Monthly Archives: November 2014
Q&A: Amy Reasner
By Dave DeWitte
From her beginnings as a broadcast journalist in Cedar Rapids, Amy Reasner became an attorney in 2001 and a member of the...
$17.5 million Depot to energize NewBo
By Dave DeWitte
A $17.5 million development proposed for a city-owned brownfield site promises to bring some of the live-work-play synergy the New Bohemia neighborhood...
How effectively are you communicating your brand?
By Lynn Manternach / Guest Editorial
As we ponder communications planning and budgets for 2015, now is a good time to take a step back...
SBA approves $8.4 million in small business loans in October
The U.S. Small Business Administration has released its monthly loan approval figures in Iowa for October. The SBA backed 30 loans for $8,443,700 to...
Iowa Startup Accelerator grads show off their progress
By Adam Moore
Maybe it was the animated rockets set in a continual launch pattern on the massive screen backing the stage, the seemingly limitless...
Driving on a new mission
By Cindy Hadish
Work wasn’t the same for Kurt Gudenkauf after he returned from his deployment to Iraq.
Loud noises at the factory became almost unbearable,...
Is ‘Iowa nice’ holding back your board?
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
I’m a proud native Iowan. I appreciate our state’s topography, our first-in-the-nation caucus status and the friendliness with which...
Area college presidents discuss present and future
By Angela Holmes
CEDAR RAPIDS—Although the panelists at the CBJ’s “Future of Higher Education” forum represented schools ranging from the state’s largest public university to...
Acumen finds opportunity in health care uncertainty
By Dave DeWitte
In its first two years, Acumen Benefit Advisors in Cedar Rapids has grown rapidly, not just in spite of the 2010 passage...
Getting to know your financial numbers
By Jean Kruse / Guest Editorial
Anyone who longs for the “good old days” probably doesn’t own a small business. Given the variety of powerful,...