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Gitomer: What are you learning everyday?

When I was 20, I knew everything.

By the time I reached 21, I realized how stupid I actually was.

Somewhere between the ages of 20 and 21 (personal enlightenment), I rededicated myself to education, …

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McLellan: Your visuals need your attention

No matter what kind of marketing we’re producing, it seems like we give most of our time and attention to the words. We agonize over the messaging and each and every syllable. And rightly so …

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A Closer Look: Laura Holms

Long before she led Amanda the Panda, the organization had left its mark on Laura Holms.

Eight years ago, Holms lost her father. Following his death, she and her family became acquainted with the West …

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Miles on Money: The less-than-patient Fed

The Federal Reserve has run out of patience. Since December, the Federal Open Market Committee’s statement following each meeting has included the phrase “the committee judges that it can be patient in beginning to normalize …

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Deflated Budget

The issue at a glance

– Iowa businesses have done such a good job of cutting air pollution, state fee collections for the emissions have dropped sharply.

– Those fees, paid on each ton of …

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Piece by piece

Jon Troen describes the printing industry as a “$70 billion iceberg melting at 35 degrees.” In other words, print may be shrinking somewhat, but it’s not going away anytime soon. 

In an industry that’s shrinking, …

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Business Record 3-20-15

Educating women business owners
Classes, startup boot camps, help women overcome gender-specific challenges to owning a business

Focus: Women in Business

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LaValle, tired of fighting river, looks to move charter boat to WDM

 

The Jon Anderson White charter boat may have cruised the flood-prone Des Moines River for the last time.

 

Capt. Michael LaValle of Port of Des Moines LLC, who runs the 83-passenger craft when …

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Business leader spearheading effort to raise funds for Des Moines Triathlon

Rick Tollakson says that triathlons are part of his wellness journey. For that and other reasons, he wants to make sure he can compete in the events close to home.

 

Tollakson, president and CEO …

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The Elbert Files: Picking up where dad left off

Anne Roth, 25, was recently hired by Sen. Charles Grassley as the finance director for his 2016 campaign. It’s a lot of responsibility for someone so young, but as Grassley said, “I knew she had …

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