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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

Success

Despite any obstacles students face, since its creation in 2002, the school has enjoyed impressive outcomes, boasting a college readiness score 27% higher than the city’s in 2019. A range of foundations and community-based organizations help meet the school’s ambitious goal of ensuring both high school graduation and college matriculation.

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

Success

It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. When you throw like a 25-year-old left-hander does, muscles are often sore—but the pain wouldn’t go away. Lester went to see doctors and heard words he never expected: He had cancer.

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IDEAS Ltd to Sponsor Design Guild Mark 2024, call for entries

Workplace Insight

Founded by Keith Lovelace in 2002, IDEAS is a leading authority in ergonomics and inclusive design for any commercial or public space including leisure, sports, hospitality, healthcare, and education. Design Guild Mark are pleased to announce that IDEAS Ltd will be sponsoring the ‘Furniture category’ for the 2024 Design Guild Mark Awards.

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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

Success

Jewel’s mental health organization: Inspiring Children Foundation In 2002, after many years of putting what she learned to action, Jewel co-founded the Inspiring Children Foundation , which provides mental health programming to youth whose financial circumstances are a barrier to access. Because, unless my behavior changed, it didn’t matter.

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Celebrating New Talent: Emerging Entrepreneurs Shines a Light on Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs

Success

He told SUCCESS that, “in 20 years, he expects there will be dozens of what he calls ‘world-class, game-changing companies’ that were formed in the aftermath of 2020.” Perhaps some of SUCCESS’ newest Emerging Entrepreneurs are just that. Success can sprout from failure.

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Navigating the IRS’ Interactive Tax Assistant

BMT Office Administration

Categories in the assistant include Filing Requirement, Form to Use, Due Date; Filing Status and Dependents; Retirement: Pensions, IRAs, Social Security; Other Income (e.g., A weird thing: I entered two hypothetical children—a daughter who was born in 2002 and a son born in 2007.

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The Common Mistakes Futurists Make

Small Business Labs

This term was coined in the late 1990's and in the 2002-2005 time frame it was a very hot trend.  But like many trends, it's back in more mature forms and this time may really be the next big thing.  Overestimating the near term impact of new technologies. I often tell people trends are easy, timing is hard.

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