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Guest Column: For our family: Investing in a stronger future for Greater Des Moines

Last month, I attended the Business Record’s Women of Influence event. It is always an inspiring night to celebrate these community leaders who are giving so much to Greater Des Moines, including one of our very own team members this year, Courtney Shaw, who was named Emerging Woman of Influence. I am grateful to be…

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From trash to treasure: Chevron REG researches biodiesel advances

What began as a way for farmers to add value to their unused crops in the 1990s is now part of a multibillion-dollar company scaling up research at Iowa State University. In 1996, farmers at the West Central Cooperative in Ralston were looking for new markets for their unused soybean oil. The co-op built a…

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On Leadership: Maybe hope really is a strategy

“Hope is not a strategy.” In business school, we heard it endlessly. The phrase has been variously attributed to Vince Lombardi, Rudy Giuliani and countless military briefings where anyone daring to “hope” got sent back to the drawing board. But in my MBA program, the concept was drilled into our heads like a commandment: Don’t…

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On the Move: Week of August 22

Ryan KeenanICON Water TrailsHired as development officerrkeenan@iconwatertrails.com Cole MillerICON Water TrailsPromoted to associate director of regional programmingcole@iconwatertrails.com

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Meet Raj Agnihotri, ISU’s college of business dean

Raj Agnihotri was working for a subsidiary of Tata Group, India’s largest business conglomerate, when he decided to pursue a graduate degree in business administration. If he was going to work in business, Agnihotri told himself, then he should have a better understanding of the business world. Agnihotri, who wanted to attend a private college…

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Business Record 8-22-25

Cover Story: Meet Raj Agnihotri, ISU’s college of business dean Focus: Mergers and Acquisitions Read the issue

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NAMI Iowa receives $35,000 from Iowa Total Care

The National Alliance on Mental Illness Iowa has received $35,000 from Iowa Total Care, a provider of Medicaid health care coverage in Iowa and a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corp. The grant will support NAMI Iowa’s signature events, including Beautiful Minds, part of the Mental Health Awareness Month event series each May, the NAMI…

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WRH rebrands to Wendler Inc.

WRH, a Cedar Rapids-based civil infrastructure company, has announced a rebranding to Wendler Inc. as well as the purchase of the Geonetric Building in Cedar Rapids for $6.8 million. The new building will serve as its new headquarters later this year. The new name comes from the company’s founder Glenn Wendler, who started the business in 1973. Wendler works…