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Entrepreneurs
How immigrant entrepreneurs help create jobs and boost the economy
by
David Brancaccio
, Chris Farrell
and Alex Schroeder
Apr 15, 2024
Immigrants are much more likely to create a new business, studies show, and the knock-on effect is job creation.
A traveling barber makes house calls and friends
by
Anais Amin
Feb 21, 2022
Tara Morgan roves Vashon Island to help customers look spiffy. Her business, C'Mon Barber, is the result of a midlife transition.
Former restauranteur manages challenges with sauce business venture
by
Reema Khrais
and Minju Park
Dec 24, 2021
Kiki Aranita turned to focus efforts on growing the Poi Dog Sauces brand after she decided to close her Philadelphia restaurant during the pandemic.
Will British enterprise be a casualty of COVID-19?
Jul 1, 2020
Some fear that Britain’s massive state intervention to combat the economic effects of the pandemic could stifle the country’s entrepreneurial spirit.
Why refugees make great entrepreneurs
Aug 7, 2019
The refugee entrepreneurs’ motives are often a mix of altruism and self-interest.
This 13-year-old chief executive is her dad's boss
May 3, 2019
Alina Morse is the CEO of a multimillion-dollar candy company. Her dad works for her.
Investing while foreign-born: The advantages of being an immigrant venture capitalist
by
Nina Roberts
Dec 6, 2018
Immigrants comprise 13.2 percent of the U.S. population, yet 20.6 percent of the country’s entrepreneurs are immigrants, according to a 2016 report from the New American Economy.
For public good, not for profit.
William Shatner is still the captain of his entrepreneurial ship
Sep 10, 2018
The actor talks about his projects, along with exploring frontiers — final or otherwise — of business.
Lessons from the financial crisis: risks, regrets, and learning to say "this is enough"
Aug 1, 2018
Chef and entrepreneur Peter Hoffman says there are risks he didn't take, "but there’s also the work towards coming to accept that — this is enough."
A look at China's unlikely lingerie capital
by
Jennifer Pak
Jun 19, 2018
Guanyun County produces three out of five of the lacy undergarments ordered online in the country.