Archive for May 2019
Troubled birth control telemedicine startup to launch service in Iowa
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the May 17 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the May 17 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …
Read MoreBusiness Record 5-17-19
Making investors’ voices heard
Ask wealth advisers the importance of socially responsible investing, and about 6% will show strong interest. But pose the questions to their clients, and about 75% on average will respond that it’s important, according to …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Patrick Coughlin
Patrick Coughlin has held the title of CEO of Bridges of Iowa Inc. since late January, but he has been in training since the day he walked through the doors of the nonprofit substance abuse …
Read MoreBook excerpt: Mentor | Life and legacy of Joe Rosenfield
Former Grinnell College President George Drake’s new book on longtime Grinnell trustee and philanthropist Joe Rosenfield includes details of how Rosenfield, who ran Younkers and bankrolled Heritage Cablevision, coaxed billionaire friend Warren Buffett to serve …
Read MoreIowa metros gear up for debut of e-scooters
Visitors to many larger metro areas across the country now often have a fun novelty for getting around a city — e-scooters.
With e-scooters now in Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City, and Omaha set to …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Brokered conventions
Des Moines publisher E.T. Meredith is not generally associated with politics, although he was twice considered as a candidate for U.S. president during the 1920s.
The founder of Better Homes and Gardens and Successful Farming …
Read MoreMcLellan: Marketing perfection doesn’t require technology
We have some fantastic tools at our fingertips today. We can geofence a building and send text messages and mobile ads just to the people who come and go from that building.
We can target …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: In case you missed it
In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com
Water trails incubator launched
Capital Crossroads has formed the Central Iowa Water Trails Incubator to guide planning and …