Monthly Archives: February 2012
Your brand and your bottom line
Lynn Manternach/Tree Full of Owls
Why do your customers choose your product or service over other options?
Hopefully it’s because of your brand.
Ad agency founder Jim...
Dwolla extends reach in the Corridor
Naomi’s Kitchen promotes use of new technology
By Gigi Wood
A new technology out of Des Moines has the potential to save businesses money on credit...
Should strategic planning be re-imagined?
By Heather Rast/Tree Full of Owls
Strategic planning. For many companies, it’s an initiative tackled on an annual basis. It’s a project for a team...
New Pioneer to model new IC store on Minneapolis co-op
Note: In a letter to its shareholders on Wednesday, New Pioneer Co-op announced plans to construct a new natural foods grocery store at the...
NewBo area begins to take shape
By Pat Shaver
CEDAR RAPIDS - An area known pre-flood for its unique artistic and business community is making a collaborative comeback, with several projects...
Poor expectations can lead to poor consequences
By John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls
“You see Colonel Pickering, really and truly, apart from the things anyone can pick up (the dressing and the...
CR among 11 communities selected as Blue Zones finalists
Cedar Rapids is among 11 Iowa communities announced today as finalists in the Blue Zones Project.
The 11 finalist communities are Ames, Cedar Falls, Cedar...
CR airport adds low-cost Frontier service
Service starts May 17; Fares start at $60 each way
CEDAR RAPIDS - Frontier Airlines announced today that it is launching new year-round service from...
Making happiness work for you
Gale Mote/Tree Full of Owls
was facilitating team-building training for an organization in 2004. It quickly became known as “Happy Class” among the participants. At...