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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

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In 2011, while living in South Florida, Dickson got the idea for Flat Out of Heels during an event she was attending. In 2013, Dickson had placed her first smart machine for a beta test in a concourse of Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where it would be highly visible to travelers with sore feet.

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The 2023 Motherhood Penalty: The Sorry State Of Affairs For Working Women Continues

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percentage points since 2011. Since 2013, children over twelve months old have been entitled to a place in daycare at a subsidized (state) rate. The latest PwC Women in Work Index indicates that there has been minimal progress towards workplace gender equality in OECD nations, with a gender pay gap reduction of only 2.5 In the U.K.,

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2014 MBO Partners State of Independence Report Released

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from 2013 and 12.5% from the base year of 2011. million 15+ hour independent workers by 2019.  It shows independent workers (self-employed, independent contractors, freelancers, etc.) who regularly work 15 or more hours per week as independents numbered 17.9 million in 2014. This is up 1.2% workforce grew just 1.1%.

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These 8 cities around the world are putting their focus on biking and walking — not cars

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In 2013, it created an urban mobility plan to improve bus routes and expand biking and walking paths. In 2019, it became the second Asian city to make the Copenhagenize Index — an annual list of the world’s 20 most bikeable cities compiled by an international biking-focused urban design company. Metro area population: 5.6

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