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Fill the Frame, someday

Jennifer Radniecki grew up in the construction industry, and she is a self-described crusader encouraging women to swing a hammer, operate a crane, manage a project.

As a construction project manager, don’t be surprised if …

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Fireworks – What local leaders say

In the latest Business Record Leaders Survey, an unscientific poll conducted annually with our readers, we asked business community leaders and executives for their opinions on a variety of topics, including one of the most …

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The Elbert Files: Trivia large and small

Here’s a bit of trivia: This nation’s first Chamber of Commerce is older than the United States. New York City merchants who wanted to defuse growing tensions with Great Britain organized it in 1768.

Many …

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McLellan: Slow down when building trust

One of the more common and popular patterns of today’s lead generation and nurturing tactics goes something like this:

– Offer something for free or low cost in ?   exchange for an email address.…
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A Closer Look: Wendy Wintersteen

Iowa State University’s first female president began her career with the university nearly 40 years ago as an extension specialist in integrated pest management. As dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for …

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Meet Kate Hayden, our newest reporter

A lesson for today’s college students: Networking starts in your classroom. 

We’re very excited to introduce you, our readers, to the newest reporter to the Business Record newsroom — Kate Hayden. She arrived at the …

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NOTEBOOK: Grand View starts community garden

Grand View University is starting a community garden, with a season running May 1 through Nov. 30. Water will be provided. The size of a plot will depend on demand. Gardeners need to bring their …

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NOTEBOOK: TAI launches video series

Brian Waller and his staff at Technology Association of Iowa has launched a video series, “We Are Iowa Technology,” that will include eight feature stories on Iowa tech companies. TAI is fond of saying — …

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NOTEBOOK: East Village summit favors NAFTA

A group of local organizers that included the Iowa Association of Business and Industry, the Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation pulled together some key authorities on NAFTA (the North American …

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NOTEBOOK: Technical translation and a dose of heavy metal

Nicole Chesmore says that having an English degree has been a benefit in her position as vice president of infrastructure and operations for Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. Let’s just say that she has found that …