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How Maya Penn Became One of the Most Socially Conscious Entrepreneurs of Gen Z

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At age 11, she appeared in a 2011 Forbes article about grade-school entrepreneurs—the first of many interviews she’d give. In 2011 she also launched a nonprofit, Maya’s Ideas 4 The Planet, through which she began donating 10–20% of her Maya’s Ideas profits to charities and environmental organizations. “I

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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

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Interviewing founders while still raising funds, Pitts says, has given the partners “a unique sense of empathy because we know what it’s like to want to do something and not have the money to do it.… In 2011, while living in South Florida, Dickson got the idea for Flat Out of Heels during an event she was attending.

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Life Is Not a Movie

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Ebert’s prolific online journaling—at times so poignant and poetic you wondered why he spent decades reviewing movies —was called one of the year’s best blogs by Time magazine in 2010. In 2011, at 69 years old and in curious health, Ebert was being heard, a lot, and it was neither a coincidence nor an act of God. Yet, Ebert was happy.

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Trends 2011 Social Shopping Leads the Way

Make or Break Moments

look forward to the each new Entrepreneur Magazine edition when it hits my mail box and this month is no exception. The trends for 2011 have been selected and social shopping comes right after Baby Boomers and Travel. Why would a blog about building customer relationships care about social shopping? It is the word SOCIAL [.].

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AZVAs the Podcast Episode 9: What 2010 tells us about 2011

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Interviewee: Jane Bristol , most recently the economic development director with a 21 year tenure in Prescott, Arizona, the 4th best place to retire according to Money Magazine and 64th on Forbes.com’s list of “best small places for business and careers.&#. and features an interview with Jane Bristol. Special Bonus Episode!

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What I Learned From Wearing the Same Outfit for 2 Weeks

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president-elect of the International Positive Psychology Association told The New York Times in 2011. I don’t need anything fancy, but I do need adaptability—something suited for home and the coffee shop, lunches and interviews, school registration and playgrounds. My outfit also needed to be temperature-appropriate. (I

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Beyond the Music: DJ Steve Aoki Taps Into Tech and Brain Advocacy Through the Aoki Foundation

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The foundation’s Neon Future Science program produces one-on-one interviews with Aoki about current breakthroughs and discoveries. By 2011, Aoki was doing about 300 shows a year and has continued to do so with some breaks for self-care. This article originally appeared in the January/February 2024 issue of SUCCESS Magazine.

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