Posts by lburt
A new era for events
Techstars Startup Weekend events are naturally brimming with lively energy and fast-paced activity as teams who are often strangers at the start work together to rapidly validate and develop ideas to pitch to a panel …
Read MoreWhat they’re checking out: Week of April 12
As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des …
Read MoreTaste the Terroir
BPC named Top Ten Publisher by Editor & Publisher Magazine
For the third time in four years, Business Publications Corp. Inc. (BPC), publisher of Business Record, dsm and ia magazines and our BPC Custom division, has been named one of Ten Publishers to Watch by …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Jill Wilkins
Jill Wilkins’ home office wall, decorated with framed posters from Broadway shows, is a reminder of the influence the arts have on her life. Her parents are both artists, which drew her to dance, music …
Read MoreWhat they’re checking out: Week of Mar. 29
As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des …
Read MoreMeet the Forty Under 40 Class of 2024
What they’re checking out: Week of Mar. 22
As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des …
Read MoreManchesterStory’s Nicole Gunderson shares her steps from investment banking to working with startups and venture capital
Like many students, Nicole Gunderson entered college not knowing what career she would land in.
“When I started at the University of Iowa … all I really knew was that I wanted to do ‘business.’ …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: A recipe for disaster
My friend K.C. was admiring artist Richard Serra’s “Five Plate Pentagon” in the southeast corner of the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
As I approached, he mumbled something about the Legislature needing to grow …
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