Posts by maceyshofroth
Here’s how leaders at Pella Corp. are using AI, automation and acquisition to maintain growth in current housing market
The atrium inside the front entrance of the Pella Corp. headquarters is part events space, part museum.
It’s sandwiched between the historic manufacturing plant where the office of founder Pete Kuyper is carefully maintained the …
Read MoreGuest column: Collaboration leads to economic development success
At last month’s Greater Des Moines Partnership Annual Dinner, we played a video featuring testimonials from key leaders who were heavily involved in our organization in 1999 when it was reimagined to become what the …
Read MoreLove For Red fights period poverty in Iowa
Maanya Pandey’s life is a balancing act.
The Waukee native is in her junior year at the University of Iowa. She’s majoring in public health on the pre-medicine track, preparing to take entrance exams for …
Read MoreWhat they’re checking out: Week of Feb. 7
As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des …
Read MoreMeet the owners of Beal Derkenne Construction, the company working on the 33-story 515 Walnut tower project
Andy Beal and Michael Derkenne grew up in Australia and met in 1998 while attending the University of Newcastle north of Sydney. Today, they are leading construction of the 33-story 515 Walnut tower in downtown …
Read MoreFrom student to leader: UI alum Adam Keune returns as JPEC director
In 2006, Adam Keune arrived at the University of Iowa as a business student drawn to entrepreneurship. The university’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) was his opportunity to explore that path, which would ultimately bring …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Famous Iowa writers and fictional characters
Recent columns about famous Iowans generated several additional names, including John Wayne, born in Winterset; Gary Cooper, who attended Grinnell College; and the Everly Brothers, who launched their singing careers from Shenandoah.
Other suggestions led …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Left-brain success stories
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series about famous Iowans. Read part one on businessrecord.com.
I wrote last week that most “famous Iowans” had to leave the state to get noticed. This …
Read MoreOn Leadership: Thriving in the age of disruption
Back in my MBA days, the concept of “disruption” wasn’t exactly a household term. Our professor Clayton Christensen’s groundbreaking work, “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” which addressed disruption, was still a few years away. Technology, while exciting, …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Famous former Iowans
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series about famous Iowans. Read part two in the Jan. 24 edition of the of the Business Record.
More Iowans have found fame by leaving than …
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