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Iowa Black Business Coalition offers Untraditional Startathon

The University of Iowa and UI Partners are sponsoring the Iowa Black Business Coalition’s Untraditional Startathon to benefit women- and minority-owned businesses on Nov. 21 at Grand View University in Des Moines. “Some of the…
By BPC Staff | Nov 16, 2015
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SPEAK UP: 7 signs of perfectionistic overfunctioning

  Women have been chronically overfunctioning for years, ever since they emerged on the work scene while taking on the overwhelming challenge of trying to balance full-time work with full-time family responsibilities, writes Kathy Caprino…
By BPC Staff | Nov 16, 2015
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Women are a growing percentage of students in top business schools

  The Huffington Post: More women are going to business school, and, if you care about how few females make it to the upper echelons of corporate America, that’s not terrible news. The percentage of women…
By BPC Staff | Nov 16, 2015
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SPEAK UP: Why female veterans are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs

We already know that women business owners are driving the national growth in small businesses, and within that group, it’s women of color making the most progress. But slice the data slightly differently, and you’ll…
By BPC Staff | Nov 16, 2015
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On The Rise: 11-16-15

On the Rise   Kari McCann Appointed president of the Iowa Council of Foundations. Dubuque   Tara Lawrence Promoted to director at Iowa Title Guaranty. Des Moines   Cathy Florea Named ship-out manager at Winnebago…
By BPC Staff | Nov 16, 2015
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Four women among honored Central Iowa public relations professionals

The Central Iowa Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Chapter celebrated the industry’s best and brightest at their recent annual PRIME Awards Luncheon during OctoPRfest, a day-long professional development conference for PR and communications professionals. …
By BPC Staff | Nov 9, 2015
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On The Rise: 11-9-15

  Blair Rosenberg Promoted to manager of community and donor relations at Candeo. Johnston   Emily Boyd Promoted to community development director at Community Housing Initiatives. Des Moines   Wendy Breheny Promoted to assistant vice president…
By BPC Staff | Nov 9, 2015
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SPEAK UP: Why we shouldn’t have first ladies

  Most people would find it inappropriate in the year 2015, writes Keli Goff for The Daily Beast, to explicitly tell any woman that she is expected to spend most of her life supporting her…
By BPC Staff | Nov 9, 2015
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SPEAK UP: Why women compete with each other

  Women compete, compare, undermine and undercut one another. At least that is the prevailing notion of how we interact, writes Emily Gordon for The New York Times. A good amount of research has been done…
By BPC Staff | Nov 9, 2015
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Drake Divas challenge fans to fill Knapp Center at women’s basketball opener

To support Drake University women’s basketball and send an important message of support, honorary coaches Tiffany Tauscheck and Emily Abbas, on behalf of Drake Divas, are challenging to Bulldog fans to fill the Knapp Center…
By BPC Staff | Nov 9, 2015
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