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SEC Rule 506(c); What Companies and Investors Need to Know 26 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
There has been a lot of comments and confusion over the changes recently made by the SEC to rule 506(c). For accredited investors in early stage companies and for companies raising capital, there are...
Terms That Do Not Endear You To Your Customer! 19 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm
Be careful the terms you use. Recently, a banker who will remain nameless lost my business using the terms “widget” and “term you out”. Never call a company’s product a widget unless you intend to ...
McLellan Shares Lists, Trends and Answers 28 Jul 2013 | 05:51 am
Click here to view the embedded video. The list of lists included top 5 marketing books, marketing blogs/websites, magazines and things everyone needs to be doing. This latter list would foreshado...
The BIZ Shows iEmergent the Way to the Cloud as Mortgage Market Smart 25 Jul 2013 | 10:42 pm
“Mike understood right away what we were trying to do, not only the technology we were trying to employ, but our business as well. He started to advise us and it has been the best money we have ever s...
Banno CEO Articulates the Keys to a Successful Tech Culture 27 Jun 2013 | 07:35 am
Click here to view the embedded video. “We are headed for a talent war,” warned Mike Colwell, Executive Director of the Business Innovation Zone at the outset of the June BIZ luncheon and networki...
Gurney Tosses About the F Word and Preaches Creative Self-Destruction at the BIZ Luncheon 20 May 2013 | 10:03 pm
“In the context of the community we are in, the part of the country that we are in, failure is something that I would consider one of those unspoken words. It’s one of those things that people have di...
The BIZ Mentors TelePharm for Rural Iowa Economic Development 14 May 2013 | 10:16 am
“It seemed like this was a real opportunity, so I quit my job to make myself a little hungry,” jokes Roby Miller of his decision to dive head first into a vacuum he had perceived and begin development...
April 2013: Roth Provides Tips on Hiring and Retention in the Face of a Labor Shortage 23 Apr 2013 | 03:54 am
Katie Roth kicked off her presentation with a surprising fact. Iowa is experiencing a labor shortage! “In Iowa, with unemployment around five percent, and the typically unemployable around three perc...
“When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.” William Wrigley Jr 13 Apr 2013 | 04:00 pm
And how! With many entrepreneurial teams, there is little disagreement on the execution of the business plan. This makes for a blind team. While you want the team to be in agreement on where you are...
You want to do what?: A patentable idea does not a business make! 6 Apr 2013 | 04:00 pm
Many new to the world of products believe that a patented product is the sure road to success. Nothing could be further from the truth. While a patent can have value, it is only because others wish ...
