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What Leslie Jordan’s Legacy Can Teach Us About Pivoting to a Third Act

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Jordan had a social media presence prior to the pandemic, having joined Instagram in September 2018. A friend called from California and said, ‘You’ve gone viral,’” Jordan told Tulsa World in 2021. Its 2021 IPO, days after Alba’s 40th birthday, raised $412.8 Here’s how you can find success in changing it up now.

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They’re Back: Boomerang Employees on the Rise for Good or Bad

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of all job switches” in 2021, up from under 2% in 2010. months in 2021, compared to 21.8 For Chad Stripling, director of data science for the interaction innovation team at 84.51° , a data science and analytics firm and media company in Cincinnati, Ohio, four years was long enough to be away from his former employer.

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Young Entrepreneurship Is On The Rise

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of recent college graduates in 2018 were self-employed or freelancing business owners. For example, 60% of recent graduates polled in 2021 expressed being interested in starting a business. . Hence, the number of current college graduate business owners has nearly quadrupled over the past four years. .

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Finding Joy and Friendship in a Pandemic-Induced Hobby

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Today, the rise of social media, and specifically Instagram, has propelled the activity to “cool” status among millennials and Gen Zers. A few years ago, I decided enough was enough with endlessly scrolling my social media feeds. It’s a sophisticated paint-by-numbers of sorts. And there’s me, a self-taught hobbyist.

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These Asian American Entrepreneurs Celebrate Their Chinese Heritage While Feeding America’s Appetite for Chinese Street Food

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Jen Liao and Caleb Wang are second-generation Chinese Americans, and the husband and wife team first opened Xiao Chi Jie (XCJ) as a single restaurant serving Chinese street food in Seattle’s Bellevue neighborhood in 2018. XCJ’s branding is cheeky and modern, with a fun social media presence and earnest customer service.

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Why Supporting Small Businesses This Holiday Season Is More Urgent Than Ever

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Last year we watched small businesses feed the needy, host socially distant dance parties and power-wash playgrounds , all while their doors were closed. And although for some 2021 may finally feel like business as usual, the truth is many (if not most) small businesses still need our help. Census, 67.5% Courtesy of Orangewood Guitars.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Van Jones (CNN host) and was the festival production company for Newark Arts Festival (2017 and 2018). In 2021, Graves was named in the Top Women Lawyers list in the Daily Journal and as a minority leader of influence in the Los Angeles Business Journal. billion organic video views yearly.

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