Archive for October 2017
A Closer Look: Sam Hoyle
Sam Hoyle moved to Des Moines to celebrate his marriage to his wife, Kaylie, whose family is from Ames.
He figured they would stay nine months, then move to Chicago or one of the coasts. …
NOTEBOOK: They grow quipsters in Algona
Algona, a community of about 5,500 people located 135 miles north of Greater Des Moines, received a fair amount of air time at our recent Power Breakfast.
When the conversation at the Oct. 25 Business …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: IWLC thinks bigger
Next year’s Iowa Women Lead Change Central Iowa conference will grow from one day to two on Nov. 6-7, 2018, in Des Moines. Nationwide will sponsor again, IWLC Chief Executive Tiffany O’Donnell also announced at …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: What’s a Whova, who’s on Whova and why am I on Whova?
Had I gone to high school a generation later, I might have been voted “Least Likely to Be An Early Adopter of New Apps.” But when I registered with the Urbandale Chamber to attend the …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: ‘It’s on all of us to end the silence’
Gretchen Carlson came to Des Moines with a strong message for men and women in the workplace who face harassment: Take back your power.
The author and former TV journalist was the keynote speaker at …
Read MoreCashing in on micro-moments
Whitney Cox is on the phone, and she’s sharing a message she has given her own mother:
If you want to succeed in small businesses — which Cox and many others call the “backbone of …
NOTEBOOK: We tried the Zombie Frappucino for you
Nearly every morning after our newsroom staff meeting, Suzanne Behnke and I head over to the next-door Hy-Vee’s Starbucks to further discuss the Daily e-newsletter strategies or operational needs. Now, there have been some creative …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: UI student-managed Henry Fund reaches $6 million milestone
As the Dow broke the 23,000 threshold for the first time in October, a longtime student investment fund at the University of Iowa also set a record of its own. The Henry Fund, which is …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Mainframe Studios: There’s plenty of room for Barnum Factory
A couple of weeks ago, I stopped by the Barnum Factory for a tour of what used to be a paint factory in the Central Place industrial area, near the main post office in Des …
Read MoreMcLellan: Google’s new twist on ads
One of the biggest challenges of advertising on Google is that, at best, it’s a moving target. It’s not just that they are constantly tinkering with their algorithms but they’re also revising and evolving their …
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