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How Women Are Rising in Business

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from 2012—while the growth of male-owned employer businesses during the same time period was only 5.2%. million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7%

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Stacey Abrams’ New Co-Authored Book Details the Struggles Black Entrepreneurs Still Face and Why Business Partnership Differences Can Be Your Superpower

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We got to see each other learn. We learned that difference was our superpower. The rate of startup creation across the nation plummeted 44% between 1978 and 2012, prompting small-business advocates to sound alarms. They dip into retirement savings, run up credit card debt or ramp up slowly while juggling day jobs.

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Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unseen Force Behind His Legacy: His First Personal Secretary, Maude Ballou

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She is the Founder of the Admin Awards , created in 2012 and inspired by her mother, a retired Executive Secretary. Today the Admin Awards is considered the Administrative Profession’s Highest Honor and is a five-star celebration of Administrative Excellence.

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An interview with Admin Awards Founder, Sunny Nunan, by Executive Support Magazine

Admin Awards

My mother, Jeannette Castellano, inspired the creation of the Admin Awards, which began back in 2012 in Dallas, Texas. When my mom retired just shy of her 80th birthday from the profession, she was given a scrapbook that was packed with pages of pictures, letters and writings about what she meant to her co-workers and organization.

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GoDaddy Founder Bob Parsons Is in the Business of Helping Others Find Success

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The Marine Corps awarded Parsons the Purple Heart medal for his service, and the experience went much deeper than his learning how to be a soldier. Lessons Learned Parsons pinpoints what he considers the key to understanding success, in both business and life. “I I think the most important thing is to first learn about worry.

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The Real Reasons People Are Quitting by Bonnie Low-Kramen

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The news stories focus on completely legitimate reasons for why this is happening, such as staff taking early retirement, fears about Covid and not wanting to return to the office, lack of childcare, and of course, the search for better jobs at higher compensation. That number has increased from age 42 in 2012. What’s going on?

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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A Sudanese woman, Alik, who was pregnant and had two young children in tow, arrived in Fort Worth, Texas, without her husband, Dyan, in 2012. I want people to leave my presentations feeling inspired and motivated, to be the best person they can be, to learn to love themselves , dream big and live life to the fullest,” Osborne says.

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