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Carahna Magwood never thought she would end up in politics. When she enrolled at Howard University in 2012, the graphic design major wanted to become a visual storyteller. Eight years later, she’s doing just that—as the deputy design director for the Biden-Harris 2020 campaign.

“Did I think that would put [me on] one of the most consequential elections and presidential campaigns of all time?” she reflects. Definitely not, but it’s found the historically Black university graduate merging storytelling with politics, creating social media campaigns for Joe Biden’s Instagram. Her latest: “Democrats United,” featuring headlines, tweets and images of leaders to highlight collective support behind the Biden-Harris ticket.

When Biden announced in August that he had chosen Harris as his running mate, she became the first woman of color, and the first HBCU alumna, to be nominated for national office by a major political party. Her nomination has galvanized many communities, including that of her “HBCU brothers and sisters,” as she referred to them in her acceptance speech. This week, Forbes reporter Brianne Garrett profiled some of those young, HBCU grads.

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Secretive billionaire Sheldon Lavin owns OSI Group, the behind-the-scenes food supplier that makes McDonald’s hamburgers, Chipotle’s carnitas, Oscar Meyer’s hot dogs and even Burger King’s Impossible Whoppers. Though few know it by name, OSI, one of the largest private companies in the U.S., is one of McDonald’s largest and oldest meat suppliers.

Low-brow jokesters (and college dropouts) Reid Hailey and Derek Lucas are thriving in an ad apocalypse by making some of the internet’s most widely shared memes for big brands like Bud Light, Netflix and Activision.

Finnish startup Iceye already has three satellites in orbit, which provide high-quality radar images of the Earth's surface. For its customers, these images are valuable because the radar images can “see” through clouds and are useful no matter what time of day they’re taken. Now the company aims to launch four more satellites this year and eight next year, fueled by an $87 million Series C venture round the company announced Tuesday morning. 

Jeff Bezos first announced his intention to build a network of preschools for low-income children in November 2018, when he launched the $2 billion Bezos Day One Fund. This October, the first of these schools, called Bezos Acadamy, will open south of Seattle in October.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg fearlessly dedicated her life to gender equality, propelling it to front and center in people’s minds. These 17 female leaders from across industries shared their personal and professional reflections on the singular spark of RBG.

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Remember when Square was just a mobile card reader? Yeah, those were simpler times. Square recently announced that they are looking to make payroll simpler for businesses and their employees through their launch of two features.

Startup failure is well documented. According to Matt Hirst, Partner at West, a venture studio that specializes in designing, building, and launching brands, a key reason startups fail is because they undervalue marketing.

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