Twice a month I blog for IowaBiz which was acquired by the Des Moines Business Record this summer. Since that time it appears the bloggers have stepped up their game. The posts have been informative and entertaining. I encourage you to take a look.
My post today for IowaBiz centers on the trend of hiring
Great post from Susan Reid on the Small Business Trends Web site on the 15 Ways the Olympics 
Exemplify Success for Small Business Owners. In the comments of Reid’s post, Anita Campbell has some terrific words about West Des Moines, Iowa’s very own Shawn Johnson. Johnson definitely made us all proud with her
I will be speaking at the Midwest Entrepreneur and Small Business Conference scheduled for September 12 & 13 at the Jordan Creek Marriott in West Des Moines.
I encourage you to check out the preliminary presenters’ list for this first of its kind conference in our community. Hope you will consider attending.
Gavin Craig in his new Twin Cities Business Litigation Blog has an excellent post on the importance of making sure the world knows you have a corporate entity. Craig is convinced that many small business owners (especially contractors) do not know how to properly operate a corporation or LLC. Craig says,
When a person incorporates their business, it
The Wall Street Journal’s ‘Stories from Around the Web’ featured my recent post on The Real Reason the Packers Traded Favre. It’s the second time in the past few months that Rush on Business has been featured on the WSJ online site.
Another fun thing is my post on Favre was up on the
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After reading a post from Ohio business lawyer Terri Rasmussen I wrote a post for IowaBiz asking whether Iowa will need a "business" court to compete?
In response I received an email from the Co-Chair of the ABA’s Subcommittee on Business Courts, Lee Applebaum, who was kind enough to provide me more information on
The Ohio Employer’s Law Blog earns a gold medal with its Olympic-themed Blawg Review #172. Jon Hyman’s review has some great blog posts from lawyers across the country, both in and outside of employment law. Be sure to read it.
Thanks to Jon for including my post on the real reason the Packers traded Brett Favre.
"How could the Packers trade him?"
"What were the Packers thinking?"
"I just don’t understand it?"
I am writing to shed some light on this decision. Favre turns 39 in October. That means next year Favre would have entered a protected class for the purposes of age discrimination when he turned 40. Sure, Favre may have had a
Many people dream about owning their own business. More and more people are choosing franchising as the avenue to to pursue these dreams.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has excellent information in its consumer guide for buying a franchise. The FTC recommends that BEFORE you invest in or select a franchise you should think about how much money you
Franchisee lawyer Richard Solomon has a passion for spreading the word about conducting pre-investment due diligence. His latest post on the BlueMauMau site outlines many of the pitfalls experienced by franchisees in various industries. It also discusses the fact that a mere review of the franchise disclosure document and franchise agreement is not enough. On that subject he
