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Valerie Bihet of VIBE Agency: “You need an event planner who fully understands virtual events”

Thrive Global

In 2004 Bihet founded VIBE , an event design and destination management company, in Miami. by BizBash, 2018 Planner of the Year by SmartMeetings magazine, Top 50 Special Events Company by Special Events magazine, and 2007 Event Planner of the Year by BizBash, among others. It’s not just people looking at the screen.

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Erica Beal of AVIVV: “I believe that everyone deserves an opportunity to succeed”

Thrive Global

I was fortunate to begin my long-standing career in the utility and engineering industry with Sempra Energy Utilities in California in 2004. My job is to hire diverse talent throughout the company to then prioritize their growth, well-being and success, often times ahead of my own. We firmly believe that our people come first?—?they

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Jamie Safier: ? Don?t worry if people are talking about you (because they are)?

Thrive Global

In January of 2004, Jamie relocated to NYC and he became licensed in both New York and New Jersey. there is such a broad and diverse landscape. People aren’t going to be able to communicate face-to-face soon, and what is the point of going out to eat just to stare at a screen anyway!? The Olympic Tower at 645 5th Ave.

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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Advice from Fiona Gathright, A Minority Business Owner

Women of HR

In the fall of 2004, my business partner Juliet Rodman and I founded Wellness Corporate Solutions , a national provider of workplace health screenings and corporate wellness programming. Magazine has named Wellness Corporate Solutions one of the country’s fastest-growing privately-owned companies three years in a row.

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Rising Star Amelie Anstett: “A movement I would love to focus on is making people happy; Here is why”

Thrive Global

I was born in Winter Park, FL, in 2004, where my mother, who is originally from Buenos Aires, mostly grew up in the area. We are very interested in diversity in the entertainment industry. Can you share three reasons with our readers about why you think it’s important to have diversity represented in film and television?

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How Karie Kaufmann Is Shaking Up The Way CEOs Think

Thrive Global

That was in 2004, and I had never even heard of business coaching. Thankfully now the industry is becoming more diverse, but at the time, I had a lot of head trash around my age, or other perceived limitations. I found it difficult to stay engaged while staring at my screen, and it lacked the impact of live events.

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The Immortality of Travel Storytelling?

Thrive Global

We survived, I wrote up the account, and sent it to Saga Magazine, a leading adventure rag at the time. Facebook was founded in 2004; YouTube in 2005; Twitter in 2006; Pinterest in 2010, and Instagram later that year. They published it, giving it great coverage, and I was officially a travel author. Storytelling was democratizing.