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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

Success

Interviewing founders while still raising funds, Pitts says, has given the partners “a unique sense of empathy because we know what it’s like to want to do something and not have the money to do it.… “They don’t get the same amount of money that other startups get, so they have to come up with other strategies to be successful.”

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Invest in Interpersonal Skills Development is Important but Few Plan to Invest in Them

Office Dynamics

June 19, 2013 / PRNewswire / -- Executives say it takes strong soft skills to move up the corporate ladder, but few firms provide training in this area, a new Accountemps survey finds. Their responses: 2013. Survey: Few CFOs Plan to Invest in Interpersonal Skills Development for Their Teams. MENLO PARK, Calif., Don''t know/no answer.

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The Practically Perfect PA Advisory Panel

Practically Perfect PA

Lorraine is an Executive Assistant with almost 20 years’ experience working with high-achieving “24/7” senior executives in large, international companies. Here is just one such interview with ES Magazine. Here is her blog post on meeting venues. Lorraine Stone. Expect to hear more from the panel over the next few months.

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The Practically Perfect PA Advisory Panel

Practically Perfect PA

Lorraine is an Executive Assistant with almost 20 years’ experience working with high-achieving “24/7” senior executives in large, international companies. Here is just one such interview with ES Magazine. Here is her blog post on meeting venues. Lorraine Stone. Expect to hear more from the panel over the next few months.

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Feeling unappreciated?

Practically Perfect PA

I’d been thinking about running an event way back in 2013 but I was too busy with other things (living in a foreign country, starting a new job and juggling Practically Perfect PA) to really do anything with the ideas I had. Interview tips and techniques , Comparing job descriptions. Developing the power to influence.

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Where Passion Meets Purpose: How to Find a Job You Love

Success

How to find a job you love Question what you’re pursuing Today, Neil Stanglein serves as the international director of development for Delta Zeta Sorority. After applying to 19 reporting and anchoring jobs and not receiving a single interview, Stanglein began exploring other career opportunities.

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Personal Updates, Reflections and Looking To The Future

Eat Your Career

The decision came sometime around April of last year (2013), after many months of painstaking reflection. My very first official interview resulted in a job offer, which I declined (with great anxiety!). An hour after hitting “send” on my application, I got an email asking me to come in that day for an interview.

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