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Artificial intelligence is rewriting workplace rules faster than most legal teams can keep up. Stephanie Goutos occupies a unique position at the intersection of legal innovation and employment law, helping translate rapid technology changes into practical frameworks companies can actually use. As Head of Employment Law Practice Innovation at Gunderson
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Some entrepreneurs are driven by market opportunity. Others are called by purpose. For Cheris Monique, the founder of multiple empowerment-focused businesses spanning early childhood education to adult transformation, her entrepreneurial journey has always been guided by something deeper than profit: a natural inclination to help others rebuild, rise, and realize
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When Areva Martin walked across the stage at Harvard Law School, she carried with her the dreams of a community that had invested in her success and the determination to use her legal expertise as a force for systemic change. Today, as the founding principal of Martin & Martin LLP—
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Hi, I’m Emily Logan Stedman—a commercial litigator, AmLaw100 partner at Husch Blackwell LLP, and advocate for practical, people-first lawyering. I spend my days helping business leaders prevent and resolve contract disputes, and I’m passionate about empowering founders with the knowledge to protect what they’re building from
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When Sarah Farmer's headmaster told her at sixteen that she'd "go nowhere and become nothing," he probably didn't imagine she'd one day be helping C-suite executives and corporate CEOs overcome the very self-doubt his words helped instill. But that devastating
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Most 15-year-olds are worried about passing algebra, but Ellen Yang was launching her first digital marketing agency. By 17, she was named one of Boston's Top 25 Under 25. After studying English and Linguistics at Stanford and cutting her teeth in Silicon Valley's creator economy, she
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Every woman with textured hair knows the anxiety of a new salon appointment. The uncertainty of whether your stylist will understand your hair, the disappointment when they don't, and the exhausting cycle of searching for someone who truly gets it. For sisters Lina and Manar, this frustration became
LOCnificent Fest is produced by Culture Unloc’d, a Brooklyn-based cultural events organization centered on black joy, diaspora identity, and community. Founded by Lovaeta K. Amoako, whose personal journey with locs began in 2010, the festival expresses her vision to create space where natural hair is not merely accepted—but
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Araceli Esparza's journey from a high school poetry circle to becoming one of Wisconsin's Most Influential Latinas wasn't linear, but it was inevitable. Growing up with migrant farmer roots, she learned early that storytelling isn't just art—it's survival, connection,
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When Talia Wolf quit her job at six months pregnant to launch her first online course, she had what she calls a "jaw-dropping moment" of realization: she would never work for anyone else again. That leap of faith during one of life's most vulnerable times wasn&
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When Adrienne Burgos was working as a brand ambassador in college to make ends meet, she loved the energy and excitement of bringing brands to life at events. But she also saw something troubling: a disconnect between what brands expected and what they were actually getting from staffing agencies. Communication
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When Katie Test Davis moved from Washington, D.C. to Raleigh in 2019, she thought she might take another traditional in-house communications role. Instead, her phone started ringing a lot. Former colleagues and new contacts across North Carolina were calling with projects, seeking the expertise of someone who had spent