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Keeping traditional morning news alive, without the TV

By Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios

September 26, 2016

Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin, founders of theSkimm. — theSkimm

TheSkimm brings the news to your inbox with its fast-growing daily newsletter.

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Sorry millennials, you're not the best start-up market

September 06, 2016

Start-up employees working at a tech incubator. — MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images

Try a few generations older.

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Artisanal soft serve ice cream finds its sweet spot

August 12, 2016

Rose Schwartz helps a customer at Magpies. — Bridget Bodnar/Marketplace

At Magpies, the flavors are chef-driven and the sugar's just right. Corn almond, anyone?

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Extended interview: Jim Koch, founder of Sam Adams

March 31, 2016

Founder and Chairman of the Boston Beer Co. Jim Koch delivers a keynote address at the 28th annual Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center on March 19, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. — Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Nightclub & Bar Media Group

Boston Beer Company CEO talks craft brew: the market's 10 percent

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Silicon Valley's 'unicorns' may be mythical, too

By Kai Ryssdal, Molly Wood, and Mukta Mohan

October 22, 2015

The Uber of Facebook ... is Uber. Soon, you'll be able to call an Uber from the social network's messaging app. — David Ramos/Getty Images

Billion-dollar startups may be facing trouble ahead.

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Schools prepare for government shutdown no matter what

September 29, 2015

This shut down may be avoided, but another one looms in just a few months. — Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

This shut down may be avoided, but another one looms in just a few months.

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Women, venture capital and bias

By Mark Garrison

August 07, 2015

Hopscotch co-founder and and Chief Technology Officer Samantha John (foreground) and Asha Gupta, head of product, at work on a technical question in the company’s New York offices. — Mark Garrison/Marketplace

An experiment reveals obstacles female entrepreneurs face in finding investors.

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BloomNation is changing the way we send flowers

By Kai Ryssdal and Mukta Mohan

August 03, 2015

BloomNation CEO Farbod Shoraka — Preditorial/Marketplace

A Silicon Beach based startup is disrupting the $30 billion flower industry

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Science Inc. gives startups their big break

By Kai Ryssdal, Mukta Mohan, and Tommy Andres

July 27, 2015

Science Inc. founder Mike Jones in an interview with Marketplace. — Marketplace

Meet Mike Jones, angel investor.

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