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IDT: 25 years of biotech boon

By Gigi Wood CORALVILLE -- They create the building blocks of research, right here in Coralville. Integrated DNA Technologies is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year,...

Create content that nurtures — and nudges — your prospects

Heather Rast/Tree Full of Owls Content both motivates actions and resolves problems. As marketing communications practitioners, it’s natural for us to think about what it takes...

New venture offers business credit repair

By Pat Shaver CEDAR RAPIDS -- For Fred and Susan Dumbaugh, their initial business ventures may have remained successful if it weren’t for catastrophe. The couple, of...

Local entrepreneur alters business plan as a way to give back

By Conrad Swanson UNIVERSITY OF IOWA -- In his junior year of high school, Muscatine native Tyler Finchum created a simple and unprecedented business. Farm Manuals...

Building a team’s emotional intelligence

Gale Mote/Tree Full of Owls The news from his boss was not good. The team’s customer was not at all satisfied with the progress made...

Hit the ground running

By Pat Shaver NORTH LIBERTY -- Brian and Kris Tharp’s North Liberty business was a natural next step. The couple established We Run, a specialty running...

Bata’s Restaurant opens in NewBo neighborhood

By Pat Shaver CEDAR RAPIDS -- A father-and-son team is opening a new restaurant in the New Bohemia neighborhood in Cedar Rapids. Anthony Bata and Nick Bata,...

Best of the Corridor: Week 2

The 2012 Best of the Corridor winners were announced in two sets. The first groups was printed in the July 16 issue of the...

When it comes to service, perception is reality

Lynn Manternach/Tree Full of Owls   In a recent survey, 93 percent of Americans said companies fail to exceed their service expectations. The 2012 American Express Global...

Best of the Corridor: Week 1

The 2012 Best of the Corridor winners were announced, in part, in the July 16 issue of the Corridor Business Journal. The week one winners...

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