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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK: Adviser to 7 U.S. presidents, manufacturing giant receive honorary ISU degrees

Iowa State University’s commencement included honorary degrees for two giants of government and business: Adviser-to-presidents Dwight Ink and Kinze Manufacturing CEO and Chairman Jon Kinzenbaw.
        
Ink, 95, of Leesburg, Va., was …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the May 18 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the May 18issue 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 at businessrecord.com/insider and …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it …

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com

Thriving after college
Grinnell College is among colleges that have thoughtfully reimagined the traditional career center approach. Learn …

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NOTEBOOK: Are local officials underusing big data? asks speaker

The 180 or so participants in the annual Greater Des Moines Partnership lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., returned on Friday. We’ll have more on the trip later, but we wonder how many of the participants…
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ONE GOOD READ: What’s it mean to reverse-scale a business?

When I meet with founders and startup supporters across Des Moines, everyone has a similar vision for their company: scale, then scale and scale. 

 On a Friday-night popcorn-fueled blog-binge, my favorite non-tech blog, A Beautiful …

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NOTEBOOK: We used to hunt mammoths. Now we hunt housing (and parking)

Small-town living has ruined apartment hunting for me. 

Life before Des Moines was a matter of checking one local renter’s guide and getting to know the coffee shop regulars on Main Street. If it wasn’t …

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NOTEBOOK: Going Out to Lunch?

In one of the surest signs yet that winter really has given up and we can make summer plans, an expanded Out to Lunch series begins May 23 downtown. These events, which will be around …

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NOTEBOOK: 2,000 school board members

Teachers usually get the thanks for their many hours and tireless work with students.

But the Iowa Association of School Boards and its executive director, Lisa Bartusek, want to remind us that May is School …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Want a show? Get in line.

Music in the Midwest just can’t seem to win. In the fight against ticket bots, Nine Inch Nails (a band I will probably not buy tickets for) will skip the online marketplace and offer tickets …

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NOTEBOOK: Credit union opening is another sign of vigor in rehabbed center

A groundbreaking set for Thursday in Urbandale is noteworthy for a couple of reasons: A Greater Des Moines business is growing and its growth is occurring in a once dowdy retail center that is coming …