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A Closer Look: Thomas Swank

Thomas Swank was hired as CEO of American Enterprise Group Inc. after a national search; he began in that position in April. He succeeds Mike Abbott, who is transitioning to the role of executive chairman …

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University Research: Firing on all cylinders

Research overview: 

Seabee Cylinders and Chrome came to ISU and asked for assistance in looking at functional characteristics of a cylinder and determining how to optimize those operating parameters and finding methods to theoretically determine …

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Power Roundtable: Human Resources

Editor’s note
Before all of our Power Breakfast events, we invite the panelists to the Business Record office for a pre-event meeting to prepare for possible topics. We always leave that meeting wishing we could …

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Prairie Trail sets the pace

Building communities within communities seems to be all the rage in Greater Des Moines, with an early effort rapidly developing in Ankeny.

 

Prairie Trail, the 1,037-acre mixed-use development that spreads northwest of Oralabor Road …

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Economist: Don’t worry about Iowa’s ag economy

Iowa State University labor economist Peter Orazem said he isn’t worried about the latest national report showing Iowa dead last in the country in terms of personal income growth. And Greater Des Moines business leaders …

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The Elbert Files: Reflecting on our bad choices

The recent book “Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, the Great Recession and the Uses — and Misuses — of History” provides much insight into both events, but its most compelling story is about what …

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Gitomer: Sales masters, part 3

Want the sales “master’s touch”? Study them, and do what they did.

The 1953 book, “America’s Twelve Master Salesmen” featured a dozen stories of a principle or philosophy that led to success.

 I have written …

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McLellan: Dunkin’s mobile success story

As people spend more and more time on their mobile devices (phones, tablets and phablets), it makes sense that budgets are being shifted in that direction. But there are several challenges with this relatively new …

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A Closer Look: Tim Hoskins

To say Tim Hoskins is excited about Quester’s new marketing software — which can basically take the place of a human being in front of a focus group — is something like saying the Greater …

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Guest Opinion: Small business is big business

From Sioux City to Des Moines to Davenport and every small town in between, small business is big business in Iowa. 

Small business owners are our friends, our family members and our neighbors. They are …