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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

Success

Sarah Thomas became the first full-time female official for the NFL in 2015 and the first woman to referee the Super Bowl in 2021. As of 2022, the U.S. Achievements by and for women in politics Scotland passed a bill in November 2020 that made period products free for all women.

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Celebrating New Talent: Emerging Entrepreneurs Shines a Light on Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs

Success

Kendra Scott had a passion for fashion and design as a child, and she ultimately followed this deep love to found two companies: The Hat Box, which closed in 1998, and her later venture in jewelry in 2002, which catapulted her career. Kendra Scott is now a billion-dollar business with more than a hundred retail locations across the U.S.

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

Success

In 2002, Kendra Scott designed her first jewelry collection with just $500 in the spare bedroom of her home. Mike Krzyzewski was featured in the September 2015 issue of SUCCESS. Guy Fieri was featured in the June 2016 issue of SUCCESS. When you approach your team that way, everyone has to do the right thing all the time.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

Not only did the PWD task force ensure compliance, they “established a worldwide accessibility project office” in 2002 to ensure all products and services were made accessible. In 2015, New York City began officially observing two Muslim holidays —the “first large metropolis in America” to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

Success

My best friend and neighbor opened a boutique with me in 2002, and for most of the nine years we owned it, it was fabulous. This article appears in the July 2015 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. Winning Strategy: They kept communication open and put the friendship first. I spent more time with her than my husband.

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Lab rats – how the UK life sciences sector is struggling to find space to work

Workplace Insight

The organisations, which have owned Canary Wharf Group since 2015, are putting in the same amount of capital, meaning that they will each continue to own 50 per cent of Canary Wharf. One, TauRx, based in a former bus depot, is trying to develop a treatment for Alzheimer’s and has raised over $800m since its founding in 2002.

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