Christina Blacken grew up as what she describes as an extreme minority. "Growing up in Utah as a black woman — racially, religiously, and politically, I was on the outskirts of the majority," she said. But she used her differences to propel her forward.
I'm a 20-something American solo traveler and blogger passionate about traveling to countries most tourists overlook. Too many people form opinions about countries and their citizens based on exaggerated news; I prefer to come to my own conclusions.
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Lindsay Medoff, the CEO of Suay Sew Shop, a 30-employee boutique Los Angeles clothing manufacturer, wants the armies of people sewing homemade surgical masks to add a specific blue shop towel inside them.
I collect my moments of rejection like a millennial might have collected baseball cards or Beanie Babies back in the '90s. They are as much a part of me as any moment of success, and I wear them proudly, showing off emails, text messages, and letters from companies and people who have told me no over the years, to anyone who comes over to my house.
Startup CEOs are a special breed of person. The best ones combine tech know-how with a strong business instinct and single-minded focus on their goal.