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Emily Kestel

Child Care

‘The sky’s the limit’: How Iowa businesses, communities and day care centers are innovating to address the state’s child care crisis

By Emily Kestel, 2 years2 years ago
Business Ownership

Four friends, four entrepreneurs: ‘There’s space for all of us’

In 2020, the U.S. saw the highest rate of new entrepreneurs on record – on average, 3.8 out of every 1,000 adults, according to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.  Another study, published by the World Economic Forum, found that women started 49% of new businesses in the U.S. in 2021, Read more…

By Emily Kestel, 2 years2 years ago
Guest Opinion

Meet Fearless’s new contributing writer

By Nicole Grundmeier, Business Record staff writer I’ve spent my adult life pursuing two passions – journalism and gymnastics. At least once, those worlds collided. In 2017, I watched as survivors of all ages accused USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse. My daughter was enrolled in preschool Read more…

By Emily Kestel, 2 years2 years ago
Guest Opinion

A Fearless farewell: 10 of my favorite stories

By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor Anytime someone asks me, “What’s your favorite story you’ve worked on?” I automatically freeze and somehow can’t think of anything I’ve ever done, much less my favorite. It’s an impossible question to answer. It’s like asking a parent of multiple children who their favorite kid Read more…

By Emily Kestel, 2 years2 years ago
Leadership

‘The power of women is phenomenal’

Takeaways from our Fearless Focus conversation on leadership  By Emily Kestel For our first Fearless Focus event of the year, the Business Record talked with five Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame honorees about their experiences in leadership, the successes they’ve had and the barriers they’ve faced.  Panelists were:  Dianne Bystrom, Read more…

By Emily Kestel, 2 years2 years ago
Leadership

The status of women is the status of democracy: Overcoming barriers in the workplace

By Suzanna de Baca, president and CEO, Business Publications Corp. In 1900, only 6% of married women worked outside the home, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Without the ability to earn money of their own or the right to vote, women like my grandmothers were reliant on men for Read more…

By Emily Kestel, 2 years2 years ago
Business Ownership

Going into business with your loved one? Here are 4 tips for starting and running a successful business together

By Laura Howe, regional banking director, Wells Fargo For nearly all small business owners, business ownership is a labor of love. Yet running a business with your loved one can bring on additional challenges that may take all the romance out of a relationship.  The challenges that face a typical Read more…

By Emily Kestel, 2 years2 years ago
Your Take

Congress must expand the child tax credit

By Lakeisha McVey I was raised in Des Moines in a low-income family that struggled with homelessness and housing instability. I have dedicated my career to advocating for anti-poverty policies, so I have a deep personal and professional understanding of the impacts of child poverty and know the difference a Read more…

By Emily Kestel, 2 years2 years ago
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Financial Empowerment

5 thoughts on women’s involvement in wealth management

By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor Women’s involvement and representation in the field of finance and money management is growing, thanks to a variety of factors. To start, women generally live longer than men. Roughly 70% of the assets in U.S. affluent households are controlled by the baby boomer generation, and Read more…

By Emily Kestel, 2 years2 years ago
Leadership

Lack of support, imposter syndrome, discrimination seen as barriers that women continue to face

Thoughts ahead of Fearless Focus event on leadership By Emily Kestel As part of last year’s Fearless Focus event on leadership, panelists talked about the personal and systemic barriers that women leaders continue to face and what can be done to address them. This is a conversation worth having frequently, Read more…

By Emily Kestel, 2 years2 years ago

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