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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

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Christie Pitts, Backstage Capital’s general partner, talks about the early days of the Los Angeles-based company and how she got involved: Working in the music industry, Hamilton learned about startups and networked with investors and entrepreneurs. A few years later, the need to develop hardware and software led her to Backstage Capital.

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3 Companies That Give Back to the Community Year-Round

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The duo started asking questions and volunteering and eventually founded their business in 2013. After speaking with members of the homeless community, including representatives from the now 3,500-strong network of community giving partners who distribute Bombas’ socks across all 50 states and in the U.K.,

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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024

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How they innovate: Group Black partners with media companies using Uplift, which helps match Black creators with 200 brands in their network. Most Innovative Travel Company 5. Photo cred: courtesy of Travel Environmental Most Innovative Company in Beauty 6. Financials: According to ZoomInfo, total revenue is $1.2

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What can assistants expect in 2013

Practically Perfect PA

Well 2012 is over and done with and we are now already two days into 2013. In honour of it now being 2013 I´ve got 13 things I think we can expect to see in the year ahead. With the assistant role now encompassing so many varied tasks we should expect to see a rise in training for assistants in 2013. Role diversification.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

Over the last few years there are plenty more online communities and in more recent times we have taken networking to a whole new level with local networks, organised by assistants, springing up all over the place. First up we have the Edinburgh PA Network. The PAs behind the Network. About the network….

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Lifestyle Entrepreneur Lewis Howes on the Power of Vulnerability and Authenticity

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Being a curious facilitator of life-changing information is exactly what Howes was aiming for when he launched the podcast in 2013, though the path to get there wasn’t exactly that of a conventional, starry-eyed entrepreneur. That was 2013. Yet,] you probably haven’t traveled a lot of places.”

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Ep 109: Melissa Smith – Bestselling Author and Founder of the Association of Virtual Assistants

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In 2013, Melissa began working remotely, and in 2017, became location independent. This transition gave her a newfound sense of freedom, affording her the opportunity to travel to 16 countries in 12 months, all while running a successful virtual business. Melissa has been quoted by ABC News, Forbes, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S.

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