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01/08/2020

The Business News & More 8 January 2020

The day after the ICBM attack on U.S. bases in Iraq gave some pause. But then...well, not so much. It's the business news headlines for Wednesday the 8th of January:

How much money you make impacts the likelihood of an IRS audit;
The employee idea that doubled business for Amazon;
General Motors starting to make good on its contract with the UAW;
Robots on the loose;
We've got a couple of reports on jobs;
And, the Wall Street Report.

Those stories plus for the interview it's Ruth Hardin from Crossroads of Iowa. Think women, jail and treatment. It's not only a calling but also a way to save taxpayer dollars. To hear that conversation, click here our player!

Thanks for listening!

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01/01/2020

YOUR Favorites from 2019!

Here are our Top Business Interviews of 2019...according to you. We've conducted dozens of interesting conversations over the past year and looked at each month to see which resonated with you. Enjoy and thanks for being part of Insight on Business the News Hour.

Our top conversation from December is this with U.S. Senate Candidate for Iowa Mike Franken;

In November folks really connected with Improving Presentation Skills with Maureen Berger of Tero International.

Our big interview from October featured Stephanie Preusch about affordable housing in Des Moines;

September this piece with Natalie Veldhouse about Iowa a Low Wage State took top honors;

In August our Small Business Spotlight on A New Look Windows & Exteriors with Justin Williams took top honors;

July saw Four Questions for Andrew Yang as the big draw;

Our friend Carlos Alvarez shined in June with his Twelve Tips - Speak Your Way to Success;

The number one interview for May was Tom Hudson and Guns, Laws & Responsibility;

Brad Anderson and Iowa AARP - Flexing their Muscle took top honors for April;

In March we introduced you to Peter Stockdale from The Audible Farm Podcast a big winner;

This February interview about Black Businesses and Black Friday was a monster hit with Abena Imhotep;

We started 2019 off with this January conversation about Velocity Economics with Dr. Chris Draper.

Of course this is just a tiny fraction of the many, many interviews we conducted in 2019. What we found interesting is that not only are the topics wide and varied we also know that huge numbers were reached because our subjects employed successful social media techniques to drive traffic to their story. It's a lesson for everyone.

Thanks for being with us this past year. We look forward to another record 2020.

Michael, Chap, Aaron, Hunter & James - The Crew of Insight on Business the News Hour

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12/31/2019

The Business News for 31 December PLUS the Top Interviews of 2019

Nope, we didn't take the day off nor did we go home early. Crazy...right? Here are the business news headlines for the final day of 2019 plus the top interviews of each month this past year. Enjoy!

You won't believe how many job openings there are;
More Silicon Valley workers unionize;
Tax cuts and the Middle-Class...it's a joke;
Cable companies raising prices;
Robo-Calls and you;
The Wall Street Report;
Self control people...self control.

Those stories plus...here are our Top Business Interviews of 2019. We've conducted dozens of interesting conversations over the past year and looked at each month to see which resonated with you. Enjoy and thanks for being part of Insight on Business the News Hour.

Our top conversation from December is this with U.S. Senate Candidate for Iowa Mike Franken;

In November folks really connected with Improving Presentation Skills with Maureen Berger of Tero International.

Our big interview from October featured Stephanie Preusch about affordable housing in Des Moines;

September this piece with Natalie Veldhouse about Iowa a Low Wage State took top honors;

In August our Small Business Spotlight on A New Look Windows & Exteriors with Justin Williams took top honors;

July saw Four Questions for Andrew Yang as the big draw;

Our friend Carlos Alvarez shined in June with his Twelve Tips - Speak Your Way to Success;

The number one interview for May was Tom Hudson and Guns, Laws & Responsibility;

Brad Anderson and Iowa AARP - Flexing their Muscle took top honors for April;

In March we introduced you to Peter Stockdale from The Audible Farm Podcast a big winner;

This February interview about Black Businesses and Black Friday was a monster hit with Abena Imhotep;

We started 2019 off with this January conversation about Velocity Economics with Dr. Chris Draper.

Thanks for being with us this past year. We look forward to another record 2020.

Michael, Chap, Aaron, Hunter & James - The Crew of Insight on Business the News Hour

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12/30/2019

Business Events with Laura Kinnard

Sure, it's another Holiday Week but Laura Kinnard from Drake University makes the trip to the studio for DMBizEvents. Stuff going on in the Greater Des Moines, Iowa Metro for networking to just having fun to cranking up your new business ideas. Laura is the author of DMBizMixer.com and the person behind The Runway at Southridge. And, yes, we've got dogs with us today. Meet Tinker and Yofi. You'll have to check the photo. We start out riffing about...adjunct professors. No, really.

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12/23/2019

Business Events - Christmas Week with Laura Kinnard

When a major holiday comes in the middle of the week and that holiday is Christmas...good luck finding business stuff to do. However, leave it to Laura Kinnard from Drake University and DMBizMixer.com to come up with some interesting things to do. Starting out with a bit of a cocktail event at Hello Marjorie on Monday and also it's Festivus today at 515 Brewing. Come air your grievances and experience "feats of strength" as we gather around the Festivus Pole. And, yes...we do talk about some other things like Eli and Beatrice Wolnerman and Bea's Squeeze in Detroit. How Fun! Enjoy and Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah!

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12/19/2019

Legislative Priorities from the Technology Association of Iowa

Knowing that every business is, at it's core, about technology the Technology Association of Iowa has a list of legislative priorities they will be taking to legislators as the 2020 session begins in January. Here Brian Waller the TAI President talks about the four main issues and offers some background on:

The Iowan Project;
IDEA Funding;
Empower Rural Iowa and Future Ready Iowa;
Innovation Tax Credits & Angel Investor Tax Credits.

Click through to learn more from Brian...

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12/17/2019

Business Events with Laura Kinnard

Each week Laura Kinnard from Drake University, DMACC and DMBizMixer joins me to chat it up about various business events in the Des Moines Metro that you can attend and learn more as well as interact with others. Today we've got the Chris Snider program about social media at Drake, understanding government contracts at the Iowa Center for Economic Success, "The Future of Work" at the Greater Des Moines Partnership, a non-profit mastermind event at Gravitate in Des Moines and so much more.

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12/09/2019

The Business News & More 9 December 2019

Welcome back to a new work-week and the Monday Edition of the Business News Headlines. On tap for you today:

Good news for smaller retailers this holiday season;
Some small retail tips to promote business;
Things got political today for Amazon;
Are dollar stores killing Americans?
Economist Paul Volker has died. A look back;
Tough times for 3,200 truck drivers;
Wait! What happened to Bitcoin?

Those stories plus a conversation with Laura Kinnard from DMBizMixer about a host of upcoming business education and networking options for you. To listen to that conversation, recorded at our favorite coffee shop, Ground for Celebration in Windsor Heights, Iowa...just click here.

Thanks for listening.

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12/04/2019

Presentation Tips from Tero International

Presentations...we've all been to them and many of us have given them. It could be a presentation to a small team or to a large audience. Love 'em or hate 'em they are the fabric of business. What if you could learn to give a presentation that people would not only remember but also be able to pass on information that would stick with the audience? Meet Maureen Berger one of the trainers from Tero International. Here we talk about the tips, anybody can use, to drive home your point. Simple, yet effective, ways to avoid "Death by Power Point". Here's Maureen.

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