Archive for December 2018
Mulrooney named COO of Iowa Lutheran, Methodist West
UnityPoint Health-Des Moines has named Tom Mulrooney chief operating officer for Iowa Lutheran Hospital and Methodist West, effective immediately. He will also continue in his current role as vice president of surgical and cardiovascular services for UnityPoint …
Read MoreLeaders Survey: Economic development
The Business Record’s 2018 Leaders Survey asked readers their opinions on a number of topics, including economic development incentives. You can find results here. We’re sharing other results and comments in our e-newsletters this month.
Agree …
NOTEBOOK: Happy anniversary, Business Record!
The Business Record celebrated its 35th anniversary Dec. 12 with a party and the launch of Greater, an ideas initiative that will entail features in print and online as well as events in 2019. (See …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Startup goPuff to bring convenience delivery service to Des Moines
A Philadelphia-based digital retail startup is bringing its industry-disrupting delivery concept to Des Moines.
The company, goPuff, aims its delivery app squarely at millennials who would rather pick up their smartphone to order munchies rather …
GREATER: Accelerate workforce diversity
Mike McCoy
CEO, NCMIC Group
THE IDEA: Des Moines should leverage its natural resources, insurance talent and its growing underlying insurance ecosystem to double down on on insurtech as a region so it continues to …
Read MoreGREATER: Accelerate innovation
Geoff Wood
Founder, Gravitate
The Idea: Remove “job lock” barriers, increase tech employees and investors, align with Ames, support the infrastructure — accelerate innovation.
Entrepreneurs are among the most important groups of people in any …
Read MoreWish list for the 2019 Iowa Legislature
Hands shot up. Questions and comments zigged and zagged over topics such as affordable housing, a new terminal for the Des Moines airport, education funding, supporting rural communities, and other matters.
The Dec. 6 Business …
State task forces call for better broadband, housing
Three task forces working on the state’s Empower Rural Iowa Initiative have called for prioritized improvements in broadband service and a series of housing assessments.
Gov. Kim Reynolds assembled the panels, and the overall effort …
NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: The stinky business of catching porch pirates
Holiday porch thieves beware — or at least refrain from stealing at an engineer’s house. Former NASA engineer Mark Rober was told by police they couldn’t do anything to track down the package stolen on …
Read MoreNAIC launches series examining cures for rising health care costs
Annual health care expenditures in the United States have topped $3.2 trillion, and consumer health care expenses are now the largest share of household spending. A new report series from the National Association of Insurance …
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