A Conversation with Victoria Veiock
As she shutters the door on Wicker and the Works this month, the West Des Moines entrepreneur reflects on nearly 40 years in the business. By the end of the month, Victoria [ Read more... ]
Articles by Build Des Moines
New Year, New Threats—Cyberattack Concerns
With the most recent election season behind us and cyberattack investigations underway, cyberspace creates a new frontier for applying existing privacy laws. Small businesses [ Read more... ]
New Construction Market Remains Strong
As 2016 comes to a close, the new construction market continues to remain strong. November sales were down 9.8% from the previous month, but were up 8% over the same quarter [ Read more... ]
Business Leaders Need to Watch Out for Woodpeckers
I’m on my third cup of coffee sitting in my warm home office looking out the window—where it’s 10 degrees—at a woodpecker banging away at one of our trees. My wife [ Read more... ]
What’s Your Data Backup Plan?
John Lennon has a line in one of his songs, it goes something like “life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Nothing could be more [ Read more... ]