After graduating from Iowa State University, Rachel Wacker was unsure of how to put to use her degree in journalism and mass communication.
She bounced around several jobs including helping market a new music …
Adreain Henry earned the title of doctor through a highly competitive U.S. Army scholarship for optometry school, overcoming the disadvantages of growing up in a single-parent family in a small rural Southern town in coastal …
Since July, Rachelle Keck has been getting acquainted with Grand View University, its students, and its faculty and staff, all gearing up for the fall semester that started Aug. 29. It marks the beginning of …
Brian Mulcahy was recently promoted to the role of assistant executive director at the Des Moines International Airport, moving up from the finance director’s position, which he held for about 10 years. Before he came …
During college, Matt Daniels learned the ins and outs of home construction while working during the summers for a homebuilder.
“That’s where I got excited about the business,” said Daniels, who in March became director …
The child care crisis has been simmering for decades across the state and country. In 2020, it boiled over when Iowa lost a third of its child care slots.
Seeing that child care was crucial …
Quinton Leith’s Iowa roots extend back to his family’s farm near Creston; his wife is also an Iowa native, from Centerville. So when he had the opportunity to work remotely for his Chicago-based employer, private …
A funny thing happened as developer Scott Cutler passed through Houston a couple of years ago.
A dating app he was using matched him with a person who was commuting near the Houston airport. Cutler, …
Iowa native Melissa Ness is using her leadership experience with professional employer organizations to build a new entrepreneurial venture with Connectify HR. Launched in August 2021, Connectify’s mission as a professional employer organization (PEO) is …
For Candi Karsjens, running lemonade stands and selling Girl Scout cookies while growing up in Mason City weren’t just fun childhood activities but also her earliest memories of being entrepreneurial.
She didn’t know then that …
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