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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

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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. A few years later, the need to develop hardware and software led her to Backstage Capital.

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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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4 Friendship Apps to Help You Connect with New People

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She launched the app in 2017, and it’s now used by 3.5 Nextdoor Sometimes the best friends are closer than you think—as illustrated by Nextdoor , an app developed for hyperlocal networking among neighbors. Nykki Olejniczak, a 22-year-old Yubo user from Hillsboro, Oregon, joined in 2019 to find friends to play video games with.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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When she was a junior in high school, Arrington founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, an organization that provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health support and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents. Network for her community work with ScholarCHIPS. Network Inc., How Will You Show Up? ,

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Meet the 2022 Women of Influence

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in 1995 to 27% in 2019.” She also hosts the Pretty Big Deal podcast and published her book A New Model in 2017. Chloé Zhao seized the world’s attention with her 2017 film The Rider , a sparse and stunning portrait of a struggling Native American family in South Dakota. The Inspiration. Entertainment. Chloé Zhao.

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The BossBabe Community of More Than 4 Million Is Strengthened by the Bond Its Founders Share

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The women met in September 2017 at a personal development seminar in San Diego, connecting not only for their shared United Kingdom ties, but also for their mutual desire to make the most of the experience. Danielle Canty and Natalie Ellis hit it off instantly.

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

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Guy Fieri looks for opportunities to make an impact The Food Network star is always ready to lend a hand. “If If I had known that I’d only have Jay until he was 42 years old, I think it would have woken me up to the importance of being kind and giving,” she told Oncology Nursing News in 2019. “I

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