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5 Easy Ways to Help Your Community as a Real Estate Agent
I remember as a kid when I ordered my first Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and when I bought my first body lotion from The Body Shop. Those were the moments when it became very clear to me that business and doing good could go hand in hand. From then on I was always incredibly…
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Tech with Tradition: A Balancing Act
As a woman opening a real estate office in 1976, I recognized the importance of creating a brand that would be decidedly different from all others. Your brand needs to be based on a solid foundation of values; but it also has to look and feel unique. I achieved a distinctive look in my first…
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Women In Sports
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, the LA Sparks ignited a roaring crowd inside Minnesota’s Target Center as they scored the winning bucket in Game 5 of the WNBA Finals. The buzzer signaled a 77-76 victory for the LA Sparks over the Minnesota Lynx in a nail-biting ending. The triumphant LA Sparks players made Los Angeles…
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Women and Minorities Stalled on Fortune 500 Boards
A new study from the Alliance for Board Diversity and Deloitte, Missing Pieces Report: The 2016 Board Diversity Census of Women and Minorities on Fortune 500 Boards, reveals that women and minorities hold 31 percent of board seats at Fortune 500 companies, representing a mere increase over the past four years.
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Dedication to Diversity and Inclusion Results in Change
NAWRB’s dedication to women’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) aligns us with companies and organizations with corporate social responsibility. Equally important to internal D&I culture is collaboration between businesses and industries to embrace diversity. One organic result from implementing D&I as a fundamental tenet in the American workplace is bottom line growth.
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The Inside Scoop on Small Businesses
Yesterday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy released an update with new comment letters, Requests for Comments (RFC) and, interestingly, new research. This new research presents an update on the state of small businesses in the increasingly competitive American marketplace.
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Honoring the Life and Work of Martin Luther King Jr.
Most admired for his “I have a dream…” address, Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent Baptist minister and civil-rights activist who left a lasting impression on the nation’s dealings with race. He had an important role to play in the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of…
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Start-up India, Stand Up India: Promoting Entrepreneurship in India
Did you know that India is third in the list of nations with maximum startups and is right behind the U.S. and U.K.? According to the Your Story Research: Indian Startups Funding Report for 2015, $9 billion was invested on Indian startups in 2015 and the 2016 has started with an impressive $38 million in…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
While you work through this Wednesday, thinking about the long weekend ahead, we are here to share some interesting tidbits about Thanksgiving.