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What it takes to lure IT workers back to the Chinese countryside

by Jennifer Pak
Jun 26, 2023
Some city-dwellers are heeding the call of China’s government for people to return and revive the countryside.
Ex-coder Hu Hang stands in a peach orchard he co-invests in. He quit the IT sector and moved from Shenzhen back to his hometown in central Jiangxi province a few years ago. (Christian Petersen-Clausen/Marketplace)
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Why global investors ask: Where's Jack Ma?

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 24, 2023
For over two years, the whereabouts of one of China’s leading tech moguls has generated intense interest from the media and global investors. But is it warranted?
Jack Ma at a startup fair in Paris in 2019. Since China's crackdown on tech moguls in 2020, Ma has largely kept a low profile.
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Americans started new businesses at a record pace during the pandemic. They're still at it.

by Henry Epp
Apr 19, 2023
Experts are not sure why entrepreneurship has remained high despite a low unemployment rate.
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Want to start a business? It helps to have rich parents

by Janet Nguyen
Jan 18, 2023
How heavily are the odds stacked against startups without the “massive leg up” of family wealth?
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“Newsflash: Not all horses have perfect hair” 

by Maria Hollenhorst
Nov 24, 2022
After designing an “Afrocentric” hairpiece for her horse, Chanel Rhodes set about making colorful horse wigs for sale.
As a little girl, Chanel Rhodes never saw people like her riding horses. Now she’s an equestrian entrepreneur.
Courtesy Chanel Rhodes/Andrew Garces
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Baklava bakery owner trades master's program for growing her business

by Andie Corban
Nov 22, 2022
Rita Magalde, owner of Sheer Ambrosia in Draper, Utah, is starting her busy season and planning to bring on her first full-time employees.
Rita Magalde, center, with her employees Desi Hayda, left, and Hayda's mother, Helene Simpson, right.
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How a Mississippi nonprofit helps Black entrepreneurs get funded

by David Brancaccio and Jarrett Dang
Nov 16, 2022
Tim Lampkin, CEO of Higher Purpose Co., says his organization serves as an adviser and "capital matchmaker" for business owners.
Higher Purpose Co. Founder and CEO Tim Lampkin (center) with Therapy Plus CEO LeJeune Johnson (left) and BloomTech Developments CEO Melissa Bloom (right).
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How the pandemic pushed this nonprofit worker to start her own businesses

by Andie Corban and Maria Hollenhorst
Nov 3, 2022
In addition to her day job, Jennifer Barton of Buffalo now sells mugs and other goods she makes, plus owns a community art studio.
Jennifer Barton at her studio in Buffalo, New York.
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Rolling Stones riff on entrepreneurship and managing their business

by David Brancaccio , Chris Farrell and Jarrett Dang
Sep 1, 2022
Chris Farrell walks us through the business factors behind the enduring success of one of the world's greatest rock bands.
A new documentary series on the Stones' rise to fame touches on lessons about growing a business and entrepreneurship. Above, frontman Mick Jagger and guitarist Ron Wood performing in 2006.
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How an Instagram joke turned into a matchmaking business

by Andie Corban
Apr 22, 2022
Olivia Atwood's venture was inspired by a Netflix reality show. Now it serves about 2,000 people and has led to several yearslong relationships.
Olivia Atwood at a startup conference in Arizona last year, where her business won the Rookie of the Year award.
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