Jim Goodman, age 46, passed away Sunday, June 22nd, while competing in the Hy-Vee Triathlon. President of Customer Ease, Jim was a serial entrepreneur and was at the helm of multiple organizations in Iowa. Jim will be missed by all of his colleagues and friends. I will certainly miss him.

First and foremost, he loved his family. He left behind a wife, Lisa, and three daughters: Natalie, Ellie, and Rubie, as well as his parents, Dick and Bert, in addition to 4 brothers and a sister.

Jim loved small business and was the architect for the Creative Entrepreneur Organization, which is housed by the CEO Center in the East Village of Des Moines, Iowa. As of late, he was traveling across the state of Iowa, promoting small business and innovation through VentureNet Iowa. This is a program through a collaboration with many statewide entities that offered the 4 M's of a successful venture, Marketing, Management, Money, and Model. This fits in very well with Customer Ease.

Jim was also a big fan of giving back to the community. He was the President of the East Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, the President of the Board of Orchard Place, active in DMAM Rotary, and very active in his church. The article in the Des Moines Register does a good job of summing up his endeavors. There was also an article concerning Jim's visitation and history , which you can read here. Jim had a radio program, The Iowa Business Hour. We had a memorial show on July 2nd, 2008, which you can listen to here.

I sat down with Jim and talked about what I wanted to do with my business life right before I graduated from Drake University 2 1/2 years ago (where he was also an adjunct professor of marketing and entrepreneurialism). On that day, I came in to an empty CEO Center looking for advice, and now I sit here with 12 CEO Center tenants upstairs, and 5 internal staff, running various sister companies.

Even though Jim is gone, his spirit of entrepreneurialism and great attitude towards life lives on with all of us.

Jim was a great mentor and friend to me, and I plan to keep working under his umbrella of endeavors. He will be missed sincerely by all of us.

 CEOIowa.com is the virtual center connecting you to various companies housed in the CEO Center, specializing in different business arenas.

The architect of the CEO Center and its' services is Jim Goodman.  

Enjoy our website. We have links to the various companies affiliated with the CEO Center, as well as other resources for developing businesses.  

The Iowa Business Hour	Central Iowa Business
The Iowa Business Hour was created to help Iowans in their pursuit of their business endeavors.	Jim Goodman also writes a monthly article for Central Iowa Business Magazine.
CEO Center	Customer Ease
The objective of the CEO Center is to provide affordable, first class office facilities, utilizing professionally furnished common areas and equipment to eliminate the up-front capital costs involved in setting up an office.	Customer Ease is a full service marketing research and consulting company. We have clients in many business arenas including the medical, manufacturing, and agricultural fields.
Emerging Growth Group	Employer Ease
Emerging Growth Group is an investor-backed for-profit business development company located in Des Moines, Iowa. We work with early-stage companies to facilitate the development and commercialization of their products and services.	Employer Ease is a company based in Des Moines, Iowa that provides all facets of the Human Resources function to small to mid-sized businesses.

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