DES MOINES, IA (10/15/2014)(readMedia)-- State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald announced that Tuesday's Invest in Iowa online auction was one of the most successful to date. All thirty-four of Iowa's participating financial institutions received money, for a total of $57.5 million in deposits. "We use an auction format offering state deposits to Iowa financial institutions six times a year. This allows the state to earn a competitive return on the funds while ensuring local financial institutions have the money they need to keep the economy moving," Treasurer Fitzgerald said. "The program currently has over $230 million invested in Iowa banks."

Fitzgerald created the Invest in Iowa program in 1983 as a way to invest state funds in Iowa financial institutions. The financial institutions hold the funds as CDs and use the money to make loans.

Invest in Iowa quarterly auctions are held on the second Tuesday of January, April, July and October. The next auction is scheduled for January 13, 2015 at 10 a.m. Each auction has an established minimum interest rate and a minimum bid. To learn more about the Invest in Iowa program, visit iowatreasurer.gov, select "Invest in Iowa" under the "For Businesses" tab or contact the Treasurer's office at 515-281-5368.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Angie's List
(Nasdaq:ANGI) announced today that as part of its continued investment
in growth, it plans to expand its Indianapolis headquarters, creating
hundreds of new jobs by 2019. The expansion, which is enabled in part
by an attractive incentive plan from the City of Indianapolis and State
of Indiana, is expected to begin in 2015 and extend through 2019,
broadening Angie's List's footprint in the city's east side.

"Today's announcement reflects our expectation for continued growth and
expansion and highlights our commitment to the city of Indianapolis,"
said Bill Oesterle, Angie's List Chief Executive Officer. "We look
forward to growing our thriving campus and continuing to attract talent
to Indianapolis."

Angie's List intends to continue its growth in its headquarters
location, expanding from approximately 500 employees in 2011 to
approximately 2,800 by the end of 2019. The Company plans to begin
hiring in 2015 for positions including information technology, sales
and member services. As part of the incentive plan, Angie's List has
agreed to achieve certain business and financial targets including
annual investment, number of employees and average wage levels. The
company expects to invest more than $10 million in expansion-related
capital expenditures in 2015, with cumulative investment expected to be
approximately $40 million by the end of 2019.

About Angie's List

Angie's List helps facilitate happy transactions between more than 2.8
million consumers nationwide and its collection of highly-rated service
providers in 720 categories of service, ranging from home improvement
to health care. Built on a foundation of authentic reviews of local
service, Angie's List connects consumers directly to its online
marketplace of services from member-reviewed providers, and offers
unique tools and support designed to improve the local service
experience for both consumers and service professionals.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including statements regarding expected job growth, the receipt of city
and state incentives and expansion-related capital expenditures. These
forward-looking statements are based on Angie's List's current
assumptions, expectations and beliefs and involve substantial risks and
uncertainties that may cause results, performance or achievement to
materially differ from those expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to
such differences include, but are not limited to: our ability to
accurately measure and predict revenue per paid membership, membership
acquisition costs or costs associated with servicing our members; our
ability to protect our brand and maintain our reputation among
consumers and local service providers; our ability to attract and
retain local service providers to advertise on our service; our ability
to increase our pricing on memberships and service provider contracts
as we increase our market penetration; our ability to replicate our
business model in our less penetrated markets; our success in
converting consumers and local service providers into paid memberships
and participating service providers; competitive factors; our ability
to stay abreast of modified or new laws and regulations applying to our
business, including those regarding sales or transaction taxes and
privacy regulation; our ability to adequately protect our intellectual
property; our ability to manage our growth; our ability to attract and
retain qualified and experienced personnel, and general economic
conditions worldwide.

Further information on these factors and other risks that may affect
our business is included in filings we make with the Securities and
Exchange Commission from time to time, including Angie's List's Annual
Report on Form 10-K and its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
and Current Reports on Form 8-K.

These documents are or will be available online from the SEC or on the
SEC Filings section of the Investor Relations section of our website at
http://investor.angieslist.com

4 Tips for Time & Budget Management from a Business Development Strategist

All successful CEOs have one thing in common: They're able to maintain a big-picture perspective. It's also something successful moms have in common, says Zenovia Andrews, a business strategist, speaker, author and mom who coaches entrepreneurs and CEOs on time and budget management.

"In business, CEOs implement a process that achieves efficient time and resource management in the most cost-effective way; sounds a lot like a mom, doesn't it?" says Andrews, founder and CEO of The MaxOut Group, a company devoted to empowering and teaching entrepreneurs development strategies to increase profits.

"If every mom were a CEO, America would rule the world!"

Andrews, author of the new book "All Systems Go - A Solid Blueprint to Build Business and Maximize Cash Flow," (www.zenoviaandrews.com), suggests the following tips for moms to better manage money and time.

•  CEOs utilize apps, and so should CEO Moms. When a CEO's personal assistant isn't around or, if it's a small business and she doesn't have one, then apps do nicely. There are several apps for moms, including Bank of Mom - an easy way to keep track of your kids' allowances. Set up an account for each child and track any money they earn for chores or allowance. The app also allows you to track their computer and TV time as well as other activities.

•  Measurement is the key to knowledge, control and improvement. CEOs have goals for their businesses and Moms have goals for their family members. In either case, the best way to achieve a big-picture goal is to identify action steps and objectives and a system for measuring progress. Want to improve your kids' test scores, help your husband lose weight or - gasp - free some time for yourself? There are four phases to help track progress: planning, or establishing goals; collection, or conducting research on your current process; analysis - comparing information from existing processes with the new one; and adapting, or implementing the new process.

•  Understand your home's "workforce." A good CEO helps her employees grow and develop, not only for the company's benefit, but for the employee's as well. Most people are happiest when they feel they're learning and growing, working toward a goal, which may be promotion within the company or something beyond it. When they feel the CEO is helping with that, they're happier, more productive, more loyal employees. Likewise, CEO Moms need to help their children gain the skills and knowledge they need not only to succeed in general but to achieve their individual dreams.

•  A well-running household is a community effort; consider "automated" systems. In business, automated systems tend to be as clinical as they sound, typically involving technology. Yet, there's also a human resource element. Automated systems are a must for CEO Moms, and they tend to take the form of scheduling at home. Whose night is it for the dishes, or trash? One child may be helpful in the kitchen, whereas another may be better at cleaning the pool.

About Zenovia Andrews

Zenovia Andrews, www.zenoviaandrews.com, is a business development strategist with extensive experience in corporate training, performance management, leadership development and sales consulting with international clients, including Pfizer, Inc. and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. A sought-after speaker and radio/TV personality, she is the author of "All Systems Go" and "MAXOut: I Want It All."

Innovative Company Expanding in Chicago and Elk Grove Village

CHICAGO - Governor Pat Quinn today announced that software development company SpringCM will accelerate its growth in Chicago and Elk Grove Village and hire an additional 500 people within five years. The announcement is part of Governor Quinn's agenda to create jobs and drive Illinois' economy forward.

"SpringCM is a great example of our growing tech and entrepreneurial industries that are creating jobs across Illinois and helping to fuel our economic comeback," Governor Quinn said. "As we continue to create jobs in communities across the state, we have seen good news for our economy but there is more work to be done. Investments in Illinois are further proof that we are headed in the right direction and SpringCM's expansion here is testament to the strength of our workforce and position as a hub for technology and innovation."

SpringCM is adding jobs in product development, sales and marketing and enlarging its space using $8 million in private investment this year. It projects growth of more than 50 percent annually for the next several years. If it meets its targets, the company's payroll will generate close to $2 million a year in additional state income tax revenue by 2019.

SpringCM is receiving a $2.25 million state investment that will allow it to expand facilities in two locations at 180 N. LaSalle St. in Chicago and 1905 Lunt Ave. in Elk Grove Village. The company currently employs more than 90 people at the two locations. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) will administer the investment.

"SpringCM has a massive opportunity as a cloud software provider to help companies put contracts and critical documents to work, fuel competitive advantage and drive bigger outcomes," Founder and CEO of SpringCM Greg Buchholz said. "That's the same philosophy of the DCEO grant, to help growth companies expand right here in Illinois. SpringCM was intentionally founded and headquartered in Chicago because of the tremendous talent base and culture of the Midwest and because of the quality of life it offers our employees. Bottom line, the economic environment of Illinois enables us to build a world-class tech company much more cost-effectively than in Silicon Valley, Massachusetts or New York."

SpringCM has more than 400 customers, including large companies and the U.S. Department of Energy.

"Companies like SpringCM are a cornerstone Illinois' economic comeback," DCEO Director Adam Pollet said. "Just as SpringCM has shown faith in Illinois, we are showing our faith in the company's business plan and long-term objectives."

SpringCM offered its first product to help companies automate their business services in 2006 and since then has grown by more than 30 percent annually. Earlier this year, its investors put an additional $18 million into SpringCM, including the $8 million capital infusion for its expansion plans. The company expects it will double its headquarters space at 180 N. LaSalle St. to 42,000 square feet.

Terms of the investment require SpringCM to retain its current staff count in Chicago and Elk Grove Village, create 200 jobs within two years and another 300 within five years.

The state investment is an example of Governor Quinn's ongoing support for the tech sector, which studies show is adding jobs in Illinois faster than in the nation as a whole. Chicago also is ranked highly as a destination by entrepreneurs, in part because of its lower costs compared with other premier cities and the proximity of world-class universities and research labs.

For more information on doing business in Illinois, visit www.illinois.gov/dceo.

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