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Find balance in the new year with help from Tula's personal assistants

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Ever feel like your to-do list just keeps growing, and there's never enough of you to go around? This feeling might seem extra strong at the start of a new year, when you're committing to better habits and a more organized lifestyle — or trying to, at least.

Tula can help. It's an on-demand personal and virtual assistant service created to give you more balance and time in your days. Founded in Denver but also now available in Austin, Tula leverages technology and a community of vetted, resourceful, and oh-so-savvy assistants to provide personalized help at the touch of an (app) button.

What all does Tula help with? Basically everything you need to keep your days functioning smoothly and allow more time for what matters.

Get organized, from that garage you've been meaning to clean to the closet full of clothes you no longer wear and the playroom that's bursting with outgrown toys. Tula assistants love a label-maker, and they can even take care of tasks like dropping off unwanted items for donation.

Never get caught shopping last-minute for a gift this year or frantically running out for forgotten supplies — Tula will happily drive all over town so you don't have to.

Imagine the relief of having your kids signed up for summer camp, your vacations planned and booked, your gutters cleaned, your landscaping project finally underway, and so much more, all without devoting hours of your own time to make it happen.

You can even have Tula whip your pantry and fridge into shape, and then let the Tula chefs take over grocery shopping, meal prep, and even school lunches and family dinners. No need to dread the question "what's for dinner?" ever again.

To date, Tula has completed over 1,000 requests and prepped over 500 meals.

"There are huge inadequacies in how our culture approaches caregiving and household management," says Tula CEO and co-founder Megan Trask. "We expect the individual to do it all with a sense of ease. In reality, it's nearly impossible for people to keep up with everything required to maintain productive households, achieve successful careers, and establish and nurture meaningful relationships that make our lives feel whole."

So Trask and Cody Galloway founded Tula to help people handle it all, without feeling overwhelmed.

"People need help, and there's a tremendous gap in the market for this type of service," Trask continues. "We want to make it easier for people to access the help they need, with customized support from personal assistants who can relieve some of these burdens, empower people to prioritize these competing demands, and actually experience more balance in their lives."

Whatever your goals for 2022 might be, let Tula be a resource to help meet them.

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Tula is available in Austin, Denver, and Boulder, or virtually nationwide.

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Google soars to No. 3 in prestigious list of Forbes' best employers in Texas

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It's a blast to work at Google, according to Forbes.

Austin continues to prove it hosts the best of the best employers in Texas, as mega tech giants Google and Apple move into highly-coveted spots on Forbes' 2023 list of "America’s Best Employers By State".

The highly anticipated list, published August 22, is a collaboration between Forbes and Statista to survey the satisfaction levels of tens of thousands of workers employed by national companies.

Though the company is based in Mountain View, California, Google's mammoth presence in Austin (coupled with a great work environment and advancement opportunities) is what propels it to the top in Texas year after year. It is the No. 2 best employer in its home state. The 2023 ranking in Texas is a major improvement from its No. 14 rank in Forbes' 2022 list.

Apple also made its way through the ranks in Forbes 2023 list, ranking No. 13. Since Apple's expansion into the city, with the construction of a massive $1 billion campus in Northwest Austin, the company now employs 164,000 people everywhere — 7,500 more than Google.

Forbes explains that the national list isn't the same as its best large employers list; It's meant to serve as an in-depth analysis of companies that are "closer-to-home options for every American worker."

Forbes and Statista determined their rankings by surveying 70,000 Americans working at employers in the U.S. with at least 500 employees each. The final list features 1,392 highly recommended employers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nearly 270 employers ranked highly in multiple states.

Here are the 30 best large employers in Texas, as determined by Forbes and Statista:

Austin:

No. 3 – Google (based in Mountain View, California; major corporate hub in Austin)
No. 13 – Apple (based in Cupertino, California; major corporate hub in Austin)

San Antonio:

No. 2 – H-E-B (based in San Antonio; more than 300 stores in Texas)
No. 26 – University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Houston area:

No. 1 – NASA (based in Washington, D.C.; Johnson Space Center in Clear Lake)
No. 4 – Houston Community College
No. 5 – Houston Methodist
No. 6 – Texas Children's Hospital
No. 18 – National Oilwell Varco
No. 19 – Bechtel (based in Reston, Virginia; major corporate hub in Houston)

Dallas-Fort Worth:

No. 6 – Texas Oncology, based in Dallas
No. 9 – Fidelity Investments (based in Boston; major corporate hub in Westlake)
No. 14 – Capital One (based in Richmond, Virginia; major corporate hub in Plano)
No. 17 – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas
No. 22 – Southwest Airlines, based in Dallas
No. 24 – Texas Health Resources, based in Arlington
No. 25 – General Motors (based in Detroit, Michigan; major assembly hub in Arlington)
No. 27 – City of Plano
No. 28 – Toyota North America, based in Plano

Throughout Texas:

No. 8 – Salesforce (based in San Francisco, California; offices in Austin and Dallas)
No. 10 – IKEA (based in Sweden; five stores in Texas)
No. 11 – Costco (based in Issaquah, Washington; 38 stores in Texas)
No. 15 – Cardinal Health (based in Dublin, Ohio; 23 locations in Texas)
No. 16 – Microsoft (based in Redmond, Washington; offices in Austin, Dallas, Friendswood, Frisco, Houston, San Antonio, and The Woodlands)
No. 20 – Leidos (based in Reston, Virginia; locations in San Antonio, Houston, and Webster)
No. 21 – Cisco Systems (based in San Jose, California; offices in Austin, Dallas, Irving, Richardson, Houston, Laredo, and San Antonio)
No. 23 – IBM (based in Armonk, New York; offices in Austin, Houston, Dallas, and Frisco)
No. 29 – Nike (based in Beaverton, Oregon; 26 locations in Texas)
No. 30 – Charles Schwab (based in San Francisco, California; 25 locations in Texas)

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