Pages
Cupcakes meet bitcoins
Kai Ryssdal Apr 17, 2013
Baker Jennifer Longson runs one of a handful of retail businesses that accept bitcoins as payment. Where some see twin bubbles, she insists cupcakes or bitcoins are sticking around.
'Mad Men' returns and small businesses capitalize
Jason Slotkin Apr 5, 2013
Season 6 of AMC's "Mad Men" premieres this Sunday. Fans are no doubt eager to catch up with the exploits of Don, Peggy and Pete -- and businesses are eager to catch up with those fans.
Financing the best journalism you've never read
Sarah Gardner Apr 2, 2013
Did you know you're missing out on some great reads? Journalism that never sees the light of day because, well, one person decides it's just not interesting enough to publish.
Want a U.S. visa? Got a spare $500,000?
Adam Allington Apr 1, 2013
The government is doling out a growing number of visas to immigrants who invest half a million dollars in the U.S.
Could being named the 'best ever' be bad?
Kai Ryssdal Mar 26, 2013
Slate columnist Farhad Manjoo loves his hoodie from American Giant. But after he reviewed it online, all the sweatshirts sold out. And the company was forced to scale up before it was ready.
Don't have a visa to work here? I have some office space to rent you in the ocean
Kai Ryssdal Mar 14, 2013
A new tech venture wants to reel entrepreneurs in as close to Silicon Valley as possible without the need for a visa. The lure is a crusie ship 12 nautical miles off the shore of Half Moon Bay, Calif.
What the minimum wage means at work
Sarah Gardner Feb 13, 2013
President Obama proposed a minimum wage increase to help the lowest-paid workers. Opponents say businesses will just eliminate jobs. We go to a restaurant to talk to an employee and employer.
Boston pizzeria gets new ownership - its former employees
Curt Nickisch Feb 13, 2013
In a twist, former employees who'd been duped out of overtime pay become part-owners of a Harvard Square pizzeria.
View from a small business in a recovering economy
Mitchell Hartman Feb 5, 2013
Boise burger-and-Idaho-fries entrepreneur expands his business as joblessness contracts.
'Pot for profit' laws attract entrepreneurs
Mitchell Hartman Jan 4, 2013
Colorado and Washington are magnets for new businesses, after voting to legalize recreational marijuana.
