In October of 2006 I posted about an Iowa Association of Business and Industry survey regarding how Iowa business leaders perceived the legal climate in Iowa. The survey stated that many business leaders are dissatisfied with Iowa’s legal climate and believe it is costing the state jobs because of competition with other states.
That survey
One of the biggest challenges for my clients is hiring and retaining talented employees. David Maister has an excellent post on hiring talented people. In his post David expands on the War for Talent is Back by Bob Sutton of Harvard Business Online.
Thanks to Kevin O’Keefe for pointing out the posts. Kevin runs an
If you are looking for Venture Capital blogs look no further than Applied Disruption’s "One Stop List of VC Blogs".
It is a very interesting collection of blogs. In some cases not quite what I expected.
Rush on Business Podcast No. 5 is an interview with Mike Colwell. Mike is the Executive Director of the Business Innovation Zone of Central Iowa (BIZ). BIZ is a new regional business accelerator through the Greater Des Moines Partnership. If you are an entrepreneur in Central Iowa you won’t want to
Tomorrow I have a podcast interview with Mike Colwell on my BlogTalkRadio channel page. Mike is the Executive Director of the Des Moines Partnership’s new business accelerator, BIZ. The live interview is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. and will be also be available in podcast format on this blog.
Hope you will listen. If you
If you are looking at a franchise opportunity you should read this article from Barry Kurtz on Digging into Franchises: The Due Diligence Minefield. His proposed Legal Due Diligence Checklist within the article is a must read.
The due diligence process is important when buying a franchise (or any business). Kurtz’s article deals more
Thanks to Small Biz Survival blog I saw an excellent article from Entrepreneur.com entitled 75 Secrets to Startup. A portion of the article discusses whether to form a corporation or not. It also includes information on where to form your corporation. Many Web site articles and companies will tout Delaware or Nevada corporations. But
Rush on Business Podcast No. 4 is an interview with Joe Cooney of Frannet. Joe is a franchise coach in the Iowa / Nebraska region. Joe and I discussed several basics of buying a franchise including:
On Friday afternoon, March 2, at 4:30 p.m., I am interviewing Joe Cooney of Frannet on my BlogTalkRadio Host Channel. You can listen live or catch it later as a podcast available on this blog or BlogTalkRadio. You can even call the program if you would like to ask a question. The call-in number
Rush on Business Podcast No. 3 is an interview with Adam Steen of Transition Capital Management of West Des Moines, Iowa. Transition Capital Management recently started the Society of Entrepreneurial Minded Executives (SEMEE) event in Des Moines. I attended the last SEMEE event and believe it offers tremendous opportunities for growth companies to network with
