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The Founder of Black Girl Ventures Gets Things Done

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Her mom invested her retirement money in the company, and Bell used her tax refunds to buy her own printers. She and her mom hustled at events all over selling the clothing items and eventually made it into Essence magazine’s Holiday Gift Guide for a line of infant bodysuits. Orders from Google and Amazon quickly followed.

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Modern Mentorship Is Changing, But It’s Still About Relationships

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One day she was lounging by the pool with a good magazine while her daughter practiced diving. You can Google ‘ Do I need a mentor ?’ This article originally appeared in the January/February 2022 Issue of SUCCESS magazine. ue Keever Watts has a simple story she likes to tell. Rate my dives!” her daughter called. she exclaimed.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Committed to ensuring all communities have a voice, Christian regularly contributes to industry trades such as Forbes , Think with Google and MediaPost. She’s also been recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Corporate America by Savoy magazine and as one of the Top 25 Influential Black Women in Business by The Network Journal.

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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

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He was on the set of Inside the NBA, where he’s been an analyst since 2011, the year he retired from his playing career. He bought Google stock on the first offering, when the company was valued at $100 million. Today Google’s parent company is worth more than $1 trillion. He quotes Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.

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The Future Job That's Here Today

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Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. " The data analytics and forecasting field has been growing rapidly over the last decade and is exploding right now (think Google, Facebook, hedge funds, biotech, the list goes on and on). 

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Inc. on Choosing the Right Industry

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Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   He retired after selling off the land a decade or so later.  I also have a friend who retired from Corporate America today after joing Organo Gold, so the healty drinks industry didn't surprise me either.

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Coworking for the Bio-Curious

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Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.     For those that are interested, there is also Bio-Curious Google Group.  When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it. View an alternate.

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