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Success
A man who's interviewed over 2,000 of the world's most successful people shares his 3 best pieces of career advice
Business Insider - Mark Abadi
• Author Dan Schawbel has interviewed thousands of business leaders for his books on career success and workplace communication. • He revealed his three best pieces of career advice in an interview with
Glenn Williamsadded this to WOW COW NEWS
Leadership
Milk Bar Founder: Don't Stop Believing
Fortune - Ellen McGirt
After all these years, she still gets nervous. Ten years after opening her first Milk Bar, two-time James Beard Award-winning chef and founder of the …
Kieran Lahmannadded this to Going Forward
Leadership
Women CEOs Share Tips for Getting Board Member Roles
Fortune - McKenna Moore
Women hold just over 10% of board seats at Fortune 500 companies, according to Catalyst Inc. Chief executives, gathered at Fortune’s Most Powerful …
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Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama Will Hit 21 Cities for an Extended 'Becoming' Book Tour
Fortune - Natasha Bach
The people have spoken, and they can’t get enough of former First Lady Michelle Obama. The initial leg of Obama’s book tour for her memoir Becoming, …
TechCrunchadded this to News about startups from TechCrunch
Startups
With $15M, The Riveter plans to open 100 new female-focused co-working spaces
TechCrunch - Kate Clark
In a disappointing year for female-founded startups — at least those looking to raise venture capital — The Riveter not only closed its first institutional funding round, but it’s today announcing a $15
Entrepreneurship
digest | the Helm: this fresh fund is investing in female innovators
kurzweilai.net - www.kurzweilai.net
— the story —Modern investment is fostering projects created by women.The Helm is a new financial investment fund — plus a support community — …
Inc Magazineadded this to Innovate
Investing
New Report Reveals Investors Think Women and Minorities Get Plenty of Funding For Their Companies |
Inc Magazine - By Kimberly Weisul
By now, we all know the numbers for women entrepreneurs and venture capital are dismal: Depending on whose research you prefer, only somewhere between 10 percent and 18 percent of VC money goes to teams
Women Entrepreneurs
How to: 7 tips for the networking-shy
thenextwomen.com - www.thenextwomen.com
The holidays are coming up and so are the festive networking events – time to work on your networking skills. Anyone who gets shy at the idea of …
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Career Development
Stacey Abrams, Emily Weiss, Nancy Pelosi: Broadsheet December 12
Fortune - Emma Hinchliffe
By Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Emma Hinchliffe here, taking over for the rest of this week while Kristen and Claire are busy on stage at …
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Golden Globes
Carol Burnett to Receive New Golden Globes TV Special Achievement Award Named After Her
Fortune - Don Reisinger
Comedy icon Carol Burnett will be honored in two ways at the Golden Globes next month. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced on Tuesday …
Top 10
Infographic: Top 10 Technology Trends 2019
computerweekly.com - www.computerweekly.com
Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. November 2018 Infographic: Top 10 Technology Trends 2019 Sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com In this …
Women Entrepreneurs
Announcing the Female Founders Competition Winners
microsoft.com - blogs.microsoft.com
Earlier this year, our corporate venture fund, M12, took an important step in helping identify promising women entrepreneurs and accelerating their …
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Leadership
How to Succeed in Business? Think Like a 'Hot Shot,' Says Private Equity Exec Kat Cole
Fortune - Erika Fry
Kat Cole, the COO and president of North America for Focus Brands, private equity parent of Cinnabon, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba Juice and four other food …
POLITICOadded this to Politics
U.S. Politics
Republican women leaders tell Trump to chill
POLITICO - By MATTHEW CHOI
true Republican Reps. Mia Love of Utah and Elise Stefanik of New York on Tuesday asked President Donald Trump to cool it with the incendiary comments and tweets, adding that the GOP should focus more policy
Fortune
Leadership
Stacey Abrams: 'Yes, I Will Run Again'
Fortune - Andrew Nusca
Stacey Abrams made history in her failed bid to become governor of Georgia when she offered a fiery post-election speech that did anything but …
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Retail
How Eddie Redmayne Inspired Glossier's Best-Selling Cleanser
Fortune - Jen Wieczner
Glossier, the hit e-commerce beauty brand that recently opened a flagship store in New York, announced Tuesday that it will make more than $100 …
Bustleadded this to Bustle
Entrepreneurship
7 Tips For Aspiring Female Entrepreneurs, According To A CEO
Bustle - Suzannah Weiss
Over recent years, more and more women have been foregoing traditional male-dominated workplaces to start their own businesses. Whether they're …
Fortune
Women's News
How Infertility Catapulted One Entrepreneur From Clean Energy to Women's Health
Fortune - Emma Hinchliffe
Claire Tomkins was working in clean energy at SolarCity when she started in vitro fertilization (IVF). After multiple rounds of IVF, several …
Fast Companyadded this to Fast Company
Small Business
Do small business owners support Trump? Not so fast
Fast Company - By Melissa Locker
Many U.S. entrepreneurs believe that the Trump administration and Congress are doing more for large corporations than they are for small business owners, according to a new national survey of 1,225 entrepreneurs
The Hilladded this to The Hill
NYSE
'Fearless Girl' statue installed at New York Stock Exchange
thehill.com - Megan Keller
The "Fearless Girl" statue was installed outside the New York Stock Exchange on Monday after standing in front of the "Charging Bull" statue in a …
Markets Insideradded this to Markets Insider
Entrepreneurship
Kelly Ireland Named CloudNOW 2018 Top Woman Entrepreneur
Business Insider - PRESS RELEASE PR Newswire
KIRKLAND, Wash., Dec. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CB Technologies (CBT), woman-owned boutique systems integrator, announced that their Founder and CEO, Kelly Ireland, has been named one of CloudNOW's Top
Black Enterpriseadded this to Black Enterprise
African-American News
Rapper Juicy J Invests In CORE Hydration – Brand is Sold for $525 Million as Part of Acquisition
blackenterprise.com - Sequoia Blodgett
Three 6 Mafia’s Juicy J invested in CORE Hydration not knowing what the results would yield. It looks like his intuition may have paid off. CORE …
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Leadership
Looking Back on 2018, Journalists See Mostly Noise
Fortune - Ellen McGirt
There was one thing thing everyone agreed upon when they reflected on the noisy news cycle of 2018: Stop covering the President’s tweets. “Trump is …
Leadership
Case studies skew women leaders' roles
phys.org - Paul Mayne
Despite the strong presence of women students in university business programs, women leaders are portrayed stereotypically – or not at all – in many …
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Career Development
Brexit Deal, SoftBank Vision Fund, Maria Butina: Broadsheet December 11
Fortune - Claire Zillman
By and Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Theresa May presses pause on Brexit, SoftBank adds the first female partner on its $100 billion Vision Fund, …
Human Rights
She's Baaaaack. On A Bigger Stage
mediapost.com - Richard Whitman
Well the marketing folks at State Street Global Advisors and McCann sure know how to extend a marketing campaign. I’m sure you’re well aware of …
World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
How do we really feel about women leaders?
weforum.org - Silvana Koch-Mehrin
Over the last two years, the movement for fairness and equality between men and women has found renewed energy and conviction around the world. In …
Alexander W. Elliott CFTA,CTCadded this to Financial , Tax, Investments & Retirement Planning
Business (South Africa)
Female entrepreneur takes top honours at University of Stellenbosch business awards
cbn.co.za
During the awards ceremony held at the university’s Bellville campus on Tuesday, Bellville resident Lisa Ndyalivani of WooWfoods, a mobile coffee …
Sailing
Sailing Convention for Women >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News
sailingscuttlebutt.com - www.sailingscuttlebutt.com
The Sailing Convention for Women presented by Gail Hine will be held on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club in Corona del …
Business (South Africa)
World Bank head Jim Yong Kim insists the institution is pro-poor
businesslive.co.za - www.businesslive.co.za
Kim eventually won that argument, moving the world from 150,000 people on treatment to 3-million two years later. In the process he made a special …