By Teri Sporer | Chief operating officer/shareholder, Holmes Murphy When I say “web,” I’m going way back before the Internet. Many of you have heard of the black widow and the story “Charlotte’s Web” — …
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have wholly changed how Americans think about Thanksgiving week. Don’t get me wrong; there is absolutely a place for holiday sales, and I know for many retail businesses, the Friday …
Mike Templeton, owner of the Hobby Shop, the second-oldest business on Main Street in Ames, knows a lot about model airplanes, cars and trains.
He should. The 63-year-old has been roaming the aisles of one …
By Dorene MacVey | Founder, iThrive31 Being a leader can be a difficult and sometimes thankless job. Here are some of the reasons why:
By Beth Shelton | CEO, Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa I have an abundance of focus. So much so that it flows out of me like the surgical precision of a laser, intense and precise. It …
“Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” hit the airwaves in 1968, and 912 episodes later its final episode aired in 2001. In an era of children’s programming that was focused on reading, writing and arithmetic, Mr. Rogers focused …
The pending merger of Gannett and GateHouse Media could be both a boon and a curse for newspaper readers in Ames, Burlington, Boone, Perry, Nevada, Adel and Hamburg.
All of those towns are served by …
My close friend Justice was recently misgendered publicly at a professional function and came to me for advice. Our conversation reinforced how critical it is for business leaders to be educated about gender diversity and …
Have you heard the statistic that kids laugh 300 times per day while adults laugh only 15-20 times? While the research is inconsistent on the exact numbers, the point is that adults simply take themselves …
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