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How My Old Job Secretly Prepared Me to Build a Thriving Business

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I started my journalism career in 2004. I started my journalism career in 2004. By Kyle Christie Edited by Maria Bailey Jun 10, 2025 Share Copy Key Takeaways Here are 10 lessons I carried from the newsroom into entrepreneurship Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

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It’s surprisingly hard to know just how many people will die because of USAID cuts

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The Lancet study, for example, controlled for health spending by country. Why this really, really matters According to the State Department’s own estimate, PEPFAR has saved about 25 million lives since it began operating in 2004. And that was just one concern with the study, representative of just how hard it is to do this research.

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The 25 pieces of culture that explain the last 25 years

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Around 2004, this question was inevitable in ramen shops, as the Japanese dish with roots in Chinese cuisine became the inescapable “it” food. In the world of The Apprentice , as in the America of 2004, the value system is simple and straightforward. Bryan Walsh, senior editorial director Ramen “Did you know you’re supposed to slurp?”

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5 reasons Democrats are in good shape

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Of the 10 issues raised in the survey, voters favored Democrats on only two — health care and vaccine policy. Is the party temporarily tainted with the stink of last year’s defeat — and poised to rally back into power, just as it did after losing in 2004 and 2016? These grim data points have spurred some handwringing in blue America.

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Cynthia Breazeal Is Making AI Fun and Educational for Kids

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In 2004, she published her seminal book, Designing Sociable Robots , which presented her vision for social robots of the future. Especially for older adults living alone, simply having an entity acknowledging their presence positively benefited their emotional well-being and mental health.

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Economic Uncertainty and the Trend of Decline

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These are the number of people covered by health insurance and the acceptance of gay marriage.  In 2004 just 31% of Americans reported they accepted gay marriage. The Economic Mobility Decline. Just two of trends showed increases.   The rapidly rising acceptance of gay marriage, BTW, is quite stunning.

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10 Trailblazing Women Paving the Way for a Better Future

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her mother Dr. Whitney Casares, pediatrician and founder of Modern Mommy Doc Photo courtesy of Ashlie Behm Photography Maternal child health care expert Dr. Casares founded Modern Mommy Doc , where she teaches career-minded moms to prioritize what matters most to them and to stop letting their to-do lists define them.