Last week I traveled with 61 fellow Kansas City Centurions on a benchmarking trip to Seattle. Besides seeing Microsoft’s technologies of the future at their world headquarters and a surprise appearance by Eddy Vedder, we learned some great insights about the Seattle tech scene. TechStars, the “number one startup...
The Governor’s Iowa Environmental Excellence Awards recognize private businesses, organizations and citizens for their efforts to protect Iowa’s water, land and air. For more than ten years, this awards program has served as the premier environmental honors in Iowa, recognizing overall environmental excellence in addition to several project-specific...
More than 300 people gathered at the Hotel at Kirkwood in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, March 7th to attend the Dream Big, Grow Here pitch off event and to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship in Iowa at the sixth annual EntreFest! conference. Dream Big, Grow Here is an annual...
A “Growing Sioux City Award” was presented to Aviation Consultant Expert Solutions, LLC (ACES) today recognizing the company’s significant growth and investment in Sioux City. The award, presented by Mayor Bob Scott, was accepted by ACES CEO, Jim Sponder and COO, Travis Stein. They were provided Sioux City...
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – January 23, 2013 – Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) says the Guthrie County Agri Drain Corporation has played a vital role in helping generations of farmers manage water and reduce erosion; it is why the Adair company has been named the...
Any time you wonder if entrepreneurs are born with that skill, or if instead they have learned it, just type those terms into your favorite search engine, and you will be overrun with information on both sides of the isle. So what is the key? One could conclude that, like most things...
A commercial. Yes that's right, Xerox has begun an aggressive television marketing campaign, but they've taken an unconventional approach. Take a moment to watch these ads before reading on: Let's deconstruct this marketing strategy. By partnering with other large corporations to produce television ads, Xerox is effectively able to achieve at least these three objectives: Cost...
My husband Dave and I ran an antique shop when we were first married. Called Antiques of Marion, we opened it in 1982 in a beautiful downtown Italianate-styled brick mansion in Marion, Iowa. We spent most weekends at auctions, where Dave would select furniture to restore and I...
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