A note from our editor, Elizabeth MacBride: When I started Times of E, it was with the idea that big media often misses what’s happening in the world of small business. There aren’t enough reporters in the Middle of America anymore – and data always lags the real world. The big media missed the story […]
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Weekly Newsletter: Small Business’ Surprise Rebound; Michelle Yeoh’s Leadership; Indy’s Agtech Superstar; $100M Fund of Funds
Times of Entrepreneurship Stories Surprising Economists, Small Business Surges Across America Aundrea and Darnell Owens of Frankfort, Ky., put everything on the line to start a retail co-op while they both continue to work. Their story sheds light on what’s going on behind the data about the increase in entrepreneurial ambition across America. By Elizabeth […]
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Weekly Newsletter: An Accidental Entrepreneur Sends $3M To Ukraine; ChatGPT How-To; and Indy’s Startup Boom
Times of Entrepreneurship Stories A Saint With A Javelin In Hand “Anyone who has read about the war in Ukraine on social media, or donated to charities there has likely come across a striking illustration of Saint Javelin. Designed to reference the religious icons in Eastern European Christianity, she’s draped in green, staring serenely back […]
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Cybersecurity Policy and Self-Censorship
A note from our editor, Elizabeth MacBride: The Biden Administration released its cybersecurity policy last week. It shifts the responsibility for cybersecurity explicitly from individuals and small businesses to big tech companies, from Microsoft to Meta (and many more). One line reads, “In a free and interconnected society, protecting data and assuring the reliability of critical systems […]
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Weekly Newsletter: Rise of the Nice, $22M Hot-Wax Empire, Climate Innovation Grants
Times of Entrepreneurship Stories A Founder’s Collaboration Skills Can Be The Key To Success, Especially in Deep Tech University of Florida’s Innovation Center is finding a new way to measure how startups make a difference. Read the Story » An Immigrant From Argentina Reinvented A Hot Niche In The Beauty Business She recognized that waxxing […]
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Weekly Newsletter: Nepo Babes, Inevitable War? Dandelion Economy & Rising Mexican Food Brands
Times of Entrepreneurship Stories Rising Mexican Food Brands Nina Roberts reports on the entrepreneurs who are taking on the ossified supermarket brands as the Mexican-American consumer market matures. “Consumer packaged goods on supermarket shelves have been lagging so far behind. “Mexican”-style products like Old El Paso taco kits, owned by General Mills, are still sold […]
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Editor’s Note: Nepo Babies Have Unfair Advantages. The Question Is What They Do With Them.
A note from our editor, Elizabeth MacBride: When I was preparing this newsletter, news broke that the U.S. government had spotted a Chinese surveillance balloon over Montana. (I wrote about the drumbeat of war with China last month). Is China spying on the ballistic missiles buried in the Great Plains? A military power tends to […]
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Weekly Newsletter: The Dark Web’s Criminal Minds; Recruit A Superstar Co-Founder; Are You Offering Too Much Advice?
Times of Entrepreneurship Stories There are now 17 billion lightly protected IoT devices – but there are new solutions, including regulations and a new movement to incorporate security more deeply into software development. Read the Story » The Big Risks In Aging Email Programs Email has gotten more secure. But most cyberattacks still come through […]
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Weekly Newsletter: $350 Billion Chip Boom, 2023 Travel Tips, & Indy’s Black Art BUTTER Fair
Times of Entrepreneurship Stories A Company Called Baru Has A New Way to Make Furniture, Locally Nina Roberts reports on a furniture manufacturing company, Baru, with a platform business model. It helps customers create custom orders for furniture that fits their homes. Then Baru finds idle high-tech CNC machines in shops around the country, and […]
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Editor’s Note: Dealing with Corporate Disinformation
A note from our editor, Elizabeth MacBride: This week, I wrote about one man’s rise out of poverty, and how he’s in a position to change the lives of millions of people. It was a privilege to tell the story. Please read it here: Diversity in America Isn’t Just About Race. It’s Also About Class. […]
