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

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Recent notable achievements by and for women As we embark on Women’s History Month 2023, it’s easy to feel inspired by how far women have come , getting us a little bit closer to gender equality. Headlines celebrating the accomplishments of women’s firsts have filled our newsfeeds more than ever before. As of 2022, the U.S.

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

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In 2002, Kendra Scott designed her first jewelry collection with just $500 in the spare bedroom of her home. Chance the Rapper’s 2023 started with a free music festival he organized in Ghana for around 52,000 people, and he’s working on something similar to take place in Jamaica next year.

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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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Despite any obstacles students face, since its creation in 2002, the school has enjoyed impressive outcomes, boasting a college readiness score 27% higher than the city’s in 2019. This article originally appeared in the January/February 2023 Issue of SUCCESS magazine. Photos courtesy of Marble Hill School for International Studies.

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It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

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Yahoo refused to buy Google for $1 billion in 1998 and again refused $5 billion in 2002. In 2023, Google has a market cap of $1.7 “Yahoo is one of the best examples of failing to acquire other exiting companies and failing to maximize on their own exit,” Smith recalls. billion and instead sold themselves to Verizon in 2016 for only $4.6

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The Holy Grail of Investing With Tony Robbins: Mindset Shifts that Lay the Foundation for Financial Freedom

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Robbins says that, between 1986 and 2023, private equity as an asset class outperformed the S&P 500 by more than five percentage points annually (14.28% compared to 9.2%). exchanges has fallen from more than 8,000 in 1996 to almost half of that in 2023. He adds that 87% of U.S. He adds that 87% of U.S.

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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

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has seen a doubling of maternal mortality rates from 2002 to 2018, with a significant racial disparity affecting Black women. For example, a recent survey of companies in the UK found that 47 percent have no supportive policies for employees struggling with fertility ( FertilityFamily , 2023).

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

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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. This article originally appeared in the March/April 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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