Iowa Business Report

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition February 16, 2021  Freedom Works senior economist Stephen Moore has high praise for how Iowa officials have handled the pandemic from a business standpoint.

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition February 15, 2021  Josh Scheinblum of 5 Seasons Media talks about how anyone can take ideas from last week's Super Bowl ads to help their own business.

On this edition of the Iowa Business Report: Why determining Iowa's energy future requires leadership from Iowa business and industry. How your business can take some marketing lessons from this past week's Super Bowl ads. In this week's "Business Profile", we reintroduce you to Robert Wersen of Interpower, who tells how he wound up moving his company from California to Io...

Determining Iowa's energy future requires leadership from Iowa business and industry. Bob Rafferty is executive director of Iowa Business for Clean Energy and discussed his group's work with Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business Report via ZOOM on December 30, 2020. More can be found at iowacleanenergy.org. 

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition February 12, 2021  Joe Bolick, director of the Iowa Waste Reduction Center, notes that being mindful of environmental issues can often lead to good business decisions generally.

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition February 11, 2021  Bob Rafferty of Iowa Business for Clean Energy discusses the need for business and industry to be at the table when discussing future energy policy in our state.

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition February 10, 2021  Paul Cowan of Freshbooks talks about their new survey showing that women-owned businesses are taking three times longer to recover from COVID-related issues than male-owned businesses in the U.S.

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition February 09, 2021  Patrick Hedger, vice president of policy at the Taxpayer's Protection Alliance, argues against a minimum wage increase...or a minimum wage at all, for that matter.

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition February 08, 2021  The monthly jobs report showed an increase...but few of those were in the private sector. Financial journalist Jordan Goodman of moneyanswers.com breaks down the numbers and puts them into context.

On this edition of the Iowa Business Report: The latest "Iowa's Competitive Dashboard" report from the Iowa Business Council shows Iowa in a good position, but with a few cautionary notes. Two Iowa cities are in the top ten of a new list of cities that have recovered quickest job-wise from the pandemic. In this week's "Business Profile", we meet Dr. Heidi Vermeer-Quis...

Iowa remains "competitive" in five key elements in comparison with other states...but our declining population is a key issue. Those are the key findings from the annual "Iowa's Competitive Dashboard" report, released by the Iowa Business Council. Joe Murphy is executive director of the Iowa Business Council and shared the findings with Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business Repo...

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition February 05, 2021  Dr. Heidi Vermeer-Quist of VQ Consult talks about the challenges--and rewards--of multi-generational family-owned businesses.

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition February 04, 2021  The Iowa Business Council's annual "Iowa's Competitive Dashboard" report was released on February 03, and according to IBC executive director Joe Murphy, there is cause for concern in one major area.

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition February 03, 2021  Krysia Lenzo, executive director of Harvard in Technology, discussing the "Game Stop" market activity and its implications for other big tech companies and their control over competition.

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition February 02, 2021  Women in the workforce have been adversely impacted by the pandemic, according to Tiffany O'Donnell, CEO of the Iowa-based organization Women Lead Change. 

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition February 01, 2021  International attorney Loretta Powers discussing whether employers can force employees to get a COVID-19 vaccination. 

On this edition of the Iowa Business Report: Workforce development is limited due to inadequate child care, according to Julia Barfield of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Federation. The Gross Domestic Product numbers for 2020 are in, and to no surprise, the economy contracted. In this week's "Business Profile", we meet Drew Harden of Blue Compass, a digital marketing company based in...

The Iowa-based organization Women Lead Change is sponsoring a four-part lunchtime seminar series on Wednesdays in February, called "Advocates and Allies". Tiffany O'Donnell, CEO of Women Lead Change, discussed the series with Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business Report via ZOOM on January 18, 2021. For information, go to wlcglobal.org.

Each week, the Iowa Business Report radio program features a Business Profile segment, introducing listeners to an Iowa-based company or business.   In this extended IBR Business Profile, we meet Drew Harden of  Blue Compass , on line at bluecompass.com. In a short time, the West Des Moines-based firm has become one of the Midwest's leading digital marketing companies. He spoke with Jeff Stei...

Access to affordable child care is a key element in developing and growing the workforce--not just in Iowa, but across the country. Julia Barfield is senior manager of policy and programs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Center for Education and Workforce (uschamberfoundation.org); she discussed the topic with Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business Report via ZOOM on January 7, 2021.  

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition January 29, 2021  Establishing and growing a business in Iowa provides unique opportunities, according to Drew Harden of the West Des Moines-based digital marketing company Blue Compass.

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition January 28, 2021  Julia Barfield of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce explains why lack of affordable child care is a unique issue adversely affecting Iowa's workforce.

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition January 27, 2021  Creighton University economist Dr. Ernie Goss discusses the impact of a $15/hour national minimum wage on businesses and the overall economy.

 Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition January 26, 2021   Financial journalist Jordan Goodman of moneyanswers.com discusses the impact of a $15/hour national minimum wage...more than double the current national minimum.

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition January 25, 2021  Child care is one of the issues the Iowa Business Council has on its agenda for the Iowa legislature this session; Joe Murphy of IBC explains how that issue impacts Iowa's workforce.