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Startup Weekend heads to Cedar Falls
By Dorothy de Souza Guedes
CEDAR FALLS—It was a first place win for the youngest and most heavily female team at Startup Weekend Cedar Falls,...
Rinderknecht’s Tom Amosson to retire after 12 years at helm
By Cindy Hadish
CEDAR RAPIDS—Rinderknecht Associates President Tom Amosson doesn’t have to go far to find the fruits of his labor.
“One of the nicest things...
Don’t miss the chance for a holiday toast
By Greg Dardis / Guest Editorial
I’ve been reading Marlo Thomas’ bestseller, “The Right Words at the Right Time,” and enjoying stories of a message...
UI’s Sally Mason voted Most Influential
By Angela Holmes
The votes are in, and University of Iowa President Sally Mason has been chosen as 2014’s most influential person in the Corridor.
The...
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,...