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10 Famous People Who Flourished After Being Laid Off

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Mark Cuban wasn’t always a successful Internet mogul and NBA owner. 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. Mark Cuban. Lance Armstrong.

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

Both Sides of the Table

This was pre Internet. 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. We got to define Internet offerings for one of the largest telcos in Europe. He took me.

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Neurodiversity: Marie O’Riordan on the sense of belonging

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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?