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FedEx launches 6th annual small-business grant contest

FedEx Corp. is committing $120,500 in grant prizes to 10 U.S.-based small businesses as part of this year’s sixth annual small business grant contest — and the top business stands to win more than $25,000 …

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Etchison to lead commercial sales for Bankers Trust

Travis Etchison, who helped Bankers Trust Co. launch a small-business banking program after joining the bank in 2013, has been promoted to commercial sales manager. He now also serves on the Bankers Trust management committee. …

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Iowa solar industry grows 45 percent

The Solar Foundation reports that Iowa’s solar job market grew by 45 percent last year, faster than other parts of the nation. The National Solar Jobs Census 2017 also found that 250,271 Americans worked in solar as …

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FAA decision could help marketability of Cedar Rapids Land and Air Super Park

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Prospective tenants of the Cedar Rapids Land and Air Super Park will be able to negotiate longer, more attractive lease terms because of a decision by the Federal Aviation Administration. The city of …

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April 5: Accelerate DSM

Host: The Greater Des Moines Partnership
About: This energizing, annual daylong event gives startups and entrepreneurs the chance to make worthwhile connections and gain key takeaways to help them accelerate their business.
When: 8 a.m. …

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Iowa Female Leadership Groups

Below is a collection of professional Iowa Female Leadership Groups that was compiled in partnership with Lead Like a Lady and featured in our most recent Book of Lists. New groups are always forming and …

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Event Preview: Artificial Intelligence the 4th industrial revolution

Last June, we published a piece about artificial intelligence written by Mike Colwell, the executive director of entrepreneurial initiatives at the Greater Des Moines Partnership. The piece was titled “How will Des Moines be a …

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AI — What local leaders say

In the latest Business Record Leaders Survey, an unscientific poll conducted annually with our readers, we asked business community leaders and executives for their opinions on a variety of topics, including the intriguing and ever-developing …

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Finding their synergy

An innovative co-working/incubator space for Greater Des Moines nonprofits that launched less than a year ago has attracted eight resident organizations, and recently gained its first investor — Delta Dental of Iowa. 

The Telligen Community …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the February 23 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the February 23 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 …