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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder to keynote EntreFEST

KATE HAYDEN | STAFF WRITER February 28, 2019 February 28, 2019Culture & Events

Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, will keynote EntreFEST on May 16-17 in Cedar Rapids, organizers at NewBoCo announced this morning. Greenfield and Ben Cohen built a storefront venture into a $300 million ice cream brand that has received multiple awards for the company’s commitment to social…

Building up: Des Moines women craft a more diverse workforce

KATE HAYDEN | STAFF WRITER May 31, 2018 May 21, 20192018 InnovationIOWA Magazine

At the start of 2017, chemical engineer Meredith Smith was frustrated by the statistics of workers in her industry. Women held 24 percent of all science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs, and only 14 percent of engineers are women, the U.S. Department of Commerce reports. Looking deeper, the National…

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