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Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount todays industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.
2023 Earthshot Prize Finalist on a mission to protect the planet from the cost of clothing. At Circ, weve created a technology system that returns clothes to the raw materials from which they were made. Again and again. Brand partners like Patagonia, Marubeni, and Fashion For Good are joining us in our goal of turning wasteful fashion lines into renewable fashion circles. By 2030, we expect to have recycled 10 billion garments, represent 10% of the global apparel market, and to have saved more than 100 million trees. As our ecology and economy grow evermore entwined, it is clear to us that the world already has all the clothing it needs to create all the clothing it will ever need. Join us in threading together the future of circular fashion and eliminating our collective fashion footprint.
Bank of George emerged with a new brand celebrating our technological advancements in the digital space – GBank! We are proud of our improved digital banking and mobile apps for both your personal and business accounts. With increased functionality and efficiency, we know you will love the new GBank. And as tech advances, so will we. We will never lose sight of the core values that have made us your chosen community bank as we grow. Our goal is to give our clients the highest level of service and care at all times. When they look back and assess their relationship with our institution, the total of all the interactions along their banking journey with GBank equals Your Best Banking Experience Ever!® But it doesnt stop there. Our goal is always to give our colleagues that same level of service and care.
Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a renowned private music conservatory located in New York City, founded in 1917-1918 by pianist and philanthropist Janet D. Schenck. Originally established as the Neighborhood Music School in East Harlem, MSM has built a strong reputation for excellence in music education, influenced by notable artists like Pablo Casals and Harold Bauer. The school offers a range of academic programs, including Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. MSM specializes in classical and jazz performance, composition, conducting, and music education, and features a prominent opera program. Its campus in Morningside Heights includes instructional spaces, performance venues, and a residence hall, with facilities like the Hubbard Recital Hall, which houses a distinguished Aeolian-Skinner organ. MSM attracts a diverse student body of aspiring professional musicians from around the world, providing rigorous training and numerous performance opportunities. The institution is dedicated to fostering professional musicianship in both classical and jazz traditions.