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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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3 Companies That Give Back to the Community Year-Round

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Bombas co-founders Randy Goldberg and David Heath, however, launched a community-oriented company that, as of 2023, has donated 100 million clothing items. The duo started asking questions and volunteering and eventually founded their business in 2013. State Bags Scot Tatelman grew up camping.

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Ron Finley, the Self-Proclaimed Gangsta Gardener, Found Purpose Fighting Food Poverty in South LA

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Waking up in the morning with nothing hurting too bad.” As a teenager, Finley’s clothes never fit right, and he could not unsee how fashion specifically was not available in shapes and sizes inclusive of people of color. I wanted my clothes to fit so well they’d levitate,” Finley says. His definition of success?

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Donald Kelly—The Sales Evangelist—Is Out to Create a Community of World-Class Sellers

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His family’s yard in Jamaica had a large mango tree, so one day, he picked a few sweet, juicy mangoes, set up a table in the front yard, and tried to sell them to neighbors. “It I’ve seen everyone in my family do entrepreneurial things, whether it was reselling clothes they bought in the U.S., It catapulted me.” Time To Hustle.

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The Organizer Sees It Differently

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by I went clothes shopping last week with a friend who had volunteered to help me upgrade my image. I haven't been completely happy with my professional look and she has a great eye for clothes. First she asked me to find pictures of clothes that I liked and identify what colors I liked and hated.

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When the chairs took over the world and what it all meant

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Of all the things we buy, with the exception of our clothes, furniture is the most intimate, the one item we spend most time in contact with. Take something simple like the make-up of a typical workstation. First published in 2013. The signs were there in 1992, when universal regulation for VDU users in the EU was introduced.

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Turn Clutter into Decor

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The fastest way to spruce things up a little when guests are coming isn't to shove all the clutter into a drawer, but to leave it out and disguise it as decor. This included library books, dirty clothes, dishes I stole from the cafeteria and other rather large objects. Originally posted 2013-10-13 02:26:23.

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