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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Women of color-owned firms saw a growth of 43% between 2014 and 2019, while firms owned by African American women saw both the highest growth rate (50%) and the highest number of “net new women-owned businesses” (42%). Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. of women-owned businesses.

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A Manual for Dealing with Rejection

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He told me that he was a retired colonel in the armed forces, and he did terribly in sales at first because he was still trying to command his customers to buy what they needed,” Hopkins says. “He This article was published in September 2014 and has been updated. History has proved this time and again. Photo by @Chawki/Twenty20.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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She was the founder of an award-winning, modern-Chinese fast casual restaurant in Shanghai, and her work has been featured in The New York Times , BBC, CNN, The Wall Street Journal , Fast Company , Fortune and more. You have to be intentional about creating an environment where people thrive.” In her company, Show Up Great!

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