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Time to Cash in on AI

Unless you are completely off the grid, you are unlikely to go more than 30…

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Best Practices for Funding Your Commercial Real Estate Project

When you’re looking to finance commercial real estate, discussions with banks can be daunting. However,…

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What happens when the ‘wolf’ is confronted?

The fairy tale of the boy who cried wolf dates back more than 2,500 years.…

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Owning Assets is Cool Again

Long forgotten are the dismal days of 2022. The S&P 500 has recorded new all-time…

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Exit Planning Strategies: Exploring ESOPs

Business ownership exit planning strategies continues to be an active conversation between our Cedar Rapids…

Small Business Support: Harnessing the Strength of Community Banking

Today’s business climate has provided opportunities to many more business owners than ever before between…

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2024: A Year of Continued Growth? Or a Return of Worry?

As 2023 draws to a close, let’s review the stock and bond markets’ performance and…

What Every Company Needs to Know about Fraud and Prevention

Over the past couple decades, we have seen cybercrime evolve and become more sophisticated with…

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The shift from investment to execution for long-term success

One year ago, I wrote in these pages that I expected companies to make significant…

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2023: A year of optimism? Or more of the same?

Investors are looking forward to putting 2022 behind them. The S&P 500 has experienced its…