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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

Austin Startup

The annual Interactive Festival awards program began in 1997 as the Texas Interactive Media Achievement Awards, and was re-named the SXSW Web Awards the following year. For 2019, finalists come from Australia, India, Sweden, France, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, and the UK.

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Freescale Semiconductor to Replace Livestrong as Austin Marathon Sponsor

SiliconHills

The Austin Marathon organization broke ties earlier this year with Livestrong, the cancer charity founded by Cyclists Lance Armstrong in 1997. Armstrong resigned from the board last year amid allegations of a doping scandal involving his Tour de France titles. [.]

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10 Famous People Who Flourished After Being Laid Off

YoungUpstarts

Cycling star and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong didn’t always come out on top. In 1997, Armstrong was fired from the French racing team Cofidis while he was undergoing cancer treatment. Rowling used her severance check to support her as she began to write the book series that would change her life forever.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

I showed up in Sophia Antipolis, France (living in Antibes if you know the area) and I was in “Network Solutions.” In 1997 I was sent to England to work on a project for the oil company Halliburton. My brand was “business guy.” ” It took exactly one day to change that.

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Neurodiversity: Marie O’Riordan on the sense of belonging

Transformify

Marie, you were the last person to interview the late Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, in her home in Calcutta, India in 1997. The first time I volunteered, it was in a hospital in France as a teenager. What was the impact of this meeting on your personal values?