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7 Apps to Teach Kids About Money

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A 2017 study found that disparities in financial literacy may account for as much as 40 percent of the wealth gap between those retiring with more and those retiring with less. Meanwhile, only 21 states required a personal finance course for high school students in 2020, according to the Council for Economic Education.

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Uncorking the Dream: Founding Ampersand Estates in Australia’s Wine Country

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That was in September 2020, nine years after Bell left a job with Deloitte in London and moved across the world to work for a small, local firm called Velrada. Founding Ampersand Estates At Deloitte and Velrada, Bell felt she missed out on setting and achieving personal goals. I’m 100% an entrepreneur at heart.”

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On Performance Reviews, Mindfulness and Redefining What It Means to ‘Make It’

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Then that work got blessed in December 2020 when a big and fast-growing company bought our small and fast-growing company. I adapted, recalibrated goals, learned new skills. By the time I retire, I imagine writers like me will probably just be transferring words from our brains to yours through some digital worm. Then Esquire.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. She advised women starting businesses, “Don’t take outside investment unless you absolutely need it,” and even then, “Make sure investors are totally aligned with your values and understand your business plan in its long-term goals and purposes.”

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Tiny Changes

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I'm sure many of you are doing what I typically do around this time of year :think about the new goals for the year. I'm a big fan of making goals really easy to achieve by chunking them into small pieces I know I can do each quarter and even each month. Copyright(c) 2009-2020 TheMarq.com. Enjoy and let me know what you think!

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Stacey Abrams’ New Co-Authored Book Details the Struggles Black Entrepreneurs Still Face and Why Business Partnership Differences Can Be Your Superpower

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Only 12% of Black and Latino business owners who said they applied for federal loans in the spring of 2020 received aid. Forty-five percent of Black and Latinx small-business owners who were still in business in May 2020 reported they would have to close by the end of the year, if not sooner.

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Sophia Bush and Nia Batts are Used to Being Underestimated

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Here are some more statistics, in case you’re not feeling as fired up as Batts quite yet: In 2020, Black and Latino founders received just 2.6% Mueller, board director, president and CEO at the Executives’ Club of Chicago; and Angela Miller-May chief investment officer of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.

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