A note from our editor, Elizabeth MacBride: Important news in the world of small business policy today, including an announcement about reforms to Big Tech governance, and a holdup in the federal program that funds innovation. And, I’m thrilled to say that I’ll be traveling to Pittsburgh in the next few weeks, continuing my coverage […]
Elizabeth Macbride
A business journalist for 20 years, am the founder of Times of Entrepreneurship and the co-author of The New Builders.
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Weekly Newsletter: Boom-times for journalists, a $300m acquisition in Syracuse, and a hot cyber VC
Times of Entrepreneurship Stories Tech Investment Is Helping Buffalo Come Back, But Immigrants Are The Real Secret. Tech Investment Is Helping Buffalo Come Back, But Immigrants Are The Real Secret There’s a little-noticed, still fragile economic comeback in Buffalo, which has gone from being the butt of jokes to having a quiet buzz in entrepreneurship […]
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VC Spotlight: Forgepoint Capital Rides A Cybersecurity Wave
The war in Ukraine is propelling even more growth in the cybersecurity market, as attacks — probably originated by the Russian government — continue on the infrastructure of Ukraine, European countries aiding the Ukrainians, and the United States. An executive order on cybersecurity signed by President Joe Biden in May is expected to boost federal spending […]
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Editor’s Note: Is TikTok A Threat From China?
A note from our editor, Elizabeth MacBride: Welcome to a delayed Times of E newsletter. I’ve been recovering from surgery that slowed me down early this month. More on that in a later newsletter! Here are a few things I worked on during the vacation: An interview with a Midwestern entrepreneur who had a change […]
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Weekly Newsletter: TikTok’s frame, Silicon Valley backlash, investing book giveaway
Times of Entrepreneurship Stories The Backlash to the Profits-First, Profits-Only Model of Silicon Valley is Growing. Here’s a Midwestern Example. Read the Story » How To Serve 40 Million Meals, From The Alaskan Seas To The Grand Canyon’s Bottom Read the Story » Delivery Apps Prey on Small Businesses and Restaurant Owners I’ve been working […]
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Newsletter: Varsity Blues, redemption stories and women-led finance
Times of Entrepreneurship Stories Gordon Caplan’s Comeback Is it possible for America to forgive a wealthy man? Read the Story » The Scion of a Banking Family Crafts a FinTech Future Luvleen Sidhu was the youngest woman to take a company to public with BM Technologies – the owner of the BankMobile technology. This interview […]
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Editor’s Note: Times of E is on a reduced publication schedule
Thanks for reading the first of three summer editions of Times of E. We’re on a reduced publication schedule. Over this spring, I wrote story about a man named Gordon Caplan. He was one of the offenders in the Varsity Blues scandal, which you may remember sent about 50 people to jail, people who were involved in […]
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Armory Square Ventures’ Sawhney On The Rise of Upstate NY
This interview is one of a series of Women Entrepreneurs sponsored by YPO. You can see an interview of BankMobile (BM Technologies) founder Luvleen Sidhu here. A friend of mine, Charley Ellis, once told me that venture finance is much more like human resources than people realize. There’s a downside in that: The white men […]
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Weekly Newsletter: $200M Headed to Entrepreneurs, VCs’ Vanity, & Summer Vacation Plans
Times of Entrepreneurship Stories of the Week IRR Is A Vanity Metric New Builders co-author and leading venture capitalist Seth Levine takes a straightforward look at VCs’ use of the internal rate of return as a measure of early fund performance. Take it with a grain of salt, he says. Read the Story » What You […]
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Editor’s Note: Times of E Is On A Summer Schedule
Times of E is going to on summertime schedule starting this week. We’re also working on a pivot. We’re switching to a monthly cadence for June, July and August. If you want to keep in touch in the meantime, reach me at emacbride@timesofe.com. I’m around for speaking engagements about The New Builders, for story pitches and we’ll […]
