February 2015 - Mishty Deb Law Blog

Leonard Nimoy- He lived and prospered
posted by Mishty Deb on February 27,2015 in Events, Inspiration, News and Current Events

On a personal note Leonard Nimoy was someone I greatly admired and I feel the world has lost a great human being with his passing. Though he is most famous for being Mr. Spock from Star Trek. It is what he did when interacting his …
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Business not going well? What would a hot shot do?
posted by Mishty Deb on February 27,2015 in Entrepreneurs, Women in Business

Sometimes when our business isn’t doing well we need to take a fresh perspective. What would an objective outsider, a hot shot, want to change about my businesses? But more importantly we need to ask that question even if our business is doing well. Sometimes …
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$16 million dollar gender bias case against- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
posted by Mishty Deb on February 25,2015 in Entrepreneurs, News and Current Events, Women in Business

Have you been following the recent gender bias case in which Ellen Pao is suing Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for $16 million dollars? The case reflects growing tensions within the tech and venture capital industries where women are underrepresented at all levels. Is Ms. Pao, who …
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A forgotten history- Nangeli
posted by Mishty Deb on February 25,2015 in Women in law, Women's Rights

Laws in theory are put into place to protect people, but they can also be used to oppress. I think it is important to remember the truth of how brutally the law has been used in the past so that we don’t fall into the …
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Dressing like a lawyer
posted by Mishty Deb on February 25,2015 in Events, News and Current Events, Women in law

A recent article in Inside Higher Ed titled, Brains Not Clothes, brings up an important point that applies to pretty much all professional women or those that live under public scrutiny. We see a congressman jogging and the comments are about how he keeps his routine …
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Barbara Beskind- 90 years old, “Age is an advantage”
posted by Mishty Deb on February 24,2015 in Entrepreneurs, Inspiration

In our youth obsessed culture that tells women their value is in looking and being forever young Barbara Beskind is an inspiration. At the age of 90 she is living out her dream as a designer and inventor, a career that she started after she retired …
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Meet Rockstar Shoshana Stewart, CEO in Afghanistan
posted by Mishty Deb on February 24,2015 in Inspiration, Women in Business

Meet Shoshana Stewart, CEO of Turquoise Mountain, a company based in Kabul, Afghanistan. What makes her a rockstar? Not only is she a CEO in an Afghani company, but listen to the mission of her company: “TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2006 AT THE REQUEST OF …
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Ernestine Johnson- Race, Linguistics, and Gender
posted by Mishty Deb on February 24,2015 in Gender equality, Inspiration, News and Current Events

Ernestine Johnson’s poem/speech on the Aresenio Hall show was powerful and moving, demonstrating the power of words and what even an intended compliment might imply about our society and how we see race, gender, and class:
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Look for a distributor for your new product?
posted by Mishty Deb on February 23,2015 in Entrepreneurs, Women in Business

If you are starting a new business and have a new, interesting, and exciting product, but don’t have a distribution channel you may want to check out this new website called The Grommet. Or even if you are interesting in supporting small business it is …
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Kayla Montgomery- Determination in the Face of Adversity
posted by Mishty Deb on February 23,2015 in Inspiration

If you have been thinking lately you can’t or if you think no one is around to catch a hero when they need someone this video is for you. Kayla Montgomery may have multiple sclerosis, but it hasn’t stopped her from racing towards her goals and …
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