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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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The Secrets Behind Portugal’s Booming Coworking Industry

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The most rapid expansion in the number of coworking spaces occurred mainly in 2018/2019 (and at the start of the pandemic). Portugal is widely recognized as a safe, welcoming place with an attractive climate, beautiful landscapes ­and many other features desired by travelers and digital nomads.

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These Mobile Flower Trucks Make Their Businesses Bloom

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The duo spent 30 years running an IT company and its companion web development company before Frank’s marketing ploy to use a VW camper for client meetings drew her into a network of vintage vehicle owners. McCrary’s business acumen also earned 1818 Farms Amazon’s United States “ Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year ” award in 2019.

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These 8 cities around the world are putting their focus on biking and walking — not cars

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According to C40 , a global network of cities committed to addressing climate change, it starts with prioritizing “the movement of people rather than cars.”. TransMilenio — an impressive network of rapid-transit bus routes — opened in 2000. Montréal, Canada’s active transportation network.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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Tarrent-Arthur and Helen Cummings-Henry saw COVID-19 as an opportunity to form Righteous Uplifting Nourishing International, a global nonprofit organization whose message is to change lives one soul at a time. Tarrent-Arthur and Helen Cummings-Henry. Coaches, trainers, speakers, teachers. Now, her team—also the No. Dave Conord.

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Five Years After Founding the Me Too Movement, Tarana Burke Remains Focused on Healing

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The founder of the Me Too movement is juggling press requests, international travel, and creating a safe and nurturing space for those of which the movement was founded. Ironically, in 2019 she was the guest speaker for Auburn’s Extraordinary Women Lecture held at the university’s main campus. Tarana Burke is busy these days.

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Want to expand your horizons? 35 new books from TED speakers that will enlarge your world

Ideas.Ted

Eventually, she traveled to visit those who wrote to her. years in 2019. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. The average number of daily business emails sent and received per person just keeps growing — from 50 in 2005 to 92 in 2011 to more than 120 by 2019.

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