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Guest column: Jefas: Latinas in Business Magazine highlights empowerment, inspiration and fearlessness

Jefas to partner with Fearless initiative BY CHRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ-MORROW, JEFAS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Editor’s note: Fearless will be sharing one Jefas Magazine story in the first e-newsletter of the month through November. In this column, Jefas Editor-in-Chief Christina Fernández-Morrow shares more about the new magazine’s origin and purpose.Jefas: Latinas in Business Magazine showcases Read more…

By Nicole Grundmeier, 4 weeks4 weeks ago

Business Ownership

Liz Lidgett celebrates 5 years in business, talks about her commitment to women artists

Liz Lidgett, whose art gallery in Des Moines’ East Village is marking five years in business, makes sure about half of the work on display there is by women. Research has pegged the proportion in major galleries and museums around the nation at closer to 13%. It’s not a hard Read more…

By Nicole Grundmeier, 2 months3 months ago

Business Ownership

Commentary: Do you check off the ‘4 C’s’ of leadership for a women-owned business?

Byline: By Becky Gibson, Wells Fargo market executive for commercial banking in Iowa Women-owned firms now account for nearly 4 in 10 U.S. businesses. They generate approximately $2.7 trillion in annual revenue. They employ more than 12.2 million workers. And since 2019, women-owned businesses have multiplied at almost double the rate Read more…

By Nicole Grundmeier, 4 months4 months ago

Business Ownership

Q&A with Jerrica Marshall: Issues affecting Black women in Iowa

I recently interviewed Jerrica Marshall, executive director of the Directors Council, for a Closer Look feature in the Business Record. The Des Moines-based organization she leads strives to address inequities affecting Black community members in Polk County. In a previous role, she noticed the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market vendors did Read more…

By Emily Barske Wood, 5 months5 months ago

Business Ownership

Envision Iowa panel: The ‘she-cession’ is over, but child care continues to be a challenge

Women are back. Nationally, women’s employment has hit an all-time high, said Debi Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority and the Iowa Finance Authority. Durham said on July 20 during Business Publication Corp.’s Envision Iowa panel that she is still waiting on Iowa’s numbers. This Envision Iowa online discussion focused Read more…

By Nicole Grundmeier, 12 months12 months ago

Business Ownership

Wells Fargo commercial lending executive: ‘Women are over-mentored and under-sponsored’

Women business leaders should establish relationships with banks early on, even if they aren’t yet in the market for borrowing to grow, a Wells Fargo executive told Fearless. “They’re going to understand your business better when you [do] need it,” said Judith Goldkrand. Goldkrand is a Wells Fargo senior vice Read more…

By Nicole Grundmeier, 1 year1 year ago

Business Ownership

Working with family can be a unique challenge — and an opportunity. These 8 women share their insights

By Katie Kreis, communications and marketing coordinator, UNI Family Business Center Family business transcends any one industry — farmers, manufacturers and IT specialists all often find themselves working with their parents, spouses, cousins, siblings and children. This can create friction that not every family is equipped to handle, and some Read more…

By Nicole Grundmeier, 1 year1 year 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, 1 year1 year 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, 1 year1 year ago

Business Ownership

Meet Linzi Murray, owner of Reading in Public Bookstore + Cafe

Story and photos Emily Kestel, Fearless editor Age: 27 Hometown: Shawnee, Kan. Education: Drake University, bachelor’s in painting and graphic design Family: Husband, Gooi Hobbies: Planning, reading Rest assured that when you walk into the new Reading in Public bookstore at 315 Fifth St. in West Des Moines’ Valley Junction, Read more…

By Emily Kestel, 2 years2 years ago