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NOTEBOOK: The road to success by cookie

When Dereck Lewis was a budding entrepreneur — before he hit it big with Thelma’s cookies and ice-cream sandwiches, he bought a pallet of glow necklaces and sold them at a giant spring festival at …

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NOTEBOOK: Iowa banks fly south

Banks, it seems, are snowbirds, too.

If you run low on cash in Phoenix during your wintertime sojourn there, feel free to swing by any of the area branches of Des Moines-based Bankers Trust Co. …

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NOTEBOOK: Keynoter gives up fee, helps local charity

One of our favorite Des Moines Brits, Sam Hoyle, passed along a nice story from the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s recent Executive Forum on Diversity and Inclusion.
       
Keynote speaker Yasmine Mustafa …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the December 15 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the December 15 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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A Closer Look: Paul Thelen

About 75 percent of nonprofits in Iowa generate less than $100,000 in annual revenues. Though many nonprofits are small, they have an outsized impact on the communities they serve, says Paul Thelen, co-director of the …

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McLellan: You like us, you really like us

As we approach 2018, we’re delving into the channels that you really need to consider as you map out your marketing and sales efforts for the coming year. In the previous columns, we’ve covered:

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The Elbert Files: What Des Moines hath wrought

Des Moines’ 1995 comprehensive parks plan was not aggressive enough.

Few would have agreed at the time.

In fact, 22 years ago many believed it was too ambitious in its call for amenities that included …

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NOTEBOOK: Whitson: Female role models help women pursue NASA careers

Record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson was in Iowa last week to speak to classes and to headline a gala for the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. I interviewed her briefly at the Iowa Historical Building, near …

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NOTEBOOK: Zumbach on sales tax: This time is different

Steve Zumbach, a Des Moines lawyer and economic development leader, has watched Polk County voters blowtorch several local-option sales tax proposals he and other leaders held up as a chance to move the community ahead …

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A welcome challenge

Frank Levy is president of Newbury Management Co., a Des Moines company that has counted the development, ownership and management of low-income housing among among its specialities since its founding in the 1980s by his …

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