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Ashley KZ Showell Of Forwardwithfun: “Reduce screen time”

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Reduce screen time. However, there is a thing as too much screen time. More and more studies are showing that too much screen time in younger children can lower their attention spans and limit engagement with the outside world. I was delighted to be hired in 2010 as a transitional kindergarten teacher at WISH Charter School.

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Mike Seiman: “An influencer isn’t a leader”

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Magazine’s list of fastest growing privately held advertising/marketing companies in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2014. Mike was selected as a semi-finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year initiative in 2010 and 2013 and as a finalist in 2009 and 2014. Look at historical data, how is or isn’t history repeating itself.

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Lu Zhang of Fusion Fund: “More female tech entrepreneurs should consider joining the VC community”

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I’m a first-generation immigrant from inner Mongolia, and I came to the United States back in 2010. even for investors with a tech background?—?as My advantage is that I have a material sciences background that covers hardware, healthcare, and network technology. I was the company’s first check back in 2015.

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Vanessa Okwuraiwe of ‘Edward Jones’: “Culture should be woven into the fabric of every business”

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As a part of our series about “How Diversity Can Increase a Company’s Bottom Line”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Vanessa Okwuraiwe. In February 2010, I relocated to the firm’s St. Our firm has seen tremendous growth over time as we continue to commit to diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Taniya Mishra of SureStart: “Women are not technical”

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This lack of gender-diversity in the tech workforce has perpetuated biased solutions that are harmful to women, communities of color, and regularly penalize already marginalized populations. Taniya is deeply passionate about increasing AI workforce diversity through opportunity equity. At the leadership level, it is even worse.

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Cybil Lake: “Success is an inside job”

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She has written, directed, and acted in numerous shorts, including An Echo Remains, which she screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Cybil was selected by NBC for a new filmmaker’s program, The Screening Room in 2010. What is your background and what eventually brought you to this particular career path? and Firestarter.

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“Customer-centricity is key”, With Douglas Brown and Meeri Rebane of INZMO

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To fulfil her passion for breaking new ground to lead social change, she left the corporate world in 2015 and founded Bike-ID, which pivoted to INZMO in 2016, with co-CEO Risto Klausen, whom she has been working together on several projects since 2010. Therefore, diversity needs to become a key component. There is no try.“?—?Yoda.