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Market Research: Your Startup’s Blueprint to Thrive

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billion by 2019 and over $219 million in revenue by 2021 proving green can mean gold. Away In 2015, Away co-founders Steph Korey and Jen Rubio scoured social media, spotting complaints about suitcases that werent stylish or practical. Launched in 2016, they hit a valuation of $1.4

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The Rise of Women Entrepreneurs: Growth, Innovation and Challenges

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Wells Fargo’s 2024 Impact of Women-Owned Businesses report indicates that the number of women-owned businesses increased at almost double the rate of their male counterparts between 2019 and 2023. Increased access to digital tools and global platforms—like social media and e-commerce platforms—also help women launch, scale and lead teams.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted.

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When It Come to Employee Mental Health, These 10 Companies Are Setting the Example

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The app allows for social media interaction without parents needing to worry about inappropriate content or stereotypes. Impact “I do believe that regulated social media can be valuable for students’ growth and positively impact mental health when parents have a good amount of oversight,” says Danna Okuyama, founder of Urban Sandbox.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. They’re a flexible expense. Many freelancers and small business owners optimize their personal social media pages to better advertise their services.

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The 2023 Motherhood Penalty: The Sorry State Of Affairs For Working Women Continues

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There are organizations in both countries that are raising awareness of the issue, and, on social media platforms such as X (formerly known as Twitter), there is a Gender Pay Gap Bot that serves to discredit companies that advocate on behalf of gender equality despite their own gender pay gap. In the U.K.,

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