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Linn Tagesson: “Starting a company is not glamorous”

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As a part of our series about powerful women, I had the pleasure of interviewing Linn Tagesson the Co-Founder and Chief Culture Officer of the Babyshop Group, a company that she founded with Marcus Tagesson in 2006. from Customer Services to In-House Brands.

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Tony Reda of Tectonic Metals: “Project your best persona”

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During his tenure with Kaminak, the company was ranked 8th best performing mining company from a peer group of some 1,200 mining companies, was listed as a 2015 TSX Venture 50 Company and was one of four companies selected out of 1,971 companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange as Best IR by IR Magazine in 2015.

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“Have an amazing product”, With Douglas Brown and Natalie Ruiz of ‘AnswerConnect’

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When I found AnswerConnect in 2006, I initially thought it would be the same story I had encountered before, and I didn’t expect to stay. As the company grew, so did I, and in 2015, I was offered the position of CEO. My daughter was born in 2014 and I was promoted to CEO in 2015.

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Six HR Leaders Inducted into NAHR

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The National Academy of Human Resources inducted its 2015 class of Fellows at its annual dinner and installation ceremony Thursday night in New York. To date, with the addition of its 2015 class, 163 individuals have been named Fellows in the academy. Laszlo Bock, senior vice president of people operations at Google Inc.;

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Larry Cochran of Claimatic: “Follow your gut”

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In 2015, Larry spun out some core technologies from IAS to found Claimatic, the first insurance claims automation SaaS company. Under his leadership, the company grew from a small, single-state provider to one of the most recognized national brands in the industry, serving many of the highest-rated P&C insurers in the U.S.

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Sascha Mayer of Mamava: “An increase in inclusive language and policies”

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Mamava designs solutions for nursing mamas on the go, and since 2015 has placed over 1,900 lactation pods in locations as diverse as airports, sports stadiums, automobile factories, and military bases. On Labor Day 2006, with baby number two on my breast, I read a New York Times cover story by Jodi Kantor.

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Derek Sabori of KOZM: “Give support”

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Sometime in 2006 we watched the climate-crisis documentary An Inconvenient Truth on DVD at a lunch-n-learn that our club hosted, and from the moment the credits rolled, I knew what I would be doing with the rest of my career. We need to ensure they are diverse and strong and can bounce back quickly after the storm. which I wasn’t?—?and