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How to stop shrinking yourself at work and start feeling like you belong

Fast Company Tech

Below, Kaplan shares five key insights from her new book, Braving the Workplace: Belonging at the Breaking Point. It must be felt, experienced, and owned internally. They encourage employees to blend in, conform, and play the game rather than create environments where people feel safe enough to be real. The problem?

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Orbiit raises seed funding to automate the interactions within an online community

TechCrunch

The idea is that the communities therefore learn and network better, engage more and share more knowledge. CEO and co-founder Bilyana Freye said: “Tailored 1:1 connections allow members to discuss difficult topics, be vulnerable and share learnings with one another.

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Using independent teams to scale a small company: A look at how games company Wooga works

The Next Web

Here he gives an insight into the firm’s internal organization. They should freely share learnings and don’t compete with each other, meaning they effectively act like small, independent start-ups within a larger framework. Knowledge sharing. Jesper Richter-Reichhelm is Head of Engineering at social games company Wooga.

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Entrepreneur Jake Thompson Shares His Story, Advice, And What's In Store For CED In 2015

Eric Jacobsen Blog

CED also shares its motivation and customer stories via Facebook , Twitter and Instagram. What started as a simple idea a few years ago with selling T-shirts from the trunk Jake''s car, has morphed into an international lifestyle brand embraced by professional athletes, celebrities, and individuals motivated to live above the status quo.

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Merging Airbnb and the traditional hotel model, Mexico City’s Casai raises $23 million to grow in Latin America

TechCrunch

The company was co-founded by chief executive Nico Barawid, a former head of international expansion at Nova Credit and consultant with BCG, and chief operating officer María del Carmen Herrerías Salazar, who previously worked at one of Mexico’s largest hotel operators, Grupo Presidente. pandemic fund from Nubank.

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The Value of a Forum One Summer Internship

Forum One

In early June, Forum One welcomed six talented interns to our team from across the country. We see the value of interns as a great way to build our recruiting pipeline, but also as a way to open up opportunities to those that might not have a network. Meet our 2022 summer interns! Gaining Experience.

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Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East

TechCrunch

Within this timeline, he interned at several companies in Palo Alto, California. Local traditional training centers offer outdated content and methodology, and international online players struggle to enroll African students due to their lack of understanding of local markets and unaffordable price points.

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