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Summer Announces Appointment of Jed Kleckner to Board of Directors

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

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Summer , an innovative approach to short-term rentals and vacation home ownership founded by former Airbnb employees, today announced the appointment of Jed Kleckner to the Summer Board of Directors.

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Summer , an innovative approach to short-term rentals and vacation home ownership founded by former Airbnb employees, today announced the appointment of Jed Kleckner to the Summer Board of Directors.
"As Summer continuously expands and innovates, we are thrilled to welcome Jed Kleckner to our Board of Directors,” said Paul Kromidas, CEO, Founder, and Chairman of Summer.
"Summer is uniquely positioned to help families achieve their long term goals, and I look forward to taking part in the mission to democratize vacation homeownership,” said Jed Kleckner.
“I’m proud to officially join Summer’s Board of Directors, and help the company continue its expansion."

QS Global MBA & Business Master's 2024   

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

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LONDON, Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- QS Quacquarelli Symonds has unveiled its latest rankings, highlighting the premier MBA and Business Master's programs across 48 countries. The analysis covers 315 global MBAs and specialized master's in management, Finance, Marketing, Business Analytics, and Supply Chain Management. The US remains at the forefront, claiming the top three MBA spots. Stanford GSB retains its #1 position for the fourth year, followed by The Wharton School and Harvard Business School. Key to Stanford's success are its unparalleled Alumni Outcomes and excellent Employability performance. QS President Nunzio Quacquarelli said: "The QS Graduate Management Education rankings offers unique independent insights for business-minded career-driven students to comparatively assess the next step in their professional development." 

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LONDON, Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- QS Quacquarelli Symonds has unveiled its latest rankings, highlighting the premier MBA and Business Master's programs across 48 countries.
The analysis covers 315 global MBAs and specialized master's in management, Finance, Marketing, Business Analytics, and Supply Chain Management.
Stanford GSB retains its #1 position for the fourth year, followed by The Wharton School and Harvard Business School.
QS President Nunzio Quacquarelli said: "The QS Graduate Management Education rankings offers unique independent insights for business-minded career-driven students to comparatively assess the next step in their professional development."

QS Global MBA & Business Master's 2024   

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

LONDON, Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- QS Quacquarelli Symonds has unveiled its latest rankings, highlighting the premier MBA and Business Master's programs across 48 countries. The analysis covers 315 global MBAs and specialized master's in management, Finance, Marketing, Business Analytics, and Supply Chain Management. The US remains at the forefront, claiming the top three MBA spots. Stanford GSB retains its #1 position for the fourth year, followed by The Wharton School and Harvard Business School. Key to Stanford's success are its unparalleled Alumni Outcomes and excellent Employability performance. QS President Nunzio Quacquarelli said: "The QS Graduate Management Education rankings offers unique independent insights for business-minded career-driven students to comparatively assess the next step in their professional development." 

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LONDON, Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- QS Quacquarelli Symonds has unveiled its latest rankings, highlighting the premier MBA and Business Master's programs across 48 countries.
The analysis covers 315 global MBAs and specialized master's in management, Finance, Marketing, Business Analytics, and Supply Chain Management.
Stanford GSB retains its #1 position for the fourth year, followed by The Wharton School and Harvard Business School.
QS President Nunzio Quacquarelli said: "The QS Graduate Management Education rankings offers unique independent insights for business-minded career-driven students to comparatively assess the next step in their professional development."

Medeloop Secures $8M Seed Funding to Pioneer the Future of Health Research

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

To date, Medeloop has raised $10M in a year that will ensure continued expansion, key hires, and technological innovation.

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To date, Medeloop has raised $10M in a year that will ensure continued expansion, key hires, and technological innovation.
Medeloop’s AI-driven platform seamlessly integrates, harmonizes, and analyzes extensive health data using advanced AI tools that have the potential to significantly expedite the clinical research process.
"With an AI-driven approach, we believe Medeloop can accelerate breakthrough research to benefit patients," said Elena Viboch, Partner at General Catalyst, who will join the Medeloop board.
With innovative technology and a mission-focused approach, Medeloop holds the potential to transform healthcare research that can positively impact numerous patients.

Beehive AI Announces Seed Round and Public Launch of AI Platform Unlocking Global Enterprises' Unstructured Data

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

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SAN MATEO, Calif., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Beehive AI, the world's first specialized AI platform dedicated to analyzing unstructured customer data, emerged from stealth today and announced an oversubscribed $5.1M seed round. Since 2016, the AI platform has been in stealth development with models trained on proprietary unstructured data provided by many of the largest enterprise firms in the world. With this data, Beehive AI has developed a platform that allows enterprises to analyze, segment, and take action on insights unlocked by their unstructured data.

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SAN MATEO, Calif., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Beehive AI, the world's first specialized AI platform dedicated to analyzing unstructured customer data, emerged from stealth today and announced an oversubscribed $5.1M seed round.
With this data, Beehive AI has developed a platform that allows enterprises to analyze, segment, and take action on insights unlocked by their unstructured data.
Beehive AI has created a breakthrough technology that offers an end-to-end, customizable AI platform for consumer research that delivers unprecedented accuracy, relevance, and scale.
Beehive AI takes this progress to the next level by tuning generalized AI to specialized domain models trained for unique sets of data and outcomes," said Shai Deljo, CEO of Beehive AI.

New Research from Stanford Graduate School of Business Shows Latino-Owned Businesses Outpaced Revenue and Growth Rates of White-Owned Businesses and American Businesses in 2022

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

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According to the report, U.S. Latinos continue to strengthen the American economy by creating employer businesses at a faster rate than white-owned businesses and have outpaced the revenue and job creation rates of white-owned businesses and American businesses at large.

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According to the report, U.S. Latinos continue to strengthen the American economy by creating employer businesses at a faster rate than white-owned businesses and have outpaced the revenue and job creation rates of white-owned businesses and American businesses at large.
During the same period, Latino-owned businesses outpaced white-owned businesses in revenue growth rates and their annual payroll grew over twice as fast (92% vs 42%).
During the pandemic (2019-2022), the median growth rate in revenue for Latino-owned businesses was 25% vs. 9% for white-owned businesses.
The Great Resignation has hit Latino-owned businesses harder than white-owned businesses, with more Latino businesses reporting challenges in employee retention and recruitment.

Emeritus and Stanford Graduate School of Business Enter Multi-Year Collaboration to Expand Global Access to World-Class Business Education

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Emeritus, the global leader in world-class professional education, today announced a collaboration with Stanford Executive Education at Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB). Together they will launch a suite of small private online courses to equip professionals, executives, and organizations with skills for navigating the fast-changing global economy. The collaboration will allow Stanford Graduate School of Business to reach new global audiences and expand its mission to develop innovative and principled leaders, with Emeritus bringing global reach and depth of experience in online education.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Emeritus , the global leader in world-class professional education, today announced a collaboration with Stanford Executive Education at Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB).
The collaboration will allow Stanford Graduate School of Business to reach new global audiences and expand its mission to develop innovative and principled leaders, with Emeritus bringing global reach and depth of experience in online education.
This collaboration with Stanford GSB will further Emeritus' mission of making high-quality education accessible and affordable to learners around the world.
About Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Education:
Stanford Graduate School of Business offers more than 100 short courses and certificate programs annually through its Stanford Executive Education program.

ExecOnline Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer Appointed to Consumer Technology Association’s Board of Industry Leaders

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

NEW YORK, Nov. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Julia F. Alexander, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of ExecOnline, the pioneer of online leadership development, has been named to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Board of Industry Leaders .

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NEW YORK, Nov. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Julia F. Alexander, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of ExecOnline, the pioneer of online leadership development, has been named to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Board of Industry Leaders .
CTA is the trade association representing the $505 billion U.S. consumer technology industry, which supports more than 18 million U.S. jobs.
The CTA Board of Industry Leaders is a select group of experienced executives who advise on CTA policies and events, and support CTAs focus on the technology changing peoples lives for the better.
Joining the CTA Board of Industry Leaders will enable me to further connect with organizational leaders who have a shared commitment to advancing the technology industry, said Alexander.

ExecOnline and Thinkers50 Partner to Prepare Leaders to Meet New Business Challenges

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

The result will be new learning experiences to address emerging needs identified through ExecOnlines ongoing research conducted with thousands of leaders worldwide.

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The result will be new learning experiences to address emerging needs identified through ExecOnlines ongoing research conducted with thousands of leaders worldwide.
In this challenging business environment, strong, future-ready leaders will have an immediate impact on the teams they lead and will help bring us through these turbulent times.
This partnership between ExecOnline and Thinkers50 will bring the inspiration, tools, and strategies leaders need to navigate the twists and turns in their careers and lives.
Thinkers50 is the worlds most reliable resource for identifying, ranking, and sharing the leading management and business ideas of our age.

Flora Raises $9M to Build the First Technology-driven Sustainable E-commerce Platform

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Flora acquires, reinvents, and grows sustainable brands with a mission to provide greater access to sustainable products at affordable prices.

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Flora acquires, reinvents, and grows sustainable brands with a mission to provide greater access to sustainable products at affordable prices.
Flora uses its proprietary technology and algorithms to identify sustainable brands and evaluate their operational and financial performance, sustainability impact, and value creation opportunities.
Flora is addressing it by launching the first technology-driven sustainable e-commerce marketplace in Q4 2022, says Co-CEO Mithat Can Ulubay, who co-founded Flora out of Stanford GSB.
Flora, the first technology-driven sustainable e-commerce platform, provides greater access to sustainable products at affordable prices by acquiring, reinventing, and growing mission-driven brands across its marketplace and 3rd party platforms.