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OUR VIEW: Start-ups take a village

It’s easy – and important – to tell Iowans to support entrepreneurs, but more challenging for the people being asked for money.

We’re not surrounded by an entrepreneurial buzz, start-up guru Christian Renaud pointed out …

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GUEST OPINION: Giving back is good business

Business leaders today recognize the importance of corporate citizenship. Giving back to the local community is an essential part of a conscientious business model. It creates consumer confidence, attracts and retains employees and builds good …

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TRANSITIONS: The hand you’re dealt

Finally, after all of these cautious years, I tried an activity that has been compared to crack cocaine. I hadn’t come close up until now, unless mowing has been called the crack cocaine of vegetation …

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IowaBiz Blog: Using an appraiser to value the business

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IowaBiz Blog: Is your idea marketable?

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IowaBiz Blog: So this is it

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OUR VIEW: Is there a ‘super’ answer?


As the “supercommittee” ponders options, preparing the ring for the next round of the budget fight, it seems like a good time to thumb through the file of clippings and remind ourselves of what we …

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GUEST OPINION: Transit plan will boost Greater D.M.


Greater Des Moines has made many great strides in the past decade toward becoming a world-class city, with millions invested in culture and the arts, more trails and walkways, and a flourishing restaurant scene. These …

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TRANSITIONS: Land of corn, soybeans and sculpted butter


The creativity of Iowans finally is being recognized across the nation. Unfortunately, the thing that impresses people is the way we sculpt things out of butter.

Norma “Duffy” Lyon, the Iowa State Fair’s longtime “Butter …

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IowaBiz Blog: Want to be an expert in your field… write like one!