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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

Success

Dickson had started Flat Out with $100,000 from her personal network, but realized she would need more money to produce vending machines that could take credit cards, track inventory, send emails and engage with customers via artificial intelligence and facial recognition.

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This Is How You Can Get Better at Reading People

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It also includes every way you communicate, whether it’s in person, by phone, by email, by text or on social media. According to a 2019 DISC® Assessment validation study , 9% of the population is in this quadrant. According to the 2019 DISC® Assessment validation study, about 28% of the population falls in this quadrant.

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Administrative Professionals Week 2019

Audacious Admin

Administrative Professionals Day / Week 2019 (APW) is fast approaching. I can't tell you how many emails and calls I have received over the years from devastated admins who did not receive even a card or a verbal thank you. There has been a good deal of controversy around this "holiday" over the past few years. Personally, I'm a fan.

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How Happy Are You?

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My father, the star of our family, died at the start of 2019. Before 2019 was out, I’d turn 40, Laura and I would each accept unexpected job offers and a publisher would sign me up for a book deal. Before 2019 was out, I’d turn 40, Laura and I would each accept unexpected job offers and a publisher would sign me up for a book deal.

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Words as Weapons. Does Civility Matter? You bet it does.

Bonnie Low-Krayman

By Bonnie Low-Kramen for Executive Support Magazine | January 2019 We are living in crazy times where mean-spirited words and deeds are common and shockingly normalized. True Confession I admit that I have a pet peeve which has to do with email. We all know email is a cold medium which is why it needs warming up.

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The Quest for My Best Sales Month Ever

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The two emails come before noon on a Monday. The answer: A story for a baseball season preview magazine for which I have written occasionally. In the spirit of intentionality, I wrote direct and purposeful emails to finalize them. The target client is Southwest Airlines’ employee magazine. What could I write then?

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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A 2018 article published in the Labor Law Journal looked at the legal implications of working after-hours, discussing how smartphones give employees easy access to their work emails at all hours of the day. This article originally appeared in the July/August 2022 Issue of SUCCESS magazine. Photos nadyabadya/shutterstock.com.

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