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Business Record 8-28-15

The Entrepreneurs
A spirited look at Iowa’s brightest thinkers

Focus: Entrepreneurs

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Stowe cites need for regulations in ‘water crisis,’ others support voluntary action

     The Iowa Partnership for Clean Water called a diverse panel together Wednesday in an attempt to start a civil discussion about how to resolve the issues around Des Moines Water Works’ federal nitrate-pollution…
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Norfolk Southern land deal off for now

  Click to see full downtown map   Contracts have expired for the purchase of the largest development parcel in downtown Des Moines as a well as a smaller, related piece of land, but the…
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Water Works asks to seal certain court records

A federal judge has agreed to allow parties involved in the Des Moines Water Works nitrate lawsuit to keep materials from public view if they “contain confidential, sensitive, or proprietary information.”

The order, issued Aug.…
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The Elbert Files: A history of farm tenancy laws

Roughly half of all Iowa’s farmland is under contract to tenant farmers, and anyone familiar with agriculture knows that two significant dates for farmland leases are Sept. 1, the deadline for giving notice of termination, …

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Gitomer: Show me the value

How do you make a sales presentation?

No I don’t mean warm up, probe, present, overcome objections, close. I mean, what’s the big picture of your sales presentation? What’s the content of your sales presentation? …

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McLellan: Metrics that matter

One of the most famous quotes about advertising is from a merchant named John Wanamaker and he said, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”…

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50/50: Will Water Works lawsuit get settled? Flip a coin

Des Moines Water Works might be willing to settle its lawsuit against three northwest Iowa counties over nitrate pollution if the utility is compensated for ratepayers’ expenses and there is a firm agreement to take …

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Ready for a baby? Lessons from a hyper-involved YP couple

Editor’s Note: 
Both Mike and Kate Banasiak are Forty Under 40 winners. They’ve been hopelessly involved in various young professional groups, hold or have held leadership positions in groups all over the city, donate their …

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A Closer Look: Ryan Wise

Ryan Wise was appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad as director of the Iowa Department of Education on July 1. Wise, who earlier in his career taught in teacher shortage areas in Mississippi and Texas as …