The Insider Notebook

Here’s a list of local people in the May 31 issue 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 …

Terry Wells is a big man with a big voice.
 
And when the Des Moines resident recently addressed the City Council regarding a request to rezone the former Franklin Junior High School site to …

After our most recent Power Breakfast, titled “The Talent War II,” ManpowerGroup’s Central Iowa Executive Vice President Kathy Joblinske reached out my way to share some research her company had prepared. She was hoping to …

Positioning for success

April Dunford, CEO of Ambient Strategy and author, says she has heard every misinterpretation of business “positioning” under the sun. 
“If there’s one concept that is comically, tragically, heartbreakingly misunderstood in marketing, …

Coworking gets a lot of attention these days. It’s a pretty nifty concept, providing temporary — you can call it fleeting — space that’s not necessarily defined by a walled box for startups, even Fortune …

I recently sat down for a brief visit with Charles “Skip” Fox IV, a nationally recognized estate tax expert from Virginia, for an overview of some of the issues he follows for his high-net-worth clients …