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St. Patrick's Day Is An Enchanted Time

The Global Small Business Blog

©2014 Laurel J. All rights reserved. “St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time. It’s a day to begin transforming Winter’s dreams into Summer’s magic.” – Adrienne Cook.

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Women Entrepreneurs Have the Fastest Growing Businesses in the United States

The Global Small Business Blog

Businesses owned and operated by black females in the United States between 2014 and 2019 increased by 50%. The percentage of women who started a business in the last year was 47%, compared to 44% for men. million enterprises in the United States are owned and managed by black women.

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Port In The Storm: Takeaways From Amazon’s Q2 2022 Earnings

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As a result, Amazon reported a $2 billion loss, marking the business’s second consecutive quarterly loss, which hasn’t happened since 2014. After years of spending lavishly on growth, Amazon cut costs in Q2 2022, reducing headcount by 6% and, according to CEO Andy Jassy, “improving the productivity of [its] fulfillment network.”

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It’s Time!! Augment Human Ingenuity With AI To Scale Creativity

Forrester Digital Transformation

AI Is Maturing Fast And Is Getting Better At Increasing Human Creativity In 2014, […]. But AI can also help humans be more creative and therefore represents a great opportunity for enterprises to scale more creativity throughout their organization.

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Global Temperatures

The Global Small Business Blog

The 10 warmest years in the 174-year record have all occurred during the last decade (2014–2023). ©iStock/plyaset The year 2023 was the warmest year since global records began in 1850 at 1.18°C F) above the 20th century average of 13.9°C This value is 0.15°C F) more than the previous record set in 2016.

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Standing Out Globally in the Sea of Swimwear

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Oakley and Burgman’s ability to cater to that gap in the swimwear market, however, was the catalyst for the duo to launch Monday Swimwear in 2014. The site, which expanded to feature fitness, travel and lifestyle content, was, at its core, a platform to celebrate curves and the diversity of women’s bodies.

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Bread, Milk, Eggs….Health Equity. The 5th Aim Is A Staple For All Americans

Forrester Digital Transformation

This daunting ambition was given hope with the proposal of accomplishing three goals equally in 2008, and the addition of the 4th in 2014. The Triple/Quadruple Aim has long been recognized as a framework to optimize the US healthcare system.