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All of them are major business CEO's, yet none of them are females. A chairman of the powerful VC group Sequoia Capital, an investing company, recently said his firm is not prepared to "lower its standards to invest in women." Scrolling through the Sequoia website revealed that out of the 33 companies they are invested in only three have women CEOs and those three had male partners. Women are not given nearly as many opportunities…

Parade. Another thing that the Chamber of Commerce does is promote tourism. The city of Porterville benefits when people outside of town come here to spend their money, therefore, the Chamber of Commerce promotes places such as the Mighty190, the Sequoia National Forest, Lake Success, and Eagle Mountain Casino. They want to attract new visitor to have a better chance at having a strong…

Porterville, California is a town located in the Tulare County with over 55,000 people living here. Famous people have also lived here like the successful fashion designer, Rick Owens. We are located near Sequoia National Forest, the Giant Sequoia National Monument, and Kings Canyon National Parks. Yet, with all these alluring places, why does it feel like there is nothing to do in this town? Truth is, most people are not looking hard enough. Let us start off with a brief history lesson on…

one of its top sights “ Old faith”. Old faith is a geyser that erupts on a consistent schedule throughout the day. In the sierra nevada mountains there's another park called the Yosemite National Park. The Yosemite National park is filled with sequoia trees, amazing tunnel views and many more attractions. One of the top sights at Yosemite park is the half dome clift. A granite dome at the eastern of the yosemite valley. The Grand Canyon is another national park in the united states that…

Here are my goals for this semester. As you know I have goals for my Language Art class. My language arts teacher is Mr.Haas, and I want to turn all my assignments for this semester. I also want to behave in this class because I want to get out of Sequoia without a step. I also want to improve my writing skills which aren’t really that great. There are other goals in other classes I need to accomplish. In math I am a wolf, which is one of the best people in the class, and I want to remain…

Basic information Madera County is located on the eastern side of San Joaquin Valley and Fresno area in California.The population in 2016 was 64,444 people.The median income in Madera County is around $46,457 per household and home value is estimated around $153,800. Madera got its name from a Spanish word for “lumber”,which is the first industry in the county. Lumber was a big industry in Madera County in 1836 to bring lumber to the railroad. The county was active during the gold…

then 18-year-old Ritesh Agarwal. After graduating from the Peter Thiel Fellowhip program, Oravel pivoted to Oyo Rooms - a chain of branded budget hotels across several cities in India. Most recently, Oyo Rooms raised a massive $25 million round from Sequoia, Lightspeed and others. Oyo has been growing at a tremendous and unstoppable rate. However, OYO Rooms had to face a lot of challenges through their business venture making it such a desirable subject of interest. The unfathomable growth of…

Currently, this is my first semester here at Fresno State University and have just completed my first semester of the nursing program. I feel blessed to say that I know I have chosen an educational path that will empower me to fulfill my aspiration of helping others while getting the opportunity to enlarge my knowledge base while furthering my education. Throughout my high school career, I participated in the Business Academy for a total of three years. By my senior year, I had the opportunity…

range. For instance, the end of a lifespan at the farthest age is typically around 116 years, give or take a few years. This is why no matter how healthy we are, we will not live to say 3000 years, which is considered the maximum lifespan of the sequoia tree. There are great differences across species with respect to lifespan therefore this must be a strong biological aspect to a species maximum life span. One speculation is the telomere length in chromosomes plays a role in the life span of…

So I was sitting there and Chavez was doing his stretches. His Fresno State flag on the ground, and I was just waiting for the game to start. It was Tuesday afternoon and Chavez was scheduled to be one of our refs for soccer. Yes, it had to be Chavez. After his five minute stretching session, he stood up and started doing jumping jacks. All those stretches just to run around a field carrying a whistle and a flag. The good thing was that our main ref for the game was Mr. Navarro. After five…