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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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These Top 10 Celebrity Franchise Owners Are Winning Outside the Limelight, Too

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Perhaps Wahlberg’s most famous venture is the Wahlburgers franchise he and his brothers founded in 2011. In 2019, he acquired a pre-IPO stake in the business (valued at roughly $450 million), which boasts more than 2,000 locations globally. and international locations, the company saw 156% total sales growth in 2022 versus 2021.

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Travel Blogger Helene Sula Says Anyone Can Live an Extraordinary Life

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In 2011, Helene Sula was attending her new husband’s work event at a rock climbing gym when an unsecured belay quickly led to her hurtling off the wall and smashing her leg and ankle. HGTV’s House Hunters International chronicled their home search.) in 2019 to travel the country in an RV. The duo moved back to the U.S.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7% million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” The 2019 “ State of Women-Owned Businesses Report ” from American Express finds women-owned businesses “now represent 42% of all businesses—nearly 13 million—employing 9.4 trillion.”

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. 24 million Americans consider abandoning their careers for self-employment, according to FreshBooks’s 2019 Self-Employment in America Report. It’s growing.

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Offering Remote Work Options Creates a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace Environment

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2019). . In fact, the leading cause of death globally for all people under age 54 is road crashes (Association for Safe International Road Travel, 2022). . According to one report, 133 million people in the U.S. DeFelice, M., 2020). . 2020; Roberts et al., But Remote Work Does Still have Some Drawbacks . 27.5 – 46.9%

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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 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. Tokyo has been a mainstay on the list since 2011.).

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