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They are extraordinary women--groundbreakers, self-starters and dynamic leaders who have influenced and harnessed the power of media, technology and entertainment to build brands and companies. Smart and strategic, they have employed incredible entrepreneurial acumen to succeed in the marketplace, building their own successful brands while directing multi-faceted lives. On this panel, these women will talk about the secrets to establishing a market niche, raising capital and staying competitive, as wel...
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The Talent Crisis: Strategies to Build a Skilled Technology Workforce and Assure Diversity
For fast-growing technology companies, access to talent is a bigger problem than access to capital. Finding employees with strong backgrounds in the STEM fields--science, technology, engineering and math--is a primary concern for CEOs and investors. Technology's talent crisis includes the need to increase the presence of women and under-represented minorities in the tech workforce. This panel will address the problems, the opportunities and the strategies that nonprofit and for-profit organizations are...
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Hillary Is In -- And Her Age Is No Disqualifier
Hillary is in, and questions are already surfacing about her age. While I'd rather talk policy than politics, let me take issue with that age question now. Americans deserve to know about a presidential prospect's health, and questions about experience, values, efficacy, and integrity are, of course, legitimate areas of inquiry. But to imply that Hillary -- or any candidate -- should be discounted based on advancing age goes too far. Age is an asset. It's no disqualif...
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This week, 3,500 of the world’s most creative and influential leaders from more than 60 nations will gather in Los Angeles for the 18th annual Milken Institute Global Conference. Over the years, the Global Conference has tackled the world’s most complex challenges in 11 broad areas, including public health, energy and the environment, access to capital in emerging markets, technological disruption, government, philanthropy, education reform, aging, job creation and me...
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