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Why building diverse teams is essential for your business

Vistage Staff — Fri, 10 May 2024 14:50:00 +0000

The business case for promoting diversity in the workplace keeps getting stronger. Diverse teams give companies a strategic advantage that can enhance decision-making, boost overall performance, increase employee satisfaction and meet community needs. A recent McKinsey Diversity Matters Even More...

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Building an inclusive economy, one founder at a time

Vistage Staff — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:00:00 +0000

Having experienced her own difficulties raising capital, Founders First Capital Partners Founder and CEO Kim Folsom launched her San Diego-based organization to provide growth opportunities for underrepresented small business founders. As a private provider of growth funding for service-based businesses...

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: How leaders can take action on DEI

Vistage Staff — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Many companies are implementing DEI — diversity, equity, inclusion — initiatives to live true to their core values. Fostering a culture of belonging from employees to customers, these good intentions also make good business sense. “Countless studies like the McKinsey...

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The Vistage Diversity and Inclusion Resource Center

Vistage Staff — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000

The Vistage Commitment As an organization committed to improving when it comes to inclusion, equality and respect for all individuals, we are passionate about the role that each of us as business leaders can play in the pursuit of equal...

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How 1863 Ventures turns entrepreneurs into CEOs

Vistage Staff — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:30:00 +0000

Washington, D.C.-based 1863 Ventures operates in a unique space. It’s a nonprofit accelerator, a venture capital fund and an education platform designed to teach newly minted entrepreneurs how to build a business from the ground up. But the organization goes...

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Growth Stage Entrepreneur Resource Center

Vistage Staff — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:45:00 +0000

Congratulations, you’ve made it past the first summit. You successfully launched your startup, creating a business that attracts customers, found market share, and continues to grow. So now you’re ready to scale that next peak as a growth stage entrepreneur....

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6 signs your corporate culture needs a reset

Vistage Staff — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:30:00 +0000

Modern employees want to work within a corporate culture they can trust. For example, a recent survey from EY finds that 63 percent of Generation Z employees find it important to work for a company that shares their values. When...

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Top growth stage resources every diverse entrepreneur should know

Vistage Staff — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 18:35:00 +0000

Now is an important time for your business to take the next step. You’ve successfully launched a product or service that’s generated between $500,000 to $ 1 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). First off, congratulations! You’re among the 10%...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Strategy

Anne Petrik — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:52:00 +0000

Regardless of whether your organization has a strategy for diversity, equity and inclusion in place or not, this session helps you create or elevate a plan that can aid in creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture. Understand key...

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07: JEM Group CEO Jessica Meyers on Building to Improve Lives

Sam Reese — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:45:00 +0000

JEM Group President & Owner Jessica Meyers shares how increasing diversity has helped her women-led company raise the bar in the construction industry. Plus, she talks about the work it takes to cultivate an authentic leadership style and why she...

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