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Their early years are far from glamorous, often set in a garage or around the kitchen table. Yet small business owners are the heroes of America’s new economy.

Owning your own small business is part …

MARSH ADVANTAGE AMERICA

1776 West Lakes Parkway  West Des Moines, Iowa 50398  Phone: 515.365.4100  Fax: 515.243.4849  Website: www.marshadvantage.com  Employee benefits and property and casualty coverage for growing businesses, associations and non-profit organizations.

ERNST & YOUNG

801 Grand Avenue, Suite 3400  Des …

Opportunity Defeated – A True Des Moines Story

While mowing my lawn yet again this week, I recalled a situation last summer which illustrates a failed e-business opportunity. Looking to purchase a new lawn mower …

Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS)  2272 How Hall, Ste 2620  Ames, IA 50011-2272  515-294-3420; FAX 515-294-4925  www.ciras.iastate.edu  Assists companies with management, production, marketing, engineering, finance, and technology problems.

Institute of Social and Economic Development (ISED)  1901 Broadway, Suite 313  Iowa …

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Regulatory Assistance  IDED  200 East Grand Ave.  Des Moines, IA 50309  515-242-4755; FAX 515-242-4776  (800) 532-1216  Provides and assistance regulatory compliance for small business on air quality, compliance immigration, recycling and waste management, interfacing with other agencies information, www.smart.state.ia.us  (entrepreneurial services/management).…

Career Link  IDED  200 East Grand Ave.  Des Moines, IA 50309  515-242-4783; FAX 515-242-4832  Training funds that assist the underemployed and unemployed.

Human Resource Recruitment Consortium  IDED  200 East Grand Ave.  Des Moines, IA 50309  515-242-4740; FAX 515-242-4776  Public-private partnership focused on marketing Iowa careers …

A Des Moines man inches closer to making an airplane conversation a reality.

Ron Mells hated being away from his family. He was a professor at the University of Georgia, and his young child and …

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Iowa Entrepreneurial Development Assistance  IDED  515-242-4839; FAX 515-242-4776  Provides technical and financial assistance to high-growth entrepreneurs.

Advanced Research & Commercialization Program (ARC)  IDED  515-242-4819; FAX 515-242-4795  Makes strategic investments in established Iowa businesses with advanced research and commercialization projects, creating …

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Iowa Industry Expansion Assistance  IDED  200 East Grand Ave.  Des Moines, IA 50309  515-242-4707  FAX 515-242-4749  Works hand-in-hand with local economic development organizations.

Iowa New Business Location Assistance  IDED  200 East Grand Ave.  Des Moines, IA 50309  515-242-4707; FAX 515-242-4749  Provides customized site location assistance …

Background

The Inn of the Six-Toed Cat in Allerton was built as a hotel in 1909 and over the years has had many famous guests, including a few presidents. Excellently maintained, the hotel was converted …