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BEA Foundation Stands Up for Fearless Fund, Empowering Black Women Entrepreneurs
The Black Economic Alliance (BEA) Foundation, a leading organization mobilizing Black business leaders and advocates, announced the submission of an amicus brief advocating against a preliminary injunction to halt the Fearless Fund, a foundation that aids women of...
Five Reasons Every Small Business Owner Should Have A Mentor
According to Kyle Ballard, the head of accelerators at the Durban Chemicals Cluster (DCC), on the sometimes solitary road of entrepreneurship, business owners typically find themselves treading unfamiliar seas. This solitude may make the route to success and...
World Bank: Online Gig Work Is Growing Rapidly, But Workers Lack Job Protections
Online gig work is growing globally, particularly in the developing world, creating an important source of employment for women and young people in poorer countries where jobs are scarce, according to a World Bank report released Thursday. The report estimates the...
Do Women Run Their Businesses Differently Than Men?
Dr. Jennings’ interest in whether women entrepreneurs tend to run their businesses differently than their male counterparts stemmed from competing arguments that were popular when she was pursuing her doctoral studies. The more optimistic view was that...
Why A Growing Number Of Business Leaders Believe In Learning By Working
If you want a good job, you need to have a college degree. At least, that’s the story we have been hearing for decades now. In many ways, having that degree on your resume has served as a proxy of innate talent and potential. It may also have something to do with...
How To Recognize Burnout When An Employee Doesn’t
The conversation around burnout in the tech industry typically revolves around prevention, which is likely due to the fact that burnout is thought of as something that comes on all at once instead of in stages. That’s not exactly true, though: In 1974, psychologist...
The Companies Sticking To Fully Remote Work
The days of fully remote set-ups are past their peak for most employees. According to July 2023 LinkedIn data, seen by BBC Worklife, there has been a 50% year-over-year decrease in remote roles advertised on the platform in the US, and a 21.5% drop in the UK. Yet...
HR’s Unique Role In Making The Healthcare Industry More Forward-Focused
The human resources world is no longer a reactive function. Gone are the days when an HR manager would sit back until an employee comes in with a benefit or payroll question, HR would answer it and then both move on. HR has been on a necessary journey to be...
