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Does your classroom need new supplies? Have your youth football team pads worn out? Do you have a charity event coming up that is short on funding? Are you building a neighborhood library that needs books? If so, you’ve come to the right place.We are proud to launch our Call Sam Cares program to help provide resources for these types of projects that make a huge difference in our community.At The Sam Bernstein Law Firm, we see all the hard work that goes into making Michigan special. We want to help keep that passion and drive going! Call Sam Cares will recognize the wonderful groups, missions, and hardworking people making a difference in our community. We are proud to have helped Michigan families for over 50 years - this is our way to continuously give back and help the communities that we love so much.Our firm will donate $1,000 to organizations, projects and events nominated through the below form. There is no end date or cut off. All you need to do to be eligible is apply.We hope these donations will continue to inspire passion for good throughout our local communities. Don't wait! Submit your nomination today! Click the below tiles to learn more about the organizations that have been selected for theCall Sam Cares Program! All applications are evaluated to ensure compliance with state and federal laws and regulations, and to achieve the stated charitable purposes of both our firm and the recipient organization.Among the purposes we evaluate are those intended to advance our firm’s core values of serving our community and state, addressing a particular social issue, creating opportunities for diverse populations, and complimenting our firm’s professional objectives.Applicants should demonstrate that they have a workable strategy to accomplish their goal, sufficient cash reserves to sustain the strategy, and that our giving will not violate state and federal laws and regulations.We give priority to organizations based in, and serving the needs of the communities in the State of Michigan.We award our gifts and/or donations solely and exclusively based on our internal review and staff recommendations concerning its proposed use. A formal notification will be sent to the grantee and/or done once a decision is made regarding the funding.Our giving represents a one-time gift and/or donation.

Of a talent firm, managing its sale to a large, listed Swedish recruitment business was the catalyst for Mark to move beyond the confines of the finance office and to add operational and commercial depth to his financial experience. This breadth and depth of Mark's experience makes him the ideal trusted custodian of Excelerator Partners' financial foundations and infrastructure. Clair Bush Chief Marketing Officer With two decades of marketing and brand expertise, Clair has successfully led and shaped award-winning portfolios in the realms of global SaaS, commercial tech, employer branding, recruitment, job advertising, and media brands.As Fractional CMO, Clair currently works across a portfolio of clients including Excelerator Partners, Thrive Recruitment Marketing, Join Talent, and The Recruitment Network.Her work is high-impact, varied and fulfilling as she crafts bespoke marketing and brand strategies, delivers business-critical projects, provides mentorship to marketing professionals, and offers strategic guidance to fuel sustainable growth and deliver exceptional experiences. Sam Smith Strategic Advisor Entrepreneur Sam Smith is the founder, former CEO, and adviser to the Board of finnCap Group Plc. Sam was the first female chief executive of a City stockbroking firm and has worked on over 200 transactions, IPOs and secondary fund raisings.Sam actively champions investment for female-led business through the finnCap Ambition Nation: Female Leaders Series to help create better networks and demystify financial jargon. Sam is also passionate about empowering young people and helping them develop essential life skills, and works with organisations such as YourGamePlan, icanyoucantoo and Modern Muse to help create a fairer foundation for young people, irrespective of their background.Sam supports the scale-up eco-system with a range of diversity focussed businesses and taskforces including 55 Redefined, Everywoman, the Government Taskforce on Women-Led High Growth Enterprises, the ScaleUp Institute, EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, and The Entrepreneurs Network. Get startedwith us.Energy Passion Impact Expertise Diversity Trust Your Value Creation PartnerGet in Touch

Hold a variety of roles from CFO to Operations Director and Managing Director. Clair Bush Chief Marketing Officer With two decades of marketing and brand expertise, Clair has successfully led and shaped award-winning portfolios for UK and European start-up and scaling businesses in the realms of global SaaS, commercial tech, employer branding, talent, and media brands. Having built her own highly successful portfolio career, Clair is a passionate advocate of the UK Founders and Portfolio community. Sam Smith Strategic Advisor Entrepreneur Sam is the founder and former CEO of finnCap Group Plc, a leading business and financial advisory firm for high growth scaling businesses that she and her team grew to over £50m annual revenue. Sam sits on some of the UK’s most exciting scaling business Boards, is Patron to The Entrepreneurs Network, a leading advocate for the power of Board diversity, and part of EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year judging panel. Suzy Rowley Founder & CEO Suzy has over 25 years’ experience accelerating growth in entrepreneurial investor and PE backed businesses globally as both an Intrapreneur and Entrpreneur.She enjoyed a phenomenal 17-year journey as part of the foundational leadership team of AMS talent solutions that grew the business to a team of over 5000, servicing clients across 80 countries, and through 4 management PE buy-outs to a $1.1billion valuation in 2018. Her expertise incorporates strategy, sales, commercial, M&A, strategic program management, new product design and launch, investor relations, management buy-outs and innovation incubators.Since leaving AMS in 2021 she has supported a wide range of seed and scale-up businesses to successful outcomes, before establishing Excelerator Partners in 2023.Innovation has been the bedrock of Suzy’s career, creating new solutions and different ways forward to accelerate growth, impact and value creation. She passionately believes in supporting the scaleup ecosystem with Excelerator Partners new leadership value creation solution. Cate Poulson Advisory Partner Cate is an experienced business leader and business builder, with a background in executive talent and private equity in the scale-up ecosystem.Most recently she spent 12 years at BGF, the UK's most active growth capital investor. She joined BGF shortly post launch and created the BGF Talent Network, developing it into one of the largest and most active value creation capabilities of any investment firm. She and her team partnered with over 500 businesses to shape highly effective Boards, including placing more than 400 Non-Executive Chairs and Directors and hundreds of

By Dawn Chmielewski(Reuters) - Audio-streaming service Spotify Technology SA on Wednesday said it had acquired Kinzen, a firm that has helped it identify harmful content on the platform.The acquisition is part of Spotify’s efforts to deal with harmful content on its service after a backlash earlier this year over "The Joe Rogan Experience," in which the podcaster was accused of spreading misinformation about COVID-19.The Dublin-based firm has been working with Spotify since 2020, initially focusing on the integrity of election-related content around the world. Since then, Kinzen's remit has expanded to include targeting misinformation, disinformaton and hate speech."Kinzen offers a combination of tools and expertise to help us better understand the content on our platform and emerging abuse trends," said Sarah Hoyle, Spotify's head of trust and safety.Deal terms were not disclosed.Earlier this year, Spotify said it would be more transparent in how it determines what is acceptable and unacceptable content. It published its platform rules for the first time in January. In June, it formed a Safety Advisory Council to provide input on harmful content.Kinzen will provide early warnings about problems in different markets, helping Spotify more effectively moderate content in more languages.(Reporting by Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by Sam Holmes, Kirsten Donovan)

Sam Smith is known for his incredible singing talent. The singer rose to popularity with chartbuster albums like In the Lonely Hour and The Thrill of It All. As a result, fans are growing curious about the Grammy Award winner’s personal life especially who is he seeing at the moment. So, who is Sam Smith’s boyfriend and what does he do for a living?Here is everything you need to know about Smith’s partner, his job, and the couple’s relationship history.Who is Sam Smith dating?Sam Smith is dating Christian Cowan.The couple prefers to keep their romance out of the spotlight. However, they occasionally post on Instagram for their fans, such as their stunning red carpet debut or Cowan’s birthday wish for his boyfriend.What is Christian Cowan’s job? Christian Cowan is a fashion designer.Cowain hails from Cambridge, United Kingdom, and pursued his education at the London College of Fashion and Central Saint Martins. In 2016, he went on to launch his own eponymous label and has collaborated with numerous popular celebrities. This includes Cardi B, Naomi Campbell, Lady Gaga, and Beyoncé. (via Show Studio)He has organized numerous fashion shows from New York to Paris Fashion Week and was also the finalist at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. Additionally, Cowan’s boyfriend Smith is fond of his works and has worn his designs on numerous occasions.Sam Smith and Christian Cowan’s relationship historySam Smith and Christian Cowan sparked dating rumors in 2022. The couple were caught posing with former President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Kamala Harris, and Doug Emhoff during Smith’s performance at the white house. Further, Smith and Cowan were spotted at a tattoo studio in Syndey, Australia, and a romantic walk in New York City.In May 2024, the Lay Me Down singer confirmed their relationship with The New York Times and further made their red carpet debut at the Met Gala. Currently, Sam Smith and Christian Cowan appear to be going strong. (via People)Ritika Singh A writer who believes in writing simple yet creative stories which appeals every section of the audience. Ritika is a movie and series buff who enjoys watching content from mainstream to niche with a specific liking towards Hindi Cinema. There is a firm opinion that good movies can make lives better.