a price that won’t …
A field of wine dreams
A metal shed full of wild cats, a 1950s ranch home in need of repair or bulldozing, 16 acres with a gentle slope and a southern exposure: This is the stuff of a winemaker’s dreams.…
Read MoreTHE ENTREPRENEURS: Brad Dwyer
Brad Dwyer sometimes wears a T-shirt with a Facebook logo on it, which is somewhat fitting.
Dwyer, like Facebook Inc. founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, dropped out of college to run his own technology startup …
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