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‘You Have to Take a Chance on Yourself': Founders of a Hiring App Share Their Best Career Advice
Sisters and QuickHire creators Deborah Gladney and Angela Muhwezi-Hall are part of a small but growing club of million-dollar Black female founders.
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Covid Proved Service Workers Deserve Better. These Sisters Launched an App to Help Them Find Good Jobs
Sisters Deborah Gladney and Angela Muhwezi-Hall launched QuickHire to help service workers find good jobs during the pandemic.
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This Entrepreneur Is Set to Make $1.2 Million From His Podcast This Year. Here's How He's Doing It
Entrepreneur Steven Bartlett explains how he has monetized his popular podcast, “The Diary of a CEO.”
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This Founder Built a Company on $3,000—Now It's a Leading Source for Asian American News
NextShark founder and CEO Benny Luo discusses the ups and downs of being an AAPI leader in the last year.
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Op-Ed: A Silicon Valley Founder on Why He Replaced Himself as CEO
The tech sector is full of start-ups led by big personalities. More need to get over fears about succession planning and do what I did: Give up the CEO role.
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Funding Goes to Cancer Drug Developers, Company Billed as the Anti-Theranos
Seeking and destroying lung cancer. Succeeding where Theranos failed. Treating resistant breast cancers.
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Locals Put Down Roots in Hydroponics Farming
According to a report released in May, the hydroponics market is estimated at $8.1 billion in 2019 and projected to reach $16 billion by 2025.
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Drive Behind Occupation of Alcatraz Lingers 50 Years Later
On a chilly November night 50 years ago, a 7-year-old Peter Bratt, his four siblings and their single mother left their San Francisco home for the pier. From there, they joined a group of indigenous activists on a small boat, bobbing in fog and rolling over what felt like tidal waves.
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World's Largest Starbucks Opens in Chicago Friday
The big day is finally here. The largest Starbucks in the world opened Friday in Chicago. The 35,000-square-foot Reserve Roastery has been under wraps since construction started a few years ago. No one knew what the inside of the “epic” five-floor space would look like in place of the iconic Crate and Barrel building at Michigan Avenue and Erie Street...
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See Inside World's Largest Starbucks, Opening Friday in Chicago
Are you ready for a peek inside the world’s largest Starbucks, opening Friday in Chicago?
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NRA Turmoil Creates Rift Among Some Big Donors
Joe Olson was once such a passionate supporter of the National Rifle Association that he pledged to bequeath several million dollars from his estate to the gun organization upon his death. But the steady drip of investigations and misspending allegations and a shakeup at the top ranks of the NRA compelled him to alter his will. The NRA will no...
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Spanx Founder Buys Olivia Newton-John's ‘Grease' Pants
The founder of Spanx was revealed to be the successful bidder for the skintight satin pants that Olivia Newton-John wore in the movie “Grease.”
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Why Did Starbucks Pick Chicago to House its Largest Roastery?
The world’s largest Starbucks will soon open in Chicago – and the decision to bring the company’s biggest roastery to the Windy City was no accident.
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Google Claims Breakthrough in Blazingly Fast Computing
Google announced Wednesday it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing, saying it has developed an experimental processor that took just minutes to complete a calculation that would take the world’s best supercomputer thousands of years. The feat could open the door someday to machines so blazingly fast that they could revolutionize such tasks as finding new medicines, developing vastly...
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Alicia Alonso, the Grande Dame of Cuban Ballet, Dies at 98
Alicia Alonso, the revered ballerina and choreographer whose nearly 75-year career made her an icon of artistic loyalty to Cuba’s socialist system, died Thursday at age 98. Miguel Cabrera, an official at the National Ballet of Cuba founded by Alonso, said she died at a hospital in Havana. As founder and director of the National Ballet of Cuba, Alonso personified...
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MeToo Leader Launches New Hashtag to Mobilize Voters
The founder of #MeToo is using the second anniversary of the movement to launch a new effort intended to mobilize voters heading into the 2020 election. The new hashtag #MeTooVoter was unveiled Tuesday, on the same day as the fourth Democratic presidential debate and reflects a frustration among activists that issues of sexual violence and harassment have largely been absent...
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An Architect's Eco-Friendly LA Home Designed With Repurposed Materials
We’re in the Mount Washington section of Los Angeles for a look at a property that minimizes environmental impact on every level. See how owner Steve Pallrand, founder of the firm Home Front Build, transformed his home using repurposed materials… Proving that chic design can and should be eco-friendly.
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Trump Escalates Impeachment Fight, Barring Envoy's Testimony
Escalating his fight against Congress’ impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump flouted Democratic warnings about impeachable conduct Tuesday in blocking a U.S. diplomat from testifying about Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. House committee chairmen quickly issued a subpoena to force the envoy to appear before the House next week and produce documents recovered from his personal devices.
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At TechCrunch Disrupt Conference, Startups Take Aim at Modernizing Old Industries
The name says it all: TechCrunch Disrupt is a conference for entrepreneurs looking to bring disruptive change to an industry, using all the tools of Silicon Valley. In past years, the San Francisco edition of the Disrupt conference has seen a flurry of activity around nascent fields of technology: virtual and augmented reality, robotics, and the smart home. But this...
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Police Report Reduced Backlog of Rape Kits From Last 30 Years
When the victim of a sexual assault comes forward to police, a rape test kit is a crucial piece of evidence in the case. Police across the country including San Diego police have faced criticism in the past for not submitting these kits into a national database of suspects.