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What Do 90-Somethings Regret Most in life
My preconceptions about older people first began to crumble when one of my congregants, a woman in her 80s, came into my office seeking pastoral care. She had been widowed for several years but the reason for her distress was not the loss of her husband. It was her falling in love with a married…
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Nepal Government helping Women Entrepreneurs with Loans
Women entrepreneurship, a relatively new but evolving concept, is seen in both urban and rural parts of Nepal. Women entrepreneurs are taking risk and starting their own enterprise. The Government of Nepal at the meantime has its focus on initiating program like Women Entrepreneurship Development Fund (WEDF) to help women entrepreneurs meet their financial need…
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Why the best success stories often begin with failure
One writer’s unexpected bout of unemployment inspired him to catalogue the misadventures of those who came before him Long before the iPhone made him the god of gadgets, Steve Jobs launched his tech career by hacking land lines to make free long-distance calls. Long before the iPhone made him the god of gadgets, Steve Jobs…
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Walk of thorn for women entrepreneurs in Asian countries
Women entrepreneurship has been underlined as a key strategy for economic growth. Developing the capacity of women can bring positive changes in the society. Women are inspired by women which means they are the force to increase women entrepreneurs. However, women entrepreneurs in Asian countries are promoting their ventures through their individual efforts because usually…
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Hosting Teen Parties: What’s Your Liability, Good Parenting lesson
I have nieces and nephews who range in age from eighteen to late twenties. I am sure it was a real drag for them when their fun-loving, risk-taking aunt turned into an overly cautious, suspicious lawyer. Sure, they’ll be happy to have me if they ever get divorced or sued, but until then, I suspect…
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Family businesses benefit by leveraging knowledgeable senior family leaders with innovative members of the next generation
Research shows that family business protégés — the incoming younger generation — report being most satisfied with mentors who were “still directly involved and active in their family companies rather than retired.” Those same protégés wanted a mentor who seemed invested and interested in their personal development. Mentoring is a critical issue for sustaining a…
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Priyanka Singh’s transformation journey to make her family owned company into a leading Generics Medicine Export house
An young enthusiastic and dynamic woman Ms. Priyanka Singh, is an idealistic woman with her core values intact in place. Taj Pharmaceuticals has a very humble beginning almost more than a decade ago; where we all wanted to do is to “provide quality and an affordable price tag medicines to poor and needy patients”. …