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Guest Opinion: Honor your mentor with Ivy Women in Business Award

By Kayla Sander | Senior lecturer, Iowa State University

Support. Encouragement. Celebration. This is exactly what our mentors and champions do for us, and I think it is time to turn the tables. Are you with …

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‘Family economics’ unfair to female entrepreneurs, says Trump-Trudeau panel

Toronto Star: Women who want to start their own businesses are often held back by “family economics,” says the first report from a women’s group formed by U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister …

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Feb. 15: Launch & Grow

Host: North Iowa Area Community College
About: NIACC’s 10-week Launch & Grow program begins Feb. 15. The course assists entrepreneurs in developing business concepts and evaluating them through the business planning process. The course fee …

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Feb. 20: Networking Mix and Mingle

Host: Women’s Leadership Network
About: Join women throughout the tri-states for a fun night of drinks, networking and story sharing. Each person gets two free drinks for attending. The event is open to WLN members.…

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SPEAK UP: Whether you marched or not, it’s always time for a bigger, louder conversation

Recently, Oprah Winfrey sat across from seven of the women who helped start the Time’s Up campaign and asked, “Beyond raising awareness, how is this going to help the waitress, the farm worker, the factory …

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SPEAK UP: What I learned from 365 days of helping women entrepreneurs raise startup funding

Women now make up 40 percent of new entrepreneurs in the United States, the largest percentage since 1996. Every woman has at least one or two business ideas that she’s keeping to herself, writes Karen …

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On The Rise: 1-29-18

Selena Rezvani (pictured)
Be Leaderly
Appointed to vice president, consulting and research
Cedar Rapids

Tonya Vakulskas 
United Real Estate Solutions
Promoted to director of agent development 
Sioux City

Jenna Kimberley Elected to the board of directors Ankeny…
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Feb. 14: CFA Society Iowa luncheon

Host: CFA Society Iowa
About: Doug Ommen, Iowa insurance commissioner, and Nick Gerhart, chief administrative officer for FBL Financial Group and former Iowa insurance commissioner, present “Everything You Wanted to Ask the Commissioner But Couldn’t.” 
When: 11:30 …

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Nominations open for biotech award

The Iowa Biotechnology Association and the Cultivation Corridor are accepting nominations through Feb. 9 for the Iowa Biotech Leadership Award. The award recognizes leadership, innovation and advocacy. The winner will be picked by a committee from representing …

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Rockwell Collins gets earnings bump from B/E Aerospace

Cedar Rapids-based Rockwell Collins Inc. reported sales for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 of $2.01 billion, a 69 percent increase from the same period in fiscal year 2017. Revenue growth was 9 percent …