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Healthcare, ag startups win Pappajohn awards

Performance Livestock Analytics, a system that helps farmers track and manage activities and inventories, won the $25,000 first prize in this year’s John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition at Drake University. Punctil Health, which offers …
By BPC Staff | Aug 26, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Community Foundation helps firms be more purposeful in giving

With the launch in 2014 of a new endowment for the Telligen Community Foundation and the recent round of grant giving announced by the Storey Kenworthy Foundation, Editor Chris Conetzkey wondered whether there’s a trend…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Aug 26, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the August 26 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the August 26 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 …
By CHRIS CONETZKEY | Aug 26, 2016
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Prestage said he’ll address environmental complaints immediately

RadioIowa: The owner of the huge pork processing plant that will be built in Wright County says the company will begin addressing environmental concerns immediately, before construction even begins. Ron Prestage, of the North Carolina-based Prestage Farms, …
By BPC Staff | Aug 25, 2016
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Millennials plan bar from their grandparents’ era in R&T lobby

Three young entrepreneurs plan to convert the old Register and Tribune building lobby at 715 Locust St. into a cocktail lounge reminiscent of the “Mad Men” era, reports The Des Moines Register. Nick Tillinghast, 28, and …
By BPC Staff | Aug 25, 2016
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SEC adopts rules for additional financial adviser disclosure

Investment advisers will be required to report additional information to federal regulators beginning in October 2017, under rule amendments adopted today by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency announced. The amendments to several Investment Advisers Act …
By BPC Staff | Aug 25, 2016
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Mercy warns of infection risk for open-heart surgery patients

Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines is notifying open-heart surgery patients of a possible infection risk associated with heater-cooler devices used with heart-lung machines. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last fall issued …
By BPC Staff | Aug 25, 2016
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SBA officer praises Iowa as leading state for vets

A federal official leading efforts to help veteran entrepreneurs was in Des Moines this week and she praised Iowa’s initiative to attract veterans to live and work here.


“Iowa and Minnesota really stand out as…
By ANNE CAROTHERS | Aug 25, 2016
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SBA officer praises Iowa as leading state for vets

A federal official leading efforts to help veteran entrepreneurs was in Des Moines this week and she praised Iowa’s initiative to attract veterans to live and work here.


“Iowa and Minnesota really stand out as…
By ANNE CAROTHERS | Aug 25, 2016
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Leaders offer ideas to stem brain drain

We all talk about how to keep graduates of Iowa’s colleges and universities in the state. There are all kinds of internships, incubators, accelerators, mentorships, signing bonuses, added perks, and flexible hours.

Some universities take…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Aug 25, 2016