Monthly Archives: June 2013
Encourage young entrepreneurs, small business owners
By Dan Danner / Guest Editorial
Today, American small businesses are not growing, hiring, borrowing or expanding as they should be. Their owners have almost...
Education + marketing = engagement
By Lynn Manternach / Guest Editorial
I have a passion for both marketing and education. And those two passions are colliding beautifully in the new...
Are you prepared for the future?
By Tom Anderson / Guest Editorial
In my past two Corridor Business Journal columns, I’ve addressed the need to understand that the past 30 years...
Spring floods test lessons from 2008
By Cindy Hadish
CORRIDOR--Relentless rains pummeled Cedar Rapids as Mayor Ron Corbett discussed remaining recovery efforts, nearly five years after unprecedented flooding engulfed the city's...
Cirque du Soleil sneak peek
The newly-completed U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids was abuzz June 5 with the nervous anticipation of performers and staff preparing for the...
HR professional starts hospitality recruiting business
By Pat Shaver
WEST LIBERTY—As a recruiter, Jaime Parizek has flipped through many resumes.
Her personal resume shows she took a less conventional way of getting...
Waterloo and Cedar Falls strive for Blue Zones Project designation
By Angela Holmes
BLACK HAWK COUNTY -- While the leader of both the Waterloo and Cedar Falls Blue Zones projects admits it hasn’t been easy...
Electronic records offer convenience, ease of access
Jean Robillard / Guest Editorial
Technology influences so many aspects of our modern world, continually transforming our daily lives and the way we communicate. One...
Aligning resources to strengthen Iowa’s Creative Corridor
By Dee Baird and Mark Nolte / Guest Editorial
Last week, the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and the Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD)...
The role of business plans, goals in starting companies
By Jean Kruse / Guest Editorial
A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons they are believed attainable...