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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

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Working for Verizon Ventures, Pitts learned about Hamilton’s startup and met with her, thinking the fledgling company would be a perfect match for Verizon’s strategic focus on diversity. That didn’t work out, but in August 2017, Pitts left Verizon to become Hamilton’s full-time partner.

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Consumer Reports’ naughty and nice list for holiday shoppers

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The input came from reporters and editors and covered shopping, travel, hospitality, and telecommunications, and identifies some good and some frowned upon shopping policies of 20 popular organizations. Also Orvis offers live chats, email questions, and a guaranteed response time of two hours or less.