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Women 2.0 Partners Google, Extends Founder Friday Events

YoungUpstarts

” “The engine for job creation and technology leadership begins and ends with investment in the entrepreneurial community,” adds Shaherose Charania, CEO and co-founder, Women 2.0. “Female founders are a driving force for the creation and usage of technologies that generate jobs. To date, Women 2.0

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My Personal Formula for Getting a Seat at the Table

Austin Startup

And a worksheet to help you start your own plan Terri Broussard Williams serving as a panelist during a political forum at Louisiana State University This was a week I’ll never forget, even though it was a whirlwind. I sat on the board of Leadership Austin for two years and chaired Best Party Ever, their largest fundraiser.

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A New Idea for Black Friday

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

The harder news, like the protests at Walmart in Ontario, Louisiana, got a lot less air time. While I have much sympathy for the protestors in Louisiana, I don’t have much hope for their getting better pay. I guess it is the story of the day, but how much can you make of it, what is there to say?

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Finding Your Fire And Igniting Change

Duct Tape Marketing

So you'll see different types of strategies to create change and different types of leadership style so that we can all find something within ourselves in one of these stories about the movement makers in the book. Uh, but I wanted to begin to normalize the idea that anyone could be a leader that would turn a moment into a movement.

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Same Rules Apply: Lessons From The Oil Rig To The C-Suite

YoungUpstarts

Nevertheless, off I went — 80 miles off the cost of Louisiana. He thought it would help me straighten out (at the very least) and help me gain lifelong lessons that he believed were essential in the workplace — namely, following directions, listening to others, and, most importantly, being a contributing member of a team.

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I Hate Networking

Austin Startup

Years back, I was part of a leadership program in Lafayette, Louisiana and an alumna wrote me a note of congratulations for being selected to the program. I was so touched by her thoughtfulness that ever since I’ve written a note to every incoming cohort of leadership programs I’ve been part of.

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From the Vault: America’s Founding Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

Perhaps the best story of his creativity and leadership is how, after his humiliating defeat and retreat from New York, he was able to reassemble his troops and stage the surprise attacks and victories at Trenton and Princeton, which arguably turned the course of the war in the Colonist’s favor. Thomas Jefferson. Alexander Hamilton.