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Shea Serrano Sold His Latest Project Without Telling Anyone What It Was. But His 400K Twitter Followers Bought In, and He Thinks It's Hilarious.

In a bizarrely effective marketing campaign, the cult-favorite writer refused to disclose anything about the short story he was selling and gave away unrelated ’90s action figures with changeable arms. His more-than-400,000 Twitter followers ran with the joke, and somehow it all makes perfect sense.

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What Can We Learn About Leadership and Accountability From MLB's Mickey Callaway Debacle?

The Angels pitching coach has been suspended for alleged harassment of multiple women, and reports have emerged that upper management at other organizations knew about his transgressions. We talked with a professional leadership consultant to figure out how this could persist, and what it says about executive ranks in male-dominated fields.

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Recovery Loan Scheme up to £10m will replace CBILS and BBLs

Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Rishi Sunak has announced the Recovery Loan Scheme to take the place of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.
UK businesses of any size can apply for a loan between £25,000 and £10m until the end of 2021. Loans will have a Government guarantee of 80 per cent. Asset and invoice finance between £1,000 and £10m will also be available.
Once you receive it, the finance can be used for any legitimate business purpose, including growth and investment.
The Recovery Loan Scheme opens April 6 and will run until December 31, subject to review. Like CBILS and the Bounce Back Loans, these will be available through a network of accredited lenders, whose names will be made public in the near future.
Sunak said: “Even with the new Restart Grants, some businesses will also need loans to see them through. As the Bounce Back Loans and Business Interruption Loan schemes come to an end, we’re introducing a new Recovery Loans Scheme to take their place.”
The CBILS and bounce back loan schemes will end on March 31 2021 as previously planned. They were introduced last year to help struggling businesses through difficulties

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