Monthly Archives: October 2011
Easy to difficult: Focus business development activities
Dennis Schrag/Tree Full of Owls
The marketplace for most professional services remains sluggish. Clients are taking a wait-and-see perspective. It is hard to find good...
Volunteerism an excellent way to enhance company image
Mary Jo Finchum/Tree Full of Owls
“A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make...
Forty Under 40: Making a difference
By John Kenyon
You are about to read about 40 people who work for much more than a paycheck.
There are many people out there for...
Panera Bread, Coralville disagree on project’s failure
By Gigi Wood
Panera Bread announced plans in May for opening its second Coralville location, at 213 N.First Ave., where Taco Bell was located before...
Teambuilding keeps retention high at MediRevv
By Gigi Wood
They have a Peeps show at Easter.
MediRevv, a Coralville-based company that uses friendly customer service to collect on unpaid patient bills for...
Build emotional intelligence of your team
Gale Mote/Tree Full of Owls
From Aug. 5 until Oct. 20, 2010, 33 Chilean miners successfully endured their hellish conditions because each individual was willing...
Goose Island founder talks about success, Anheuser-Busch acquisition
By Gigi Wood
In 1993, he almost lost it all.
The Goose Island Beer Co., the largest craft brewer in the Midwest, is on schedule to...
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Dennis Schrag/Tree Full of Owls
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PLAs: then and now
One year later, PLAs used very differently
By Pat Shaver
CORRIDOR - This time last year, a project-labor agreement was in place for the University of...
Czech Village streetscape nearing completion
By Pat Shaver
One of Cedar Rapids’ most historic neighborhoods and unique business districts could use more visitors.
With the ongoing flood recovery, that National Czech...