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The Founder of Black Girl Ventures Gets Things Done

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Her mom invested her retirement money in the company, and Bell used her tax refunds to buy her own printers. Orders from Google and Amazon quickly followed. A partnership with Google took Black Girl Ventures to a new level. This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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The Best Client Retention Strategies to Use Now

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And with online reviews so common at Google and Yelp, a “best practices” policy will do more than increase customer retention. In fact, according to a 2021 Coresight Research survey, 43% of companies using a corporate gift strategy reported improved client loyalty, among other benefits. Then, overdeliver as possible.

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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

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He was on the set of Inside the NBA, where he’s been an analyst since 2011, the year he retired from his playing career. He bought Google stock on the first offering, when the company was valued at $100 million. Today Google’s parent company is worth more than $1 trillion. He quotes Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Committed to ensuring all communities have a voice, Christian regularly contributes to industry trades such as Forbes , Think with Google and MediaPost. 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.

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