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Supercharge your company with a new CRM
By Jen Neumann | Tech Column
Excel spreadsheets, handwritten notes, emailing yourself details about a customer’s preferences — these are ways that we input and...
Real Success with Nate Kaeding: Lisa Bluder
UI women's basketball coach Lisa Bluder on the sidelines during a UI women's basketball game. PHOTO BRIAN RAY/HAWKEYESPORTS.COM
Sponsored by MidWestOne Bank, this is the...
Untangling the future of technology
Shive-Hattery's Matthew Krenz takes attendee Amy Belice through a virtual demonstration world at the CBJ's Tech Untangled event. PHOTO ADAM MOORE
By Dave DeWitte
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Technology is...
NL startup makes scoring the complex simple
Screenshots of OSCAR, the flagship platform from MZ Development. CREDIT MZD
By Katharine Carlon
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Scoring essays, portfolios, presentations and other open-ended measures of knowledge and ability...
Pitching in for quality of life
CBJ Editorial
A first pitch and opening ceremony were held last week for the first phase of Prospect Meadows, a $13.6 million recreational complex east...
Local TV news needs a whiteboard session
By Joe Coffey |Â The Fifth Estate
The time is right for local TV news stations to pioneer a new product. Current newscast audiences —...
Mental health: A critical consideration for society
By Michelle Niermann | Health Care Column
In May, we recognized Mental Health Month. Mental health remains a topic of critical importance in our country....
Can beer save Iowa’s small towns?
Microbreweries surface as latest strategy for struggling Main Streets
By Dave DeWitte
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CENTRAL CITY—In this slow-growing Linn County town of 1,280, there’s a general feeling that...
Blockbuster project arrives for CR’s ‘Banjo block’
A rendering showing the proposed Banjo block project in downtown Cedar Rapids. Council members hailed the project's "wow" factor and its inclusion of a...