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𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬
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Apply by September 30, 2023

With summer coming to a close (symbolically, at least) on Labor Day, now is a great time to reset and re-focus on your goals and objectives for your business. To help, Index is giving away $5,000! Index exists to help small businesses succeed by helping them communicate more clearly, quickly, and efficiently with customers Here's how this program works:
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𝐏𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲✯
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞
��𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠@𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭.𝐜𝐨𝐦

Pamela Dippel Choney is a retired Partner and Senior Vice President of Wellington Management Company LLP, a global investment management firm, which she joined in 1984. Over the course of a 27-year career with the firm, she served in multiple leadership roles in the areas of client relationship management, the oversight of portfolio management teams, and the management of strategic initiatives. She was a member of the company’s senior management team and held various global governance roles, including membership on the Compensation Committee and the Information Services Priorities Committee. She served as Chair of Wellington Trust Company, NA and its Trust Investment Committee, as well as of Wellington Management-affiliated companies based in Singapore and Hong Kong. Pam is currently a Trustee of Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program and a member of the advisory board of the Wellesley (MA) Scholarship Foundation. She received an AB degree from Princeton University, where she majored in Architecture and Urban Planning, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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𝐂𝐄𝐎 & 𝐂𝐨-𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫✯
𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏
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Tracy Palandjian is CEO and Co-Founder of Social Finance, a national nonprofit that builds innovative partnerships and investments to measurably improve lives. Since 2011, the firm has pioneered impact-first investments including the Social Impact Bond and the Career Impact Bond to mobilize capital at scale and deliver sustainable impact for people and communities across the United States.

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𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐀. 𝐔𝐫𝐢��✯
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞
𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠@𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭.𝐜𝐨𝐦

Sandra A. Urie is Chairman Emeritus and served as former CEO, Chairman, and COO of Cambridge Associates, with responsibility for directing the firm’s consulting practice. Prior to assuming her management positions, Sandy was an active member of the consulting staff, providing investment consulting services to a number of endowed nonprofit institutions and private clients, with a specialty in long-range financial planning. Before Sandy joined Cambridge Associates, she worked as a member of the faculty at Phillips Academy (Andover) where she taught Russian language and served on the Admissions Office staff. She also served on the School’s development office staff where she had responsibilities for capital fund raising and eventually assumed the position of Associate Secretary of the Academy with responsibility for the School’s annual giving and alumni programs.

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https://t.co/icVz7iWWD6 Growth Grant
Details

Est. time to apply:
6 10 Minutes
https://t.co/icVz7iWWD6 is proud to launch it's $5k Growth Grant, powered by Social Financial.
Social Finance offers long term loans, strong working capital financing solutions, and fast approval times. This grant is open to all small business owners. Here's how this program works:
• To complete your application, you must post on your social media about the grant, forward an email to: [email protected]

explaining what you would do with the $5k (more details on application)
• Must be at least 18 years old
• Must operate a US-based small business
• Must have a be an follower and have added this grant to your Funding Assistant
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This is a great opportunity to get $5k to fuel your business growth.
There are relatively few requirements here, which is to start by sending an email to: [email protected]

Be thoughtful about your Pitch, we want to know how this $5k would help you grow your business!

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𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬✯
Indeed, running your own enterprise from your home, your garage, or from an office means you've achieved total control over your professional destiny. It's no wonder lots of people save up cash and spend their days dreaming about new businesses to build.
But what if you have the ambition to start a lucrative business but don't know what type of business to run? If you need profitable business ideas feel free to apply, it’s free , if your ideas are innovative , we could sign a contract you to provide funding for qualified US citizens. Other regions might attract charges and paperwork. You can also seek enquiries as we operate under the department of the Uńited Statęs Department of Labor

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𝟓𝟓 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑✯
We put together a list of the best, most profitable small business ideas for entrepreneurs to pursue in 2023.
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.@HillaryClinton’s women and girls to-do list:
💵 Close the wage gap
🧑‍⚕️ Protect reproductive health care
📚 Ensure education for all
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𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬
Al has the power to increase commercial productivity even as it threatens jobs and national security.
Schumer will hold nine Al-focused sessions ahead of potential regulation from lawmakers.

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Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Are Meeting in Washington. It Could Shape AI's Trajectory — and Life as We Know It — Forever.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is hosting some of tech's most influential leaders as lawmakers consider regulation.

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𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐅��𝐂𝐓𝐒
• Musk, who made the statement during a live streamed conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said X will come out with a
"lower tier of pricing" of "a small amount of money" that all users would have to pay, in addition to the premium service, X Blue.

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𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄
Elon Musk, who purchased Twitter last year (before subsequently renaming it X), said that the company is "moving toward having a small monthly payment for use of the X system" in an effort to keep bots off the platform-a statement that comes after Musk has slowly put more X features behind paywalls.

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𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐈𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐔𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

The IRS is hiring thousands of new workers. Just weeks after the tax agency announced plans to ramp up its focus on millionaires, complex partnerships, and large corporations, details about related new positions have been made public.

The IRS is hiring 3,700 new employees nationwide in more than 250 locations. The hiring is focused on higher-graded revenue agents. It's a second wave of hiring thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧,𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

Shortly after Joe Biden launched his 2020 presidential campaign, his first major rally was held at a Teamsters union hall in Pittsburgh, where he extolled the virtues of middle-class Americans.
Referring to himself as a "union man," Biden mapped out of his vision of an economy that would empower ordinary citizens by lifting wages and targeting financial loopholes that favored big businesses.

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𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧’ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 ‘𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭.’ 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐄𝐎𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡

Elon Musk’s love of video games is well-documented. The night he decided to buy Twitter, the social media platform now known as X, he played video games until 5:30 a.m., his biographer Walter Isaacson reveals in a massive new book out today. Musk even made his own video game as a kid and thought about going into a career designing them, but, he told Isaacson, he “wanted to have more impact.” His longtime companion Grimes, with whom he has three children, described him to Isaacson as not having “hobbies or ways to relax other than video games, but he takes those so seriously that it gets very intense.

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𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤: ,𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈, 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 ,𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞,

Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk suggested that muscular action from Washington on artificial intelligence is needed, even "perhaps a Department of AI."
"We've created regulatory agencies before," Musk said Wednesday after attending a gathering in Washington with other tech CEOs who convened to discuss AI, according to video of the comments to reporters.

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𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝

Budgets for next year usually need cost increase assumptions, especially for labor but also for other business expenses. The big picture is that inflation is still running fairly high, though not as bad as last year. This article presents the most recent actual data as well as forecasts, finishing with a perspective on setting wage increases. (See Data Note at the end of this article for easy access to the numbers.)

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𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟎 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞���𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝟗 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐧.

Billionaires are some of the most powerful people on Earth, wielding significant influence over huge parts of the global economy and playing key roles in everything from international politics and media to philanthropy and scientific innovation. Many have created companies that employ tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of employees around the world and are behind some of the best known brands, including Tesla other competitors such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Nike. The majority are self-made, meaning they created their fortunes themselves, rather than inheriting them.