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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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7 Cybersecurity Tips for Remote Workers

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Farah Hawa , an application security engineer and bug bounty hunter, points out that “free Wi-Fi could be set up in a public place by malicious players, or they may be on the same public network as you. Tazin Khan, founder and CEO of Cyber Collective , suggests protecting your data at home through a virtual private network.

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Location, Location, Location: Why Your Next Coworking Space Should Be In A Residential Neighborhood

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In 2019, a one-way commute to work took the typical U.S. workers would travel for 30 minutes or longer, whilst 10% took an hour or so to commute, according to The New York Times. worker 28 minutes, on average. 40% of U.S. Now, the likelihood of bringing workers back to the office 100% of the time is almost zero.

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Two Entrepreneurs Share Advice on Leaving a Corporate Role and Becoming Self-Employed

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In 2019 she had a child, which changed her perspective. “I I didn’t want to travel as much, I wanted to continue to coach both of my kid’s Little League teams, I wanted to help out in their classrooms, etc.” Decide if becoming self-employed is really something you want to do.

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The Four Horsemen of the Mandated Return to Office

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Or consider a National Bureau of Economic Research paper about a study at Trip.com, one of the largest travel agencies in the world. For example, in 2019, Meta committed to a five-year goal of doubling the number of Black and Hispanic workers in the U.S. and the number of women in its global workforce.

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Ep 207: Deedee Benyi on Understanding the Business and Supporting Multiple Executives

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Deedee joined The Hartford in 2004 and has spent most of her tenure supporting claims leaders until her move to support the Chief Data Science Officer in 2019. JOIN THE FREE COMMUNITY Join the Leader Assistant Global Community for bonus content, job opportunities, and to network with other assistants who are committed to becoming leaders!

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Ep 224: Janice Parker on Remote Work and Supporting a Founder

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Maya Angelou CONNECT WITH JANICE Janice on LinkedIn ABOUT JANICE Janice Parker joined global cryptocurrency company, Luno, in 2019 as Executive Assistant to the Co-founder and CEO, Marcus Swanepoel, who is now the Executive Chairman. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

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