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2018 Emerging Woman of Influence: Mandi McReynolds

For Mandi McReynolds, shifting from higher education to the corporate climate of a Fortune 250  company was a key pivot in her career that has enabled her to benefit people across the globe.  

Three …

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2018 Women of Influence Honoree: Lana Jones-Gould

Lana Jones-Gould loves setting — and reaching — a goal.

Her journey includes hundreds of goals that have led to her being one of the go-to people to organize and rally volunteers, and for board …

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2018 Woman Business Owner of the Year: Deniz Franke

By the time Deniz Franke had graduated from high school in her hometown of Istanbul, Turkey, she was already designing and producing her own fashion line. 

“I was only 18 years old, so I was …

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NOTEBOOK: A look back at the first of 15 years at the Business Record

Numerous journalists have been quoted as saying that “journalism is the first rough draft of history.” Having reached the 15-year mark this month at the Business Record, I had a little fun glancing in the …

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2018 Women of Influence Honoree: Mary Coffin

Want to know the Mary Coffin story? Start with the details.

One of the first things she will tell you is that she is a detail person. If you think details are boring, think again. …

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2018 Women of Influence Honoree: Carole Chambers

It would be tempting to say Carole Chambers is motivated by not sitting still. When she’s not having coffee with a mentee who needs advice, she’s attending a 50-member morning leadership group for women, a …

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2018 Women of Influence Honoree: Linda Carter-Lewis

Linda Carter-Lewis worked in human resources, mostly at CDS Global, which connected her with many.

“I’ve had the opportunity to touch so many lives,” she says. “People surprisingly ask my opinion all the time. I …

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2018 Women of Influence Honoree: Kim Bakey

Kim Bakey leads the largest real estate firm in Iowa, but she is just as comfortable watching a girl’s softball game from hard bleachers as she is working in a corporate office.

Two years ago, …

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NOTEBOOK: A condo conversion success story at the Kirkwood Hotel

In 2015, Tim Schutte’s banker told him it would take three years to convert 54 apartments at the Kirkwood Hotel into condominiums and sell each of the units. Schutte, broker owner of Exit Realty Capital …

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NOTEBOOK: Walsmith, 11, launches Kickstarter campaign, dice game

Roan Walsmith is an entrepreneur and inventor who is winding down a $5,000 Kickstarter campaign to polish his product — a dice-based battle game he says is both fun and helpful in boosting players’ math skills.…