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My Journey as a Diverse Member of a Junior League

Austin Startup

Audrey Ring and Terri enjoying dinner during the December AJLI Board Meeting in Charlotte. When I moved to Lafayette, Louisiana in 2004, I was inspired by a large delegation of young African-American leaders. When her term ends in June, I’ll probably have a Kleenex at hand. I truly love her like family.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Something to keep extroverts from dominating the conversation and. Being from Atlanta and Charlotte, respectively, Richard and I knew that our cities were both burgeoning areas for tech development and growth and were places filled with individuals with big ideas that could benefit from adding coding to their skillsets.