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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

Success

Christie Pitts, Backstage Capital’s general partner, talks about the early days of the Los Angeles-based company and how she got involved: Working in the music industry, Hamilton learned about startups and networked with investors and entrepreneurs. Traditional snack dispensers, however, wouldn’t do.

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013 – Joan Burge Event of Distinction

Office Dynamics

This is no junket tour; we were downstairs networking by 7:45 am in Red Rock’s Pavilion Ballroom at a wellness breakfast and relationship building segment. The administrative field has changed dramatically over the past decades. We pursue excellence through diligence, training, development and by seeking out high-quality learning.

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Workplace and property firms must wake up to the new era of networked businesses

Workplace Insight

A more academic explanation of companies was provided by a little-known UK Nobel prize-winning economist, Ronald Coase (1910-2013). Networks are replacing production processes. The network economy allows individuals and micro-businesses to trade their intellectual capital using cheap and ubiquitous technology.

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Tim Leberecht of The House of Beautiful Business | Making Business More Human

Allwork

From 2006 to 2013, he was the chief marketing officer of product design and innovation consultancy Frog Design. of the day, we all go to conferences and networking events, not because of business reasons primarily. Previously, Tim served as the chief marketing officer of NBBJ, a global design and architecture firm. Tim Leberecht.

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Urban design can make people less likely to use public spaces

Workplace Insight

Design elements – from lighting systems to signs, benches, bollards, fountains and planters, and sometimes even surveillance equipment – are used to refurbish and embellish public spaces. This in turn has threatened the historical and cultural values of the local population and disrupted social networks.

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