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Fierce Women Feature - Chicago Innovation

"This Friday, on the (high) heels of last night's Chicago Innovation event Celebrating Women in Inno...

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Fierce Woman Feature - Mara Smith

Mara Smith, the founder of Inspiro Tequila, is a former attorney, corporate strategist, and stay-at-...

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Fierce Woman Feature - Christine Hutchinson

Christine Hutchinson is a Fierce Woman from head to heart.   Last week, I attended the 2nd Annual Ne...

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Practical Tips to Do an A+ Job on the "B" in DEIB

NextGroup is beyond excited to win the BMO Celebrating Women Grant . This recognition connects us wi...

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Fierce Woman Feature - Lisa Marsh

"Last week I attended the Women's Leadership Conference sponsored by BMO and the Illinois Diversity ...

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Fierce Woman Feature - Bich-Thuy Le

"We are all on a journey. Recently, I connected with a fellow Chicago Innovation mentor and Fierce W...

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NextGroup is Recipient of BMO's 2022 Celebrating Women Grant to Help U.S. Women-owned Businesses Make Progress

BMO Announces 2022 Celebrating Women Grant Program Recipients to Help U.S. Women-owned Businesses Ma...

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Fierce Woman Feature - Robin Arzon

Since June 2020 some of my greatest leadership and life inspiration has come from....Peloton! Yes, I...

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Fierce Woman Feature - Felicia Davis Blakely

"Last Friday I was able to have coffee and conversation with one of my modern day female heras, Feli...

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Fierce Woman Feature - Ari Krzyzek

Today we want to introduce you to a new NextGroup partner and Fierce Woman, Ari Krzyzek. Ari is a mo...

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Fierce Woman Feature - Esiloza Omoh

This week our cofounder Candace Chow’s personal work has been around looking at her own "limiting be...

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Fierce Women Feature - Jolie Fleming

Meet Jolie Fleming (@joliefleming), this week's #FierceWomanFriday. Jolie is the Senior Vice Preside...

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Hiring Trends for 2023, Its Time to Embrace the "Gap” - Evanston Living Magazine - January 2023

HIRING TRENDS FOR 2023 IT’S TIME TO EMBRACE THE “GAP” By Candance Chow and Melanie Wright of NextGro...

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Fierce Women Feature - Jill Salzman

Yesterday, co-founder Candance Chow had the pleasure of meeting Jill Salzman (@FoundingMom) over zoo...

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Fierce Women Feature - Barbara Walters

My Childhood Role Model and Fierce Woman - Barbara Walters It's time to close out my final #fiercewo...

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Fierce Women Feature - Nicole Cole

This week NextGroup cofounder Candance Chow want to lift up a woman who she has known for more than ...

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Fierce Women Feature - Deborah Agrafojo

From middle school teacher to bakery business owner to M&A Investment Banker, Deborah Agrafojo put...

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Fierce Women Feature - Corinne Rice

It's #FierceWomanFriday and we want to spotlight a true leader of people in our friend and keynote s...

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Fierce Women Feature - Christine Stone

This #fiercewomanfriday is dedicated to Christine Stone! Christine is many levels of #fierce. She ha...

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Fierce Women Feature - Tracy Quattrocki

It's #FierceWomanFriday and we're spotlighting one amazingly fierce woman, Dr. Tracy Quattrocki. Tra...

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