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Here is your Indianola Chamber of Commerce bi-weekly newsletter that provides you with tips, tricks and information that can help you personally and professionally. Feel free to include any of these articles in your business newsletters or blogs. We are happy to provide you with this information as part of your membership benefits.
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Brenda Easter
Executive Director
Indianola Chamber of Commerce
111 N. Buxton, Suite 117
515-961-6269
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Oct 23, 2019
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How to think like a CEO
The list of qualities and habits of mind required to succeed in the role of CEO is long; it includes resilience, stamina, high IQ and EQ, confidence, ambition, humility, vision, trustworthiness, and presence. It would …
strategy + business
Leaving Comfort Zones
How do you feel when you have to do something new or difficult? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison …
Harvard Business Review
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Mergers and Acquisitions: What Management Teams Want to Know
In any merger and acquisition (M&A) transaction, the seller's senior management team is charged with maximizing the price and terms …
All Business
Think Indianola First Shop Local Saturday November 30
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Hometown Hospitality - In-Store Specials
Craft & Vendor Show
On the Square For Kids: Visit Santa, Shop the Children’s Store and Take a Train Ride
Tour of Trees Throughout Indianola
Indianola Chamber of Commerce
Light Up the Square December 6 6 - 8 p.m.
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All businesses are encouraged to participate in this new, fun, festive and unique event.
- Light Up Your Windows with holiday lights
- Display a beautifully decorated tree
- Create a display for the Light Up the Square Stationary Parade
Indianola Chamber of Commerce
A New Business Model With Help From CRM
I have been writing about Salesforce for 20 years. That's incredible for me because aside from marriage, there's nothing in my life …
E-Commerce Times
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How to Create a Strong Company Culture When Your Employees Are Remote
Sketch has always been a remote company -- Pieter and I started working on the app when he was living in the Netherlands and I was …
Inc
What Big Companies Look For When Buying Your Startup
Thinking about selling a business? What will bigger companies be looking for when evaluating yours? What makes them acquire others …
The Startup Magazine
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Fundamental Content Marketing Lessons You Can Learn From A Young YouTube Superstar
I have recently gotten more actively involved in retirement planning and investing for my family's future. In my research, I stumbled …
Forbes
16 Creative Ways to Get Press Coverage for Your Small Business
Richard Branson once said: "A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad." In other words, press coverage is …
All Business
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Women Leaders Share Their Effective Strategies to Retain Employees
Does your company have a high turnover rate? Employee turnover can be extremely pricey. So how can your company increase its employee …
Entrepreneur
Job Costing 101: Learn How to Set the Right Price for Your Business Services
Job costing is key to profitability for many small businesses. Are you doing it right? For companies that provide long-term projects …
All Business
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How to design a 360-degree review process that actually works
Conducting performance reviews tend to be part of a leader's job description. But how often do managers task their employees with …
Fast Company
Cartoon
"I clawed my way to the top of the corporate ladder, but I couldn't get back down and they had to call the Fire Department."
Copyright © Randy Glasbergen
Trivia
Which online business was named for a word from Gulliver's Travels that meant 'rude, unsophisticated, uncouth'?
See the answer below.
Fundamentals for Starting Up a Business
Starting up a business, despite what Hollywood may suggest, doesn't just involve crafting ideas from a home office …
The Startup Magazine
What Year Was It?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What Year
In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F. Kennedy announces that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
The day was Oct 22. What year was it?
Quote of the Week
"By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day."
Robert Frost
Trivia Answer
Which online business was named for a word from Gulliver's Travels that meant 'rude, unsophisticated, uncouth'?
Answer: Yahoo! It was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 1, 1995.
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