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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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In 2016, he co-created the Warmest Winter project, which created coats that doubled as sleeping bags for the homeless. One potential downside of being an independent artist, although it’s not one Chance ever criticizes, is that with self-releasing music comes self-promotion. Chance the Rapper never had a Plan B.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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With an estimated $108 billion annual budget across California schools, Davenport’s work as a steward for public education is significant. In 2010, she co-founded the graduate program in branding at the School of Visual Arts, and from 1995-2016, she served as president of Sterling Brands.

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Ep 242: Nicki Cave on Managing a Team of Assistants and Finding Happiness in Your Work

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Nicki Cave 8:11 Yeah, I think, I think there’s so much value in that if there was a trade school like I would actually, I think we need to promote more trade schools, along with college like even for my kids, as I think about them, and, and, you know, call it, not everybody has to go to college.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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An 18-year blogging veteran, Ajayi covers all things culture with a critical yet humorous lens on her website Awesomely Luvvie and wrote the instant best-sellers Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual (2021) and I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual (2016). million views. Amina AlTai. She started everything from scratch.

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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

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Joseph Marshall, president of Signal 88 Security, partnered with similar local competitors to submit a joint proposal to provide security services for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Improve visibility. Think trade shows , which showcase multiple competing brands.