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June 2012: Andy Snook Talks About How To Build A Successful Remote Sales Model
Click here to view the embedded video. Whether you wanted to sell across the country or around the world, Andy Snook (President of Fastpath ) shares the perks and the perils of his remote sales model....
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July 2012: Jason Stone Steers BIZ Attendees Clear of Agreement Troubles
Click here to view the embedded video. “It’s not always about written contracts,” observed Mike Colwell, Executive Director of the Business Innovation Zone . “Written contracts drafted by lawyers...
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August 2012: Drew McLellan Fields Marketing Questions at August BIZ Luncheon
Click here to view the embedded video. Nearly 20 questions followed BIZ Executive Director Mike Colwell turning the floor over to Drew McLellan and virtually every answer began with what he described...
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September 2012: Michael Ferrari Ferrari Shares Lessons Learned From “The Pivot”
Click here to view the embedded video. Ferrari shared his insights on the trials and rewards found while taking a company through a pivot, that process where a business makes a substantive change in...
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October 2012: Brad Dwyer Tells Tales of Community Building
Click here to view the embedded video. “This is very much a Michael Dell dorm room story,” intoned Mike Colwell, Executive Director of the Business Innovation Zone, by way of introducing the October...
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November 2012: Andy Snook Shares Insights into the Anatomy of a Successful...
Click here to view the embedded video. Snook, President and Founder of FastPath, a company that provides automated audit software to publicly traded companies, who had given an overview of remote sales...
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December 2012: Matt Kinley and J.D. Geneser Share Investment Insights at BIZ...
Click here to view the embedded video. The hour-long Q&A session with Matt Kinley and J.D. Geneser focused on the intricacies, challenges and trends regarding the raising of capital began with...
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January 2013: Bob Folkestad An Engineer Tells Tales of His Transition to...
Click here to view the embedded video. Folkestad, whose company, from humble digs on Des Moines’ near northeast side has developed a clientele and reputation with global reach in the radio frequency...
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February 2013: Charise Flynn Fields Questions on Start-up Leadership
Click here to view the embedded video. Formerly a consultant to entrepreneurs, aiding in setting priorities and accountabilities, Flynn the COO and chief fire fighter is mindful of her own advice,...
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March 2013:Hicks and Santana Give BIZ Attendees a Lesson in Media Relations
Click here to view the embedded video. “From a marketing standpoint the press is your best friend, but you have to understand how to work with them and that the old classic textbook press release is...
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April 2013: Roth Provides Tips on Hiring and Retention in the Face of a Labor...
Click here to view the embedded video. 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...
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Gurney Tosses About the F Word and Preaches Creative Self-Destruction at the...
Click here to view the embedded video. “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...
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Banno CEO Articulates the Keys to a Successful Tech Culture
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 networking...
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McLellan Shares Lists, Trends and Answers
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 foreshadow...
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Rollenhagen Enlightens the Inexperienced About Proper Project Scoping
Click here to view the embedded video. “I’ve seen people build a fifty thousand dollar website to discover why they didn’t need that website,” noted Mike Colwell, Executive Director of the Business...
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Eliason Speaks of Teams, Innovation, Des Moines and I/OWA
Click here to view the embedded video. “All of us are part of a larger start-up, it is called the State of Iowa,” remarked James Eliason, CEO of Goodsmiths and 2nd generation serial entrepreneur,...
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PR Panelists and Audience Generate Buzz about Buzz
Click here to view the embedded video. “We have quite a crew assembled here and I invite the audience to leverage this panel’s expertise in any way they can,” encouraged Tej Dhawan as he opened the...
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Ohringer Delivers on the Promise to Talk Growth
Click here to view the embedded video. “Sheldon said, ‘I don’t do slides,’ quipped Mike Colwell, Executive Director of the BIZ, of the man who sat next to him before the November iteration of the...
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Maerz Shares the Story of Rocket Referrals and Relationships
Click here to view the embedded video. “If you want an expert, go to Google, I wouldn’t say I’m an expert in any one thing, but my brother Carl and I have a breadth of knowledge, which we feel has been...
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Best Efforts Sometime Fail!
Sometimes no matter how hard we try things don’t go as planned. I messed up in recording the video from the BIZ Networking Luncheon with Kaylee Williams of VolunteerLocal. Kaylee did an outstanding...
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