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When It Come to Employee Mental Health, These 10 Companies Are Setting the Example

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Palo Alto Networks Mission Palo Alto Networks , an IT security company, has partnered with Modern Health to give employees and their eligible dependents access to counseling and mental health resources through an employee assistance program. Additionally, the company established a Mental Health 101 Training in 2019.

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32 Million Americans Say They Will Start a Business in 2019. Most Won't.

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According to a recent Job Creators Network Foundation survey , "Sixteen-percent of Americans say they are likely to start a new business in 2019." of Americans will start a small business in 2019 instead of 16%. This is an example of the false positive problem with survey data.  Most won't. 

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JWT Intelligence's Top 100 Trends for 2019

Small Business Labs

The 2019 edition of one of our favorite trend reports - JWT Intelligence's annual forecast of 100 trends to watch in the coming year - is out.  As self-employment continues to explode, a wave of freelancer-first networks and platforms is emerging, offering help and advice to self-employed workers. Some are new and unusual.

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Does Returning to the Office Help Diversity?

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After analyzing over 10 million accounts, LinkedIn found that, compared to January 2019, in October 2022, 20% more women applied to fully-remote jobs while men decreased by the same amount. In 2019, before the pandemic, Meta committed to a five-year goal of doubling the number of Black and Hispanic workers in the U.S.,

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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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Want to Become a Mentor? Follow These 5 Steps

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In a world where growing professionally is more important than ever (a 2019 survey found that mentorship had “ an outsize impact on a worker’s career across several measures ”), understanding how to become a mentor will help you offer your experience and expertise to others. What about clients? How much should I charge?

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Reaching Beyond The Desk: How Coworking Spaces Can Transform Communities

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For instance, ARC Club, a coworking space in East London, hosted one of Urban MBA’s employability courses in 2019. Flexible workspaces also help to grow small businesses and entrepreneurs by providing them with courses, training, networking opportunities, mentorship, internships and affordable workspace.