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Anne Morman
Age:Â 37
Occupation:Â Lead Business Systems Analyst, Transamerica
What’s the best advice you ever received?
Don't wait until you are ready to take action. Instead, take action to be...
Benjamin O’Connor
Age:Â 31
Occupation:Â Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer, Higher Learning Technologies
What was your first job?
Delivering a paper route for The Gazette.
What’s the best advice you ever received?
“Everything...
Whitney Pino
Age: 35
Occupation: National Accounts Specialist, Van Meter Inc.
What’s the best advice you ever received?
Eat the cake and take the trip. Why wait? Tomorrow is...
Betsy Potter
Age:Â 31
Occupation:Â Director of Operations, Iowa City Downtown District
What was your first job?
I was a horrible barista at a book shop.
What’s the best advice you ever...
Aaron Robertson
Age:Â 37
Occupation:Â Managing Partner, Hawkins Wealth Management
What was your first job?
I worked for my Uncle Larry at Yoder Masonry.
What’s the best advice you ever received?
Always be confident,...
Gerald Seals
Age:Â 38
Occupation:Â CEO, Harold's Chicken Iowa
What was your first job?
Working at KB Toys.
What’s the best advice you ever received?
Create the things we wish existed.
What do...
Quintin Shepherd
Age:Â 39
Occupation:Â Superintendent, Linn-Mar Community School District
What was your first job?
Working on the farm. Suffice it to say, I worked for free and I learned a...
Ben Snyder
Age:Â 34
Occupation:Â Founder, Copper Black Services
What was your first job?
Busboy at the Village Inn
What’s the best advice you ever received?
Shut up and listen.
What do you consider...
Paige Swartzendruber
Age:Â 39
Occupation:Â Vice President, Berthel Fisher Companies
What’s the best advice you ever received?
There will always be critics - do not let them hold you back.
What do...
Travis Thompson
Age:Â 38
Occupation:Â President, Thompson Truck & Trailers
What was your first job?
I worked the cash register at the Jacks department store on 16th Avenue.
What’s the best advice...