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Event Preview: 2018 Commercial Real Estate Trends and Issues forum

In preparation for our annual Commercial Real Estate Trends and Issues Forum on April 25, we asked our panelists to share one commercial real estate trend that business leaders need to be aware of. 

Their …

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The Elbert Files: How resilience works

I bought a copy of Andrew Zolli’s book, “Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back,” in anticipation of his appearance next week in the Tomorrow Plan Speaker Series at the State Historical Building. 

“Resilience” explores the question: …

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NOTEBOOK: Development tips from a lawbreaker

A whole bunch of organizations got together with the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization to bring lawbreaking, big-thinking, cancer-surviving Jason Roberts to the atrium of the Historical Building for a noon presentation. 

He’s a …

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NOTEBOOK: BCycle puts a cork on sticky handlebar grips

If you check out a BCycle this spring, you may notice the handlebar grips no longer feel like the last user just finished a melting Thelma’s frozen cookie (unless, of course, someone happened to do …

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NOTEBOOK: Airport taxi update

Remember that deal where the airport took control of taxis again after Des Moines City Council deregulation of the industry led to there being many companies, with mixed service and occasional high fares even to …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it …

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com

Prometheus Awards
The annual Technology Association of Iowa/LWBJ innovation and technology awards were given April 12. Learn more…

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A Closer Look: Jami Milne

When Christopher Diebel at Happy Medium first emailed me about Jami Milne, the company’s new director of connections strategy, this is what he had to say:

“Happy Medium employs a diverse roster of people who …

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McLellan: Email marketing persists

Even though it seems a little old school in the days of virtual reality, artificial intelligence and bots, email marketing is still one of the most effective marketing tactics available to us. A recent study …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the April 20 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the April 20 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 …

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NOTEBOOK:At unveiling of the children’s hospital mural, patients receive 111 surprises

Disney CEO Bob Iger, with patients at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, unveils the new Disney character mural Wednesday at Blank.
Photo by Duane Tinkey

Seventy-five years after the first Disney character murals were …