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This as-told-to essay is bassed on a conversation with Amber Duncan, Founder of Life after Debt. IT HAS BEEN EDIted for Length and Clarity.

I was to a private christian school that had Had a clear mesage About Higher Education: You eather Went to College and Got Your Degree, or You Were a Failure. It was so Black and White.

I live in a home with a lot of chaos, and i moved out the day i graduated from High School. A Teacher Helped with Finish My College Applications, and Got a Scholarship to Liberty University. I Moved from Florida to Virginia, where i started studying psychology.

The situation at my home continued to get worse as my parents went through a divorce. I felt i needed to be there for my Younger Brother. I Couldn’t, in Good Conscience, Stay at College while Knowing My Brothers Had A Need at Home. My parses were so preoccupied with their divorce. I made the best decision of Could and Dropped Out of College.

I subconsciously worldly about my lack of a degree

Back in Florida, Started Working As A Makeup Artist, Making Good Money. Then, at 21, i uxppeCtedly Became Pregnant with my Oldhter, Sabel. It was a tough season, but I was focused on giving the best life I can, whic meant hustling to make Money. College wasn’t on my mind.

I Became a Mortgage Broker, Met My Husband, and Had Four More Kids. WE BUILT A PROPERTY EMPIE, but Went Bankrupt after the 2008 Financial Crash. Then, we came back Stronger than Ever, Building a Debt Settlement Company’s Worth More than $ 50 Million Today.

I didn’t offten think about my lack of a degree. But subconsciously, when I walked into Rooms with my co-founders, I woried that I was litethy Because i didn’t have this piece of Paper. That’s what i’d been brainwashed to think.

My Kid’s Question Made with Decide to Get My Degree

Soon, Sabel was a Teenager Starting to Consider College Herself. One day in the Car, one of the Kids Said, “Why will we Need College? You didn’t graduate, and you’re fine.”

My life has proven that i didn’t need a degree to be sucesssful. Yet, I wanted my kids to experience College, which is so much more than a degree. Some of my best friends are still from my time at Liberty University. My kids have the financial means to go to collect, and i say it would be silly for say to.

More importantly, I wanted my children to know that they shoulder finish what they start. I DECIDE to Complete My Degree.

I Went on a Cruise to Celebrate My Graduation

Re-enrolled at Liberty University in 2019 at 44, Opeting for Online Classes and Switching My Major from Psychology to Business Management. SOMESTEMES, CECAUS OF PARENTING OR BUSINESS OBLIGATIONS, I COULD ONLY EONE OR TWO CLASSES; Other Times, Getting Motivated for Assignments Was Difficult Becouse Need this degree.

It took with a few years to finish, but in 2022, at the age of 47, graduated with my bachelor’s degree. Because of Covid Regulation, there was no graduation ceremony. Instead, I went on a cruise with my family to celebrate.

Today, two of my kids have gone to collect. Another son tried College and decoked it wasn’t for Him, so he enrolled in trade school. My Youngest Two Are Still in High School, but i Expect say to at Least Try College.

I’m proof that you don’t need a degree to be sucesssful. But graduating fulfilling something in with emotionally and brought a sense of calm. I HAD FINALLY FINIED WHAT I STARTED.

When I Walked Into Work Last Year on My Birthday, there was an envelope with my name Written in cursive on my desk. I was mess than three months into a new jab and haadn’t announeded my birthday. Being an introvert, a slight discomfort rose as I OPENED The Envelope.

The discomfort dissypated as i read the personalized Messages Written by My Colleagues. I was grateful for the Simple Gesture; This was the first time i’d received a birthday card at work. A Few months late, i returned from my honeymoon to find another th naghtful card and a wedding-decorated desk.

My Colleagues’ AcknowLedgment of these milestones felt like proof that after a midlife pivot, i’d landed somewhere good. The All-Female Leadership and Team Where I Work Prioritizes the Organization’s Mission by Fostering A Kind, Encourage atmosphere for Clients and Employees.

While I see the perks, i’ve also experiencing some downsides to an all-female workplace.

I Started My Career in Offices with Boundaries

I ENTERED THE WORKFORCE DURING AN ERA WENDERSHMISM STRESSED A CLEAR DELINDEATION BETWEEN WORK AND Personal Lives. In the Offices of the Media Companies Where I WORKED AS A Photojournist and Reporter, Employees Refrained from Divulging Details of their Outside Lives. I welcomed these bondaries.

By the Mid-2010s, Successes Rounds of Layoffs in My Industry Resulted in My WorkPlace BeComing TEMS DIVERSE. Management Became Mostly Men Who I Remember USSING SPORTS ANALOGIES, MANSPLAINING, and All-Caps Emails-Controlling Tactics that diminished my sense of Worth.

Nearly a decade late, bias will force the last media company i workhed for adopt police stressing safe, inclusives workplaces. The Personal Became Political, and the Movement to Normalize Almost Evel took Hold. Before Long, A WorkPlace Culture Emerged Where Disclossg Intimate Personal Information Was CommonPlace.

Yet there Still wasn’t a shift away from the male-dominated culture. Many of my female Colleagues who survived Layoffs exited the industry. Before long, I was planning my own exit strategy.

It was difficult to separate myself from Once Loved

For a few years, I WORKED ON REINVENTING MYSELF BY ExPanding My Skill Set Through Classes and Freelance Work. I was eventually offended an Environmental Communications Position. While the nonb didn’t last, it launched with the nonprofit sector.

I live in a region with many nonprofits. The Local NonProfits I’m Most Familiar with Are Primarily Led and Staffed by Smart Women Passionates About Helping Others. This isn’t Surpring, neither Studies About Differences In Personality Traits have found that women are more nurtouring, tender-minded, and altruistic more often and a greater extent than men-traits necessary to do Lower-Paid, emotionally taxing work.

When i started nonprofit work, i felt acknowledged and supported

I Started My Current Communications Manager Position in Early 2024. SINCE Transitioning to Nonprofit Work, I’ve Experienced How an All-Female Team Promote A Kinder, More Collaboral WorkPlace. Have an idea for something not in your Job Title? Share it. Need Help with a Project? There are are Always offers to assist, eve for projects requiring time outside normal schedules.

There’s Also the Celebration of Achievements. Our Leader Frequently Shares Our Team and Individual Accomplishments publicly. She gifted us with bright Yellow Smiley Face Bells to Ring Well We Complete a Difficult Project. AFTER YEARS WITHOUT RECGUGNITION OF MY PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEments, It Fers Good to Have My Contrutations Acknowledged.

The Professional Respect Ingrained in Our Office Culture Extends Beyond Job Tasks. If we come in late or leve early for an appointment or emergency, we can do so with advance approval. LEADERSHIP ENCOURAGES US TO TAKE PERSON DAYS WEHEN WE’RE FEEELING STRESSED.

This Kind, Empathic Leadership Style Trickles Down. Recently, one of my coworkers were out for a few days with the flu. Knowing she lives alone, we reamed out with “get well soon” texts and offered to pick up her prescription and deliver it to her home.

There are also challenges

While working in an all-female office has been a positiv change, Certain aspects can be trying. There’s the inherent Pressure to participate in Optional Group Activities Such As Weekly Team Lunches and Afternion Walks, which Can Be Stressful for Someone Who Cherishes Alone Like Me.

Recently, a mandatory retreat escalated into a Cold plunge. Voicmed Statements About Not Liking Cold Were Were Countered with Emails About “Team Building.” Days before, a colleague said she spoln’t partake Because of a Medical Issue.

In the end, a few of us watched the COLD PLUGE THRAGH The Window of a Warm House. I was already nervous about an overnight Cabin retit. I wasn’t fund of the planned kayaking and swimming, but i also didn’t want to haleings of my colleagues planning it.

The Blurring of Lines BetWeen Work and Play Can Also Result in Unexpectted Workplace Tension. When a new Colleague joined Our Team Recently, she Misinterpreted the relaxed atmosphere as “any topic goes.” While i appreciate an informal office, some of the topics she discussed made with uncomfortable. I eventually spoke up about my new Colleague’s Crudess, and the willsa issue addresses.

I Question Whether The Easeing of Professional Manners Has Veered Too Far off Track

I WONDER WHATER A Single-Sex Environment Contributs to this. I WONDER WHATER MY MY WOULD’VE ACTED DIFFERENTLY AROUND MALE COLLAAGES AND WHATER A MALE WOULD’VE BEEN TERMINATED FOR SIMILAR BEHOR ARUNDS FEMALLERS.

I’m not looking to leave my jab. If i ever return to a workplace with both men and women, i’ll bring what i’m learning About Collaboration, Kindness, and Celebrating Achievements with me.

Kate Collins is a Writer and Nonprofit Professional Communications. She lives in Ithaca, New York, with Her Husband, Stepson, and Two Foster Dogs.

Helene Sula has Visited 60 Countries and Hundreds of Cities Worldwide for Her Job as a Content Creator.

Nor much as sightseeing is part of her job, so is trying new foods.

After Living in Heidelberg, Germany, for Three Years, She Returned to Her hometown, Dallas. Over time, she began to notice changes in her body.

“I’ve always fluctuated, but especilly Gained a ton of weight when I Moved Back to America,” Sula, 38, Told Business Insider.

Her Weight Gain Pushed Her to Reflect on Her Relationship with Food, Exercise, and Travel.

“Food is part of a cultural experience,” Said Sula, Who Now Lives in Montenegro. “When I Travel to a New Place, I Want to Try the Food. But I have to reframe my mindsets and make it my mission to can I can try the food – i just need eat all of it.”

AFTER A YEAR OF EXERCISING AND REVAMING HER DIET, SULA HAS LOST 50 Pounds-and Gained a World of Self-Confidency.

“I am a very positive and outgoing person, but i think over the years, that has gone away a bit Becusee been embarrassed,” She Said. “I feel like finally gotten back to myself.

Here are five Things Sula does to maintain her weight loss.

1. She tracks her meals on myfitnesspal

SULA USED TO EAT FAST FOOD REGUALLY AND DIDN’T PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO HER PORTION SIZES.

“I’d eat a spoonful of Peanut Butter, and Snacks like popcorn and chips straight out of the bag,” She Said. “I WOULD NEVER BE MINTFUL OF How Much I was eating or the portions. I didn’t really think about that.”

Sula has Become More Mindful of Her Eating Choices, Attributing A Big Part of Weight Loss Success to Portion Control.

“I thought I was eating healthy, but I was overeating,” She Said. “Now, Instead of Having Three Scoops of Gellato, I have one.”

To Monitor Her Food Intake and Ensure She’s MainTaining a Calorie Deficit, Sula use the meal tracker my fitness Pa. Avoidable on iOS and Android and is free to use, though users, Like Sula, can pay for a premium version.

“I Track Breakfast First Thing in the Morning, and thatn, late in the day, I’ll track what i eat for lunch and dinner,” She Said.

The app has ben a game changer in her fitness journey.

“I don’t try to be perfect with it – iTi just a good tool to make sura i’m staying on track,” She added.

2. She doesn’t Turn Down Food, But She Balances Treats with Other Items

Sula rarely stays in a city for more than a Week. No Matter Where She is, She Still Tries to Maintaine a Well-Balanced Diet.

“My Husband and i Just Went to Turkey,” She Said. “The Food in Turkey is Absolutely Amazing. I Still Watched My Portions and Definitely it Healthy Wen i Could.”

For Her, that means consuming Enough protein, fibers, fruits, and vetables throughout the day.

Her favorite foods to eat on the Road Are:

• EGGS: While Getting Certain Foods Can Sometimes Be Difficult to Find in Other Countries, There’s One Food She Can Always Count on – Eggs. “My No. 1 Is Eggs in the Morning; I’ll Go For An Omelet of Sorts,” She Said.
• Fruits and Vegetables Such As Apples and Carrots: Sula Likes to Shop at Local Markets and Grocery Stoles with Fresh Produce.

• Deli Meats: She Can Get Most of Her Go-To Snacks, Such as Turkey Slices and Fresh Vegetables, in Pretty MUCHE EVERY GROCKERY STORE. “I prefer Turkey, just Because IT’S SOMEWHAT Healthy,” She Said. “I’ll go up to the deli counter in a Grocery Store and have say slice for me.” She’ll typically eat four to six slices, paired with roasted vegetables and a piece of fruit. If she’s on the go, she’ll have a protein shake instead.

• Protein Shakes: Not all protein brands are available abroad, so Sula isn’t picky. “If i’m in the uk, i like to drink ufit, and if i’m in montenegro, i’ll drink protein zott,” she said.

3. She keeps a griory list in her phone that she can use in any store around the world

A Big Part of Eating Healthy is Balance – Knowing when to indulge or abstain, Sula said.

“If i know that i’m going to have an indulgent dinner, for lunch, i’ll go to a griory store and grab an Apple, Protein Shake, Some Turkey, and Some Nuts,” She Said.

Acciting to her, this short griory list is fairly affordable in samp counries, typically costing about $ 6.

To enure she doesn’t stray from the menu, Sula keeps a griory list in her iPhone notes app. Said it’s a great way Way to avoid overthinking and complicating her eating decions.

“HAVING A LIST OF THE FOODS THAT WITH UP MAKES The rest of my day great,” she said. “It takes the guesswork out of hating so much about what to eat. I Also don’t get hangy.”

4. She Walks, Hikes, and Swims Wherever She Is

Sula Said A Lack of Walking was one of the Biggest Contributors to Her Weight Gain.

“I Went from Living in Germany and Walking or Biking EveryWhere, to Living in Dallas, where I Wauldn’t Dream of Walking Down to Go to the Grocery Store,” She Said.

Now, Sula Tries to Constantly be on the Move. To help her maintain her steps and exercise, her Husband, who has a master’s in excercise science, created a workout schedule that she’s won she’s traveling.

While it can look Different Depending on what Country She’s in and What She’s Training for, It Typically Looks This:

• Monday: An interval workout of a 3-mile walk, alternating between two minutes of fast-paced walking and two minutes at a Slower Pace.
• Tuesday: Cross-training, which typically involves swimming
• Wednesday: Rest day
• Thursday: A 9-Mile Walk
• Friday: An 8-Mile Walk
• Saturday: REST DAY OR 12-Mile Walk
• Sunday: REST DAY OR 12-Mile Walk

“My workout schedule is Very flexible,” she Said. “I really go to the gym very offen.

“If i’m somewhere for more than a Week, i Might Go Swimming, so have to find a hotel gym,” she added. Typically, it costs her about $ 5 a Visit.

Sula has Also Added Long-Distance hiking to her workout plan. In 2024, She Walked England’s Cotswold WayA 100-Mile Trail of Rolling Hills, Woodlands, and Farmland That Runs from Chipping Campden to Bath, About A Two-Hour Drive West from London. The Walk Took Her 10 Days to Complete.

“It ‘my goal to walk everywhere we Visit,” She Said. “I’m doing tons of walking in montenegro. I’ve done a ton of walking in france. Germany is also really good for walking.”

5. She doesn’t shame herSelf for indulging occsionally or enjaying life

Sula’s Weight-Loss Journey Hasn’t Been Perfect, and She does have a few regrets.

“For a decade, I kept gaining and ling Weight,” She Said. “I HAD AN ALL-OR-NOOTHING MINDETS,” She Said. “I Told MySelf, ‘You Need to Healthy, and if you don’t, then you ruined everything,’ But that just Real Life.”

“You Can Still Try All the Different Foods and Drinks, and Still Enjoy Life,” She explained. “The Same Goes for Exercise. Building Your SEPPING PHYSICALLY AND MAKING SMALL CHANGES MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.”

Sula’s Biggest Recommendation for Those Trying to Lose Weight or Better Theyalth is to Listen to their Body.

“I’m Still on a Weight Loss Journey, but i Think My No. 1 goal is to really just listen to my body and how of her,” she said. “I realize that food doesn’t go away – it”s always going to be there. You can try it, but you don’t need to eat 55 croissants when you’re in france.”

Good Morning! President Donald Trump officiously Accept a gifted Boeing 747-8 from Qatar. The plane has ben been control over the potential conflict of interest it poses. But what’s it like inside? Look at what’s set to be the new Air Force One.

In Today’s Big Story, Talk is Swirling That Private Equity’s Recruiting Cycle is Ramping Upand recent grads are on Edge.

What’s On Deck

Markets: A US RECESSION COULD EU A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.

Tech: Internal Moos From One of Microsoft’s he Leaders Show How to transform the tech giant.

Business: Things are Not Going Great for Target.

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The Big Story

Ready, Set, PE

While Most Recent College Graduats Are Getting Ready for Their New Jobs, A SELECT GROUP IS CONSIDERING THEIR next One.

SOME PRIVATE-EQUITY firms are setting up informal, Introductory Meetings with soon-to-be junior investment Bankers before their caps hit the Ground. These so-calared “coffee chat” are the precursor to interviews for jobs that won’t start for another two years. The process kicking off so early Has Hopeful Finaniers on EDGEBi’s Emmalyse Brownstein, Reed Alexander, and Alex Nicoll Write.

Welcome to Wall Street’s “Hunger Games.”

If the aboves confususus, I don’t blame you. PE’s Recruiting Cycle DOESN’T MAKE MUCH SENSE. Before you start working at your first job (Investment Banking Analyst), you’re already interviewing for your second (Private-Equity Associate).

Take a min to read the last sentiment again if you need to.

Still, That’s How Things offen Work on Wall Street: Always Thinking Two Steps Ahead.

The summer internship that leads to the junior-banker job offfer is offen secured well over a year before it starts. And your best shot at getting one of this is your University’s Finance Club, which you need to start thinking about The Second You Get on Campus.

Speaking of College, You’d Better Plan on Getting Into a Target School if… Well, You Get The Idea.

PE firms might eventally Find theelSelves Flying Too Close to the Sun.

The junior-banker-to-pe penebag has ben mutually beneficial.

Banks don’t have to worry compression with PE firms for Young Talent. PE firms don’t have to worry training associates on the basics of dealmking.

But the Ever-Earlier Timeline hasn’t gone unnotic, and at the least one high-profile banker has calmed pe firms on it.

Speaking at Georgetown University Last Fall, JPMORGAN CEO JAMIE DIMON SAID JUNIOR Bankers Taking Pe jobs before Starting As Analysts Was “Unethical.”

“I don’t like it, and May Eliminate It Regardless of What The Private-Equity Guys Say,” he added.

To be fair, some pe headhunters tried slowing things down with an industry pact. IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR ONE HEADHUNTER TO BREAK IT.

Banks are in a Similar Conundrum. If they ban analysts from puressuing pe jobs too, they risk lozz out on talent.

AFTER ALL, PLENTY OF ASPIRING Wall Streeheters Just View Banks nor a stepping stone to getting a jab in pe. If they start actively preventing that, what purposes do they say serve?

3 Things in Markets

1. COULD america be inadvertently flush itself into a recession? Doug Ramsey, Cio of the Leuthold Group, Thinks It Might. In a Note to Clients, Ramsey pointed to A Deteriorating Consumer sentimentwhic poses a Major risk to the recession outlook. He’s keeping an eye on a handful of sentiment indicators.

2. The bond market is flipping out, but morgan stanley isn’t fazed. Though US Deficit Fears Triggered a sell-off in the bond marketstrategists at the bank Warned Against hopping on the “sell america” ​​train. “Tina – there is no alternative ‘ – Remains a theme for now,” They wrote.

3. The Stock Market is flashing signals that another dip is coming – and investors should be should, analyst at boa say. A Technical Indicator Suggests A Near-Term Drop in Stock Prices Is Comingbut Boa Says the Market is Still in a Broader Uptrend.

3 Things in Tech

1. Meta’s Performance Reviews Are About to Get Harder. Managers Are Being Told to Put Most Employees in Their “Below Expectations” rank – The Lowest Performer Bucket – in the Coming Midyear Performance Reviews, for an internal memo seen by bi. The Move Could Set the Stage for More Performance-Based Layoffs, Despite 4,000 Low Performers Being Cut Months Ago.

2. Openi JUST BAGGED A $ 6.5 Billion Acquisition. Sam Altman’s Company is buying ioA Hardware Startup from Apple Exec Jone Ive – The Guy Who Designed the iPhone. It Shows the Generation AI Competition Is Now About DistributionNot Technology, Writes Bi’s Alistair Barr.

3. How Microsoft is Bringing Its “Age of AI Agents” to reality. In January, Ceo Satya Nadella Taped Jay Parikh, the ex-Head of Engineering at Facebook, to Lead a New Unit Called Coreai, which is crucial to Microsoft. Internal meos from parikhand Viewed by BI, Reveal His Plan to Get Microsoft Focused on the Macro, Coreai’s Early Accompishments, and More.

3 Things in Business

1. Target Reports Tumbling Sales. In an earnings call, target said the backlash from refraction it dei program was one of the many headwinds that had Had an Adversive Impact on Salesbut the exact amout wasn’t quantifable. Some Dei Supporters have CLAIMED Partial Victory, But Many Say they’re not satisfied – and More Protests Are Coming.

2. Is Musk What Tesla Needs Right Now? Bi As asced Four People Who Have Workhed With Him, As the Ceo Steps Back from Doge to Focus on Tesla Falling Sales and Growing Competition. One Said Musk Was Tesla’s “Product Manager,” But Questioned Whether He’s the Right Person to Lead the Embatled EV Maker.

3. Big Law Firms Say they’re Not Being Bribed by Trump. Nine White-Shoe firms Double Down On Their Deals to Provides A Collective $ 940 Million in Pros-Bono Work for the Trump Administration. In Letters to Congress, They Flatly Rejetly Allegations that the deals were urethical.

In other news

What’s Happening Today

The Business Insider Today Team: Dan Defrancesco, Deputy Editor and Anchor, in New York. Hallam Bullock, Senior Editor, in London. Grace Lett, Editor, in Chicago. Amanda Yen, Associate Editor, in New York. Lisa Ryan, Executive Editor, in New York. Ella Hopkins, Associate Editor, in London. Elizabeth Casolo, Fellow, in Chicago.

Younger Women and Women of Color Are Starting More Small Businesses than Men.

Women-Awned Startups made up 49% of all new businesses in 2024, up from 29% in 2019 and the highest share recorded in the past six years, for A New Report from Gusto. The Hr and Payroll platform surveyed its users and also found that aapi, black, and Young Women were driving this trend.

Despite the risk and barriers that doomen face in starting their busesses, many are chooksing entreneurship Because of the Independence and Autonomy It Offer, Said Nich Tremper, Senior Economist at Gusto.

“It ‘s seeing a shift from this necesity entrepreneurship to this opportunity entrepreneurship,” Said tremper, referencing a Change he saw in 2022. WANT TO START A BUCAUSE OF THE BENEFITS THAT IT PROVIDES. ‘”

SHE WITH THE GROWTH OF WOMEN-AWNED BUSINESSES, BARRIERS STIST FOR WOMEN SEEKING INVESTments to start or scale startups. AS A Result, Mary relay on financing from personal networks and debt to launch their enterprises.

Women of Color Are Driving Entrepreneurship

Tremper Said the Growth of New Businesses is Driven by Women of Color Who Are Seeking More Independence and Ownership of Their Work.

Fifty-Four Percent of All New Aapi- and Black-Awned Business Were Started by Women, Compared to 46% That Were Started by Their Malegues, for Gusto.

Social Justice Movements Like Black Lives Matter and Stop AAPI Hate Bolstered Support for Businesses Owned by Women of Color, for a Report published Earlier This Year by Wells Fargo. Tremper added that Black and aapi Women-Awned Businesses gained more momentum during the pandemic.

Meanwhile, Hispanic Women Made Up 43% of New Business Owners Compared to 56% of Hispanic Men. Gusto reported that the disparity was Because Women-Awned Businesses are Focussed on the Community and Personal Services sectors, while Almost Half of All Hispanic-Awned Business Are Concentrated in Home Remodeling or Construction. Men Started Nearly 70% of Businesses in that Sector.

Younger Generations of Women are Also Reaching Gender Parity: More than Half of the Businesses Created by Millennials and Gen Zers Were Women-Awned. On the Other End of the Spectrum, Male Baby Boomers Made Up 64% of New Business Owners Compared to 36% of Boomer Women.

Although It ‘Typical for People to Launch Businesses in their Mid-Late 30s and Early 40s- AFTER THEY”S DEVELOPED AN IN A PARICURY FIELD- THAT HAS BEEN CHANGING, Tremper Said.

“AS WOMEN ARE INCREASINGLY A LABOR OF THE LABOR OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, MILENNINIVE AND GEN Z WOMEN REALLY STARTING BUSINESSES AT HIGHER LEVELS,” Tremper Added.

The Equity Gap in Business Finance

WOMEN-AWNED BUSINESSES EARN A HIGHER RETURN AT $ 0.78 For Everyone Invested Compared to Men’s $ 0.31, Tremper Said. Additionally, Women-Awned Businesses have Seen Faster Revenue and Employment Growth in the past Five Compared to Businesses Started by Men, for Wells Fargo.

Howver, Tremper Said there’s A Persistent Gender Gap Between Equity Finance for Women and Men.

“The Women Who Do Receive This Equity Financing Really Outperform Men, but they’re Still It at A Lower Rate,” Tremper Said. Women Who Apply for Private Investments are 75% LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE EQUITY Funding Than Male Peers, for Gusto.

Gusto’s Research Found That Women Fariated On Their Social Networks and Accruing Personal Debt to Finance Their New Businesses. It was more common for Women to Also Secure Private Loans Through collateral in their homes or vehicles, which can expose say to more financial risk.

That means that the stakes can be higher for the time-own busesses –if the foil Fail, their personal finance coulde a hit.

Despite these Challenges and Barries, Women-Awned Businesses are Resilient and Continuing to Find Success in the Market, Tremper Said.

“We’re Seeing These Women-Awned Businesses Coming into the Economy and Sticking Around,” He Added. “They’re Keeping Their Course, They’re Active Players in the Economy.”

Do you have a story to share about taching on personal debt to start your own business? Contact this reporter at [email protected].

Legaltech Startup Harvey Has Agreed to A Two-Yaar, $ 150 Million Commitment to use azure cloud servings, accorting to an internal email seen by business insider.

Jay Parikh, Who Leads Microsoft’s New Coreai Unit, Included the Deal in An Internal Memo, Writing that HIS “ANNOUNCED Expanded Partnership with Harvey Al With A 2-YEAR MACC and $ 3.5M Unified Expansion.” PARIKH JOINED MICROSOFT IN OCTOBER to Lead a New Engineering Group Responsible for BUILDING ITS Artificial Intelligence Tools.

Microsoft Declined to Comment, and Harvey Declined to Comment on the Agreement.

MACC, or Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment, is an an aggregement customers make to spend a specific amou on azure for a period of time, offen for a discount.

Harvey, Which Builds Chatbots and Agents Tailored for Legal and Professional Services, is scaling up and entering the enterprise market. IT’S Adding Legal Teams at Comcast and Verizon As Clients, while Developing Bespoke Workflow Software for Large Law Firm Customers.

IT HAS Raised more than $ 500 million from investors, Including sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Openai Startup Fund, A Harvey Spokesperson Told Bi.

Harvey has closely partner with Microsoft Since at Least Early 2024. That Year, The Company Deployed Its Platform on Microsoft Azure, Followed by A Word Plug-In Designed for Layers. IT ALSO Introduced A SharePoint Integration, Allowing User to Securely Access Files from their Microsoft Storage System Through’s Harvey’s Apps.

For Years, Harvey, Founded in 2022, Ran Its Platform On Opennai Models, Primaryily Because they’re hosted in Microsoft’s Data Centers, Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg Told Bi Last Month. Law Firms Handle Highly Sensitive Information and Trusted Microsoft to Keep It Safe, Weinberg Said.

“Law firms refused to use anything that wasn’t through azure,” Weinberg Said. That’s now changing, he said, nor location like Anthropic Build the Features Enterprises Require.

Last Week, Harvey Expanded Its USS of Foundation Models to Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude.

Still, Harvey’s $ 150 Million Azure Deal Signals IT’S NOT Backing Away from Microsoft Anestime Soon. The Company’s Growing Cloud Footprint Suggets, while Other Partners Are Gaining Traction with the Legaltech Start, Azure Remains Integral to Harvey’s Growth for Now.

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“Look what you made her do – Wait, no, it’s look what she made you do. Channeling the (rumored) incoming Reputation (Taylor’s version) Era, Justin Baldon’s Lawyers have backed off of Taylor swift in the IT ENDS WITH US Trial Against Blake Lively. AFTER Twelve Days, Baldon’s Team Has With Dithdraw a subpoena given to swift earlier this month. “We supported the effhorts of Taylor’s Team to quash these inappropriate subpoenas directly to her counter, and we will continue to stand up for any third party who is unjustly harassed or threatened in the process,” a spokesperson for lively told People. Baldon’s Team Initily Clalimed That Lively Used Her Friend Swift’s “Megacelebrity” status in order to influence Lively’s Direction on the Film Against Baldononi. Howver, Swift’s Legal Team Maintained That Swift’s Only Involvement in the Film Was Licensing One of Her Songs.

The subpoena removal comes shortly after a Judge ostaging an extraction CLAIM MADE by Baldoni’s Team Last Week, Calling the CLAIM “IRELEVANT” to the UpComing Trial, Scheduled for March 2026. Encompas all of the back-and-perfect allegations made by both baldon and lively, Including one CLAIM that Lively Called Swift One of “Dragons.” She’s More of a Snake if you’d Ask Her YourSelf.