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How Maya Penn Became One of the Most Socially Conscious Entrepreneurs of Gen Z

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That company is Maya’s Ideas—a sustainable fashion brand Penn started by upcycling old clothing and recycled materials to make tops, hats, scarves and neck warmers. Maya’s Ideas uses organic, recycled and vintage materials to create clothing and accessories. Today, Penn serves as founder and CEO. Photo courtesy of Maya Penn.

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4 Books to Help You Reflect, Replenish and Grow this Month

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Since becoming business partners in 2008 amid the Great Recession, the authors are also co-owners of Utah’s Powder Mountain, the largest ski resort in the U.S., Andy Dunn founded the men’s clothing company Bonobos in 2007 as a student in his second year at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. By Andy Dunn.

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SUCCESS Celebrates 125 Years of Progress, Positive Thinking and Personal Growth

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From early cover lines about why fine clothes are an asset in business to recent ones about how to turn social media followers into customers, the magazine has gone through a massive transformation. Articles during this time period focused on topics like mentorship, the qualities of good salespeople, and the importance of working for oneself.

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8 Niche Careers You Didn’t Even Know Existed

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Imagine the next time you ask someone what they do for a living and they respond, “Oh, I test waterslides for a living,” or “I study the curious contents found in the pockets of antique clothing.” Sara Rivers Cofield, an archaeological curator at Maryland’s MAC lab, might have you beat.

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This One Question Transformed My Sales Career—and My Life

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I began working and paying for my own clothes and expenses when I was 10 years old, doing odd jobs around the neighborhood. This article was published in June 2008 and has been updated. The Key to Success. I started off in life with few advantages. My father was not always employed and my family never seemed to have any money.

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Best of the Best: How to Create a Personal Brand Like DJ Khaled

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They sold clothes out of the trunk of their car. High-end clothes are usually sold in high-end settings, not folding tables placed on concrete. By any definition he’d reached undeniable success in music by 2008, and he seemed to have a reasonable blueprint to sustain it. Eventually Jay-Z relented. Podcasts. “I

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How to Optimize Space

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Originally posted 2008-02-19 10:29:00. So, today I’m sending you to an article I wrote about using your space. If I rewrote that article today, I would add this bullet point: Use Your Stuff as a Guide. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Although I still have websites, the blog is the place where I put my new content.

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