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Innovative Entrepreneur Behind Pioneering Tech Platform Disrupting Hiring Process & Empowering Today’s Nurses

Hearpreneur

With an aging baby boomer generation and statistics that place 55% of the RN workforce at retirement age, the nursing industry is ripe for a new incentive to fill the growing global nurse shortage. There was only one major nurse agency business in the Atlanta market, and I knew there was room for improvement. How do you help clients?

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How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose

Duct Tape Marketing

She has been named one of Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women every year since the list’s inception. 12:50): How have you adapted TransPerfect to meet changing global trends? We didn't have the big name. 10:20): How do you balance or weigh the importance of taking risks? (11:26): Where can they find big ideas? (12:50):

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Our mission stems from our passion in creating automotive technology disruption, our vision of a more sustainable future and our belief in astoundingly desirable designs that the Fisker name has been known for all around the world. In 2011, I began learning about hair restoration and started North Atlanta Hair Restoration in 2012.

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Ethnic Names: Katie Kern on how an ethnic name can impact your career prospects

Transformify

Our guest today is Katie Kern, Partner and COO of Media Frenzy Global. I am very fortunate to be living in Atlanta as here we have a city-wide initiative encouraging diversity, inclusion and equity programs and the companies are incentivized to adopt such programs. In your opinion, is the name related bias still widespread?

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Balanced Teams: Why Atlassian got rid of the concept of cultural fit

Transformify

Our guest today is Aubrey Blanche, Global Head of Diversity & Belonging at Atlassian. I interviewed a very impressive lady from Atlanta who said that her ethnic name was closing many doors for her and everything changed when she decided to use her nickname instead. Absolutely agree with you.

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Unique Careers: Jenn Labin on hiring entrepreneurs at heart

Transformify

Can you name a few tools you are using as this will be of interest to many companies that are facing the same challenge? A few days ago, I interviewed Katie Kern who shared information about a very interesting city-wide diversity and inclusion initiative of the city of Atlanta.

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Introducing Atlanta Stacks!

Jeff Hilimire

A good buddy of mine started a new kind of curated newsletter, Atlanta Stacks , and I wanted to a) figure out why he created it and b) spread the word, because I think it’s terrific. My name is Raleigh Gresham. Wow, better you than me ;) So what is Atlanta Stacks and why did you create it? Who are you and what do you do?

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