Mike Kromminga is a senior data architect at ITA Group in West Des Moines. The first sign things would be different at this new job were the tears. I’d been laid off from a job I thought I’d be at ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Josephs is an expert in business ownership transitions. How far employee ownership has come and how much opportunity remains.

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George Lambert has spent 30+ years in the financial industry; his roles include CFP, certified divorce financial analyst, and FINRA arbitrator. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading ...

Wade Deaton, a manager at Parman Energy Group, achieved his dream of business ownership through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). The ESOP, implemented after Parman Energy Group was sold, ...

Paul Halverson founded Chartwell Financial Associates in 1995, after working for two other business-valuation firms following graduation in 1987 from the University of St. Thomas. Chartwell focuses on ...

The first sign things would be different at this new job were the tears. I’d been laid off from a job I thought I’d be at forever and took a mindless temp job at a big bank to pay my mortgage. There ...