"It's no different than when you go hire someone to work for you, " says Ms. Mott, who hasn't invested through AngelList.

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With the advent of flu season, it can be tough to know what to do when you know you are too sick to go to work, but are worried about the repercussions of skipping a day.

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Poverty means that you go to work when you are sick.

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It's what happens when people go to Washington to work for themselves and not for you.

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When you go and work for a company at a work level, one of the things that is difficult is for men to see that the boss is going to be a woman.

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