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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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Morales was released after 17 days, given a second chance through the DACA policy ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ) as well as a green card petition filed by her mother, who gained legal status in 2004 after marrying a U.S. This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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Cynthia Breazeal Is Making AI Fun and Educational for Kids

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In 2004, she published her seminal book, Designing Sociable Robots , which presented her vision for social robots of the future. Breazeal later co-founded Jibo , a company that developed personal assistant robots in 2012. This article originally appeared in the January/February 2024 issue of SUCCESS Magazine.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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from 2012—while the growth of male-owned employer businesses during the same time period was only 5.2%. million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” She moved on in 2012 and founded Mina Shah Enterprises the following year, self-funding with income from consulting.

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How to Name Your Business

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We rolled it out to the public in 2004. Sales rose by 23% in 2012. This article was published in May 2013 and has been updated. The staffer who suggested the name explained: “You are targeted, you make a direct hit, you are impactful, and you insert a red peg to illustrate the strike and success.” That is the core of our brand.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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To reach that level, to be named the youngest self-made woman on Forbes ’ “World’s Billionaires” list in 2012 and No. In 2004 Blakely tackled another hurdle when she appeared on a reality show with Richard Branson called The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best , a sort-of cross between The Apprentice and The Amazing Race.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces. A 2012 study conducted by Yale researchers revealed that even science professors—male and female—evaluate the information on a résumé more harshly when the applicant is a woman.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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And in 2012, Egwuonwu founded World Dream Day. Her articles have been featured in the Scotsman Guide: Residential Edition and several other online publications. As a realtor, Cyndi Merritt has been helping clients since 2004 and she is consistently recognized throughout the industry as a leader in client care and satisfaction.

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