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Sharmadean Reid MBE
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Feb 15, 2021

Introducing The Stack World — The post-pandemic evolution for our beauty community.

The year 2020 was a tumultuous year for most, and our beauty community (along with other hospitality and service industries) was hit especially hard. As I’m writing this from my flat in London, we have been closed for 9 Months, are presently in our third national lockdown, and (like our…

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Introducing The Stack World — The post-pandemic evolution for our beauty community.
Introducing The Stack World — The post-pandemic evolution for our beauty community.

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Aug 20, 2020

The Future of Work for Women

It’s no secret that women’s economic empowerment will be a massive driving force behind global development and sustainability and with the drive to close the Gender Pay gap over the last few years, we can already feel the beginnings of that change. But despite some progress, globally, 2.7 billion women are legally restricted from having the same job choices as men. Whereas men’s unemployment stands at 5.5%, women’s is at 6.2%.

Beauty

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The Future of Work for Women
The Future of Work for Women
Beauty

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Jun 28, 2020

The Unpaid Labour of Female Founders

Women and Unpaid Labour The unpaid labour of women is not new news. UN Women states: “From cooking and cleaning… to taking care of children and the elderly, women carry out at least two and a half times more unpaid household and care work than men. As a result, they have less time to…

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The Unpaid Labour of Female Founders
The Unpaid Labour of Female Founders

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Published in Beautystack

·Mar 15, 2020

7 Days of Covid-19 as an Early Stage Founder

“Got the information on Mondaaaaaay” Purely through chance, I sent my monthly investor update on Monday 9th March, on the eve of the Week…

Coronavirus

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7 Days of Covid-19 as an Early Stage Founder
7 Days of Covid-19 as an Early Stage Founder
Coronavirus

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Feb 10, 2020

All the Stuff I Got Wrong in 2019

Whew chile! 2019 was an… interesting year. Was it the planets? End of the Decade? Who knows, but everyone I know seemed to find it challenging. At the January edition at our regular Women In Tech night, held at the Beautystack HQ, I shared my top 5 mistakes of 2019…

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All the Stuff I Got Wrong in 2019
All the Stuff I Got Wrong in 2019

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Published in Beautystack

·May 15, 2019

A Few Small Ways to be a Socially Responsible Founder

Last week I read this in Alan Murrays Fortune Newsletter; What is the social responsibility of business? The late Milton Friedman had a simple answer to that question: abide by the law and make a profit. But most big company CEOs have moved beyond that narrow framework. …

Sustainable Development

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A Few Small Ways to be a Socially Responsible Founder
A Few Small Ways to be a Socially Responsible Founder
Sustainable Development

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Feb 28, 2019

My Beautystack — Jan 19 — Braid Babe

So last year I decided to stop wearing weaves. No big deal, I just woke up one day and was like… I want to see my own hair again. I’d been bonding my hair (yes, BONDING!) every few weeks for 9 yrs straight and it just felt like self abuse…

Natural Hair

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My Beautystack — Jan 19 — Braid Babe
My Beautystack — Jan 19 — Braid Babe
Natural Hair

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Feb 28, 2019

How I made OKRs work for an early stage start up.

For the first time ever I found it incredibly hard to set my annual goals and in fact, this week marks the actual completion of them, weeks after 2019 came in. Why? Because instead of my goals being all about me, they’re now about the company and the team. This…

Okr

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How I made OKRs work for an early stage start up.
How I made OKRs work for an early stage start up.
Okr

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Published in Beautystack

·Jan 21, 2019

Making Systems Thinking an Operating Principle

I am writing our Operating Principles and I’ve been musing on having Systems Thinking as one of our principles. Dictionary definition: Systems thinking is a holistic approach to analysis that focuses on the way that a system’s constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context…

Learning

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Making Systems Thinking an Operating Principle
Making Systems Thinking an Operating Principle
Learning

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Dec 17, 2018

Creating an Instruction Manual For Yourself

On of my favourite bits in Elad Gil’s, High Growth Handbook is reading about Claire Hughes Johnson’s Guide to Working with Claire. It came at a time when we were hiring new personality types and although I felt that although each new hire had aligned goals, we may be communicating…

Startup

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Creating an Instruction Manual For Yourself
Creating an Instruction Manual For Yourself
Startup

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