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Samantha Kollasch

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Making happiness work for you

Gale Mote/Tree Full of Owls was facilitating team-building training for an organization in 2004. It quickly became known as “Happy Class” among the participants. At...

Startups, coworking celebrated at statewide event

Four companies with four different stories By Pat Shaver It takes a village to help start a new company. That village showed up to the Iowa Startup...

Rockwell Collins CEO speaks to shareholders

By Pat Shaver CEDAR RAPIDS – Despite the volatile times and changes in the avionics industry, Rockwell Collins CEO visions growth for 2012. Rockwell Collins Chairman,...

Three new businesses coming to CSPS Hall

CEDAR RAPIDS - Three businesses have signed leases in the commercial spaces on the first floor of the recently restored CSPS Hall in Cedar...

The impact of the power of purpose

Lynn Manternach/Tree Full of Owls Why does your business exist? If it’s just to make money, you’re in trouble. That’s according to unprecedented empirical research by...

Managing people? Repetition works. Repetition works.

Dennis Schrag/Tree Full of Owls Penny. Knock, knock, knock. Penny. Penny. Knock, knock, knock. Penny. Penny. Knock, knock, knock. Penny. He repeats it. Over and...

Downtown IC business incubator is one step closer

By Gigi Wood The Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD) received an important thumbs-up last week. ICAD is asking the city of Iowa City for a...

Kirkwood signs on as anchor tenant for NewBo City Market

CEDAR RAPIDS - Kirkwood Community College has signed to become the anchor tenant in the NewBo City Market, with plans to use the space...

Dutch jeweler opens own store in North Liberty

Hopes to stay in U.S. to run business By Gigi Wood NORTH LIBERTY - Everyone has a story. Harold van Beek’s is one of the more interesting...

Take time to reflect as 2012 begins

John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls In an earlier article, we took a rather comprehensive overlook of happiness. Recently, I came across a fine little book...

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