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Orion Brown, Creator of BlackTravelBox®, Is Changing Self-Care for Travelers of Color

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She had miscalculated the extent of the humidity, and her tiny travel bottle of conditioner wasn’t cutting it when it came to taming her tresses. This experience, and many others throughout her life’s travels, made her wonder why finding appropriate beauty and self-care products when traveling as a Black woman was so difficult.

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Chaya Milchtein Empowers Women by Educating Them About Cars

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The woman helped her get a job interview at Sears, and during the interview, they asked Milchtein, “What department do you want to work in?” Milchtein created her website, Mechanic Shop Femme in June 2017, and it’s still an excellent resource today. “I Milchtein replied that she needed a job.

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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

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Arlan Hamilton, founder and managing partner, says, “ We invest in the very best founders who identify as women, people of color or LGBT in the United States. That didn’t work out, but in August 2017, Pitts left Verizon to become Hamilton’s full-time partner. I personally identify as all three.”

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Day in the life: Jeremy Burrows, EA at Ai Software and Founder of GoBurrows LLC.

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I manage the CEO’s calendar and email, book his travel, help with sales notes and drafting proposals, and anything else he needs. In the first year of the company (2017), I wore […]. Today’s Day in the Life: Jeremy Burrows, EA at Ai Software and Founder of GoBurrows LLC. What are the main aspects of your role?

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The office needs to take on the characteristics of the city. Despina Katsikakis IN conversation

Workplace Insight

Partly this is down the relative rarity of her first name, but also because she was a prominent member of the DEGW design practice that shaped the way we talked about workplace and facilities management in the 1980s and 1990s. And still do. It’s probably underselling the firm to describe it as a design practice.

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Ep 242: Nicki Cave on Managing a Team of Assistants and Finding Happiness in Your Work

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In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Nicki talks about managing a team of assistants, creating a career development plan, cultivating a team culture, and finding happiness in your role. So I When interviewed, I don’t. And, you know, you manage a team, how big is the team you manage? While supporting J.,

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

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Nine months after calling off her wedding, she was managing a remote hospital in Darfur, Sudan, that served internally displaced Sudanese refugees. With my husband working long hours and regularly away for travel, I was already stretched thin mothering three children. I recall slapping my face to reset the image.

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