What is it about traveling that is makes it so pleasurable?  The scenery?  The parties?  The ever-changing atmosphere?  Ever since I spent time in New Zealand and Fiji, I have come to realize that I have caught the travel bug.  I love going places, whether it is to Iowa City for a long weekend or [...]

Hey Everyone - I am off to Mexico for a week…. I am pumped to go and plan to take a bunch of pictures.  I’m going with three guys; as long as no one goes to jail, everything should be alright.  (I plan to take some extra money just in case I do have to [...]

So about a year and a half ago, a friend and I created a group called Spotlight! Presentations.  It is a ten week program that teaches college students how to give presentations in a business environment.  Every once in a while, we will invite a guest to join us.  Last week we had Adam Carroll [...]

So I’m just over the one month mark since I have started my blog and it’s beginning to get a bit addictive.  Sure, I still struggle for topics to write about, I have been blogging "With One Arm", I don’t quite understand widgets, that del.icio.us thing, or the majority of blogging lingo, but I have [...]

Today I attended a focus group that blew me away.  Eric Hardgrave is from California and is wanting to move a number of businesses from Silicon Valley to Des Moines, Iowa…. Now why would anyone want to do that?  Here are a few reasons:

Cost of running a business
Cost of living
Work ethic of Iowans
The [...]

A large vocabulary is a gift, but can be hard to attain, especially when there are so many different types of jargon.  When my friend got off the phone with a senior executive at Best Buy, he mentioned how confident and credible this guy’s voice sounded.  This was due to his ability to communicate so [...]

Sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day…. If I could have one special power I would say forget flying, I want to be able to live without ever getting tired or having to sleep.  It’s 2:45 a.m. right now and I’m dreading the amount of school work I have this week, not to [...]

Today I had the pleasure of having coffee with Tyler Osby.  I met him at a professional development event and, as I mentioned, he is a young superstar.  He is a mortgage consultant at Iowa Mortgage Professionals that is focused on educating his clients before they do anything with their money.  Not only does he [...]

I’ve got to give a big thanks to Monica Dolezal, the owner of Bizstarts.   Monica was kind enough to have coffee with me and share some of her insights  Monica has over 30 years of experience in the banking field and had some outstanding advice for me.  If you are ever looking for a way [...]