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Guest opinion: Civility isn’t about politeness — it’s about respect

In an age of political tension, social media pile-ons, and “cancel culture,” the call for civility has become a popular refrain. We hear it from elected leaders, educators, pastors, you name it: “We need more civility.” Too often, that word…

Basic skills for starting a business

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ABCs of privacy in market research

Business owners can’t plan on yesterday

By Scott Bushkie | Guest Column When a business owner says it’s time to sell,…

The journey of aging: Approaching life transitions

By Ron Detweiler | Guest Column More than 10,000 baby boomers are turning 65 each…

Making new IC ‘Partnership’ work

CBJ Editorial Membership organizations must continually evolve and change to ensure that they are providing…

To compete, Iowa must cultivate its career pipeline and grow

By Joe Murphy | Guest Column The Iowa Business Council has worked to elevate Iowa’s…

Annual brand confusion reins

CBJ Editorial  It’s the time of year for those annual meetings of economic development organizations…

How will your branding communicate ‘quality’?

By Betsy McCloskey | Guest Column Traditionally, manufacturing marketing is focused on sales. While business…

Preserve the caucus impact

CBJ Editorial  The vote-counting debacle surrounding last week’s Iowa Democratic caucuses has resulted in much…

Can the Terminator be an inventor?

By Charlie Damschen | Guest Column Nearly everyone is aware of artificial in­telligence (AI) at…

A declaration of our diversity focus

CBJ Editorial We at the CBJ have been committed to supporting, connecting and promoting women…

Location matters equally in online storefront

By Jen Neumann | Guest Column In an increasingly online world, does location still matter?…

6 ways to foster resourcefulness at work

By Greg Dardis | Guest Column The highest praise you can give entrepreneurs is to…

Closing DAEC won’t help climate change

CBJ Editorial It has been interesting to note the increasing number of elected officials and…

The inaugural Rando Corridor Media Audit

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate One of the best and worst things about…

Don’t fear the new year

CBJ Editorial With stock markets at record highs and unemployment near record lows, it seems…

Let’s really merge economic development

CBJ Editorial An old adage says the best time to plant a tree was 20…