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These Top 10 Celebrity Franchise Owners Are Winning Outside the Limelight, Too

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Drew Brees The former NFL quarterback scored a touchdown in retirement with his investment in multiple franchises. With a reported net worth of about $160 million, the retired New Orleans Saints star invested in the fitness-focused Stretch Zone, the healthy-foods-focused Everbowl, Dunkin’, Happy’s Irish Pub and Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux.

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Forecasts: 2017 the Year Corporations Embrace the Gig Economy

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Based on the 2017 trends forecasts we've been reading, corporations are going to actively expand their use of contingent labor in 2017. The researchers predicted that by 2017, the share of "nontraditional" workers would grow to 25% contingent, 34% gray area, and 41% traditional workers.

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Multigenerational Communication & Cross-mentorship

Office Dynamics

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2017 there were 22 million administrative support occupation positions recorded in the United States alone! Companies can invite or designate an in-house speaker to meet with the group quarterly & provide industry-specific professional development training.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. Now, Akpan makes it a point to ask people if they have a Roth individual retirement account. You can drive, take the bus, take the train,” she says. “If I could do it, too.’

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. You cannot tell a 2-year-old you’re going to fire him if he doesn’t get potty trained.” Women of all ages are launching businesses. Lacy found that motherhood made her not only a better entrepreneur, but a better version of herself.

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Sophia Bush and Nia Batts are Used to Being Underestimated

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After launching an inclusive salon and accompanying philanthropic organization in Detroit in 2017, their next big project (they’re two of the advisors for First Women’s Bank) combines their decades of philanthropic and entrepreneurial experience. I think being underestimated can be incredible fuel.”.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. Now, Akpan makes it a point to ask people if they have a Roth individual retirement account. You can drive, take the bus, take the train,” she says. “If I could do it, too.’

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