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

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has a record number of women-led Fortune 500 companies, with “74 female CEOs employed at America’s 500 highest-grossing companies, up from 41 in June of 2021 and only 7 in 2002,” according to the World Economic Forum. And yet, gender equality in pay doesn’t exist A list like that, well, it should make our predecessors proud.

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Life Is Not a Movie

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Diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002, Ebert, “the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism,” according to The Pulitzer Prizes , came through with what was considered flying colors. Even the old guard got the new him. At the time, doctors told him his cancer was one of the best kinds to have. But not me anymore.

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Rockbridge Guitars’ Co-founder Makes Instruments for A-List Musicians—And Kids, Too

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Then, in 2002, it actually happened. “He He says I was too young and stupid to know that you can’t make a living building instruments,” Calhoun laughs when recalling the launch of their business, Rockbridge Guitars. Hoke not only taught the group to play but also encouraged them and introduced them to other musicians.

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Cat Johnson Founder of Cat Johnson Co | Creating Connections and Success in Coworking

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And as coworking grows and grows and grows, it’s becoming increasingly important that people aren’t just thinking about creating fabulous spaces and location and things like that, because everyone’s coming. That a smaller company usually had a good reputation locally or regionally, but it didn’t have a brand overall.

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Ann Hiatt on What It Takes to Be an Executive Assistant

Go Burrows

In 2002, Ann Hiatt was fresh out of college, starting her first post-university job supporting Jeff Bezos’ at Amazon in Seattle. Amazon was made up of less than 1000 employees in 2002, compared with today’s 1.3 This position, one she would hold for the next three years, would change the trajectory of her whole life.

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

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But how do you move beyond the bumper stickers and T-shirt slogans that say “Just Do It,” “Live Strong” or “Be Brave?” Now, I am living my calling in ways I was unable to imagine in 2002. But if you keep working out, over time you’ll increase your capacity to lift heavier ones. Trust your capabilities. But at what cost?

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When a client's site cries out for help

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Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs When a client’s site cries out for help Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:39 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Web/Tech Like many small developers, I built a number of websites between 1998 and 2002 using the then standard approach of hand-coded HTML and, later, a web editing program.

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