Immigrant-owned businesses that specialize in foods rooted in their native country face a challenge when Thanksgiving rolls around: Embrace or skip entirely? Some restaurateurs, entrepreneurs and chefs incorporate hints of turkey, cranberry sauce, or pumpkin flourishes into their foods—a nod, even if a deconstructed one. Others say it’s best to steer clear. “You are not […]
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For Thanksgiving, A Dutch Cheesemaker Helps Feed A Wisconsin Dairy Community
Marieke Penterman, originally from Holland, is the co-owner with her husband, Rolf, of Marieke Gouda, in rural Thorp, Wis. The award-winning gouda cheese company employs 40 people and has its own dairy farm that produces milk used to make their cheese. The dairy farm was co-founded in 2002 with Rolf’s brother, Sander, and his wife, […]
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Voices Of Immigrant Entrepreneurs: ‘I Vote As A Businessman.’
Ballots continue to be counted as, around the globe people wonder who will be the next U.S. president. In the middle of the country, in states proving to be election battlegrounds, Times of Entrepreneurship interviewed five Midwestern immigrant business owners on their thoughts, dreams and hope for the next four years. Immigrant entrepreneurs are not […]
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How Innovations In Telehealth, Communication Could Change The COVID-19 Picture
Vibrant colorful dresses, skirts and shirts in bold floral patterns hang from racks inside Newberry Pacific Trends, a store in Springdale, Ark. But dresses worn for funerals of people from the Marshall Islands community recently sold out, says a saleswoman on a day in mid-August. The Marshallese community is unusual: They are immigrants to the […]
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From NW Arkansas To Ann Arbor, How Smaller Tech Ecosystems Are Faring Differently In The Pandemic
You might expect the small but fervent startup ecosystem in Northwest Arkansas would be weathering the COVID-19 economic storm better than other ecosystems because of the “Big Three,” as they are locally known. Walmart, Tyson Foods and J.B. Hunt are headquartered in the region, supporting local entrepreneurship programs and more importantly, offering markets and expertise. […]
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These Immigrant Entrepreneurs Faced Looters And Bullets To Save Their Market. For Now.
Established in 2006, the Midtown Global Market was a pioneering marketplace in Minneapolis and nationwide, a haven for immigrant entrepreneurs. Over the years, they brought new life to the neighborhood surrounding the old art deco Sears store on East Lake Street. The Market has given a chance for many people, like husband-and-wife chefs Hassan Ziadi […]
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New Tech Platforms Allow Investment in Main Street Businesses
The seed for local investing platform MainVest was planted in Nicholas Mathews when he worked at Uber. He was one of the company’s first 30 employees. In 2013 while researching hyper-localized marketplaces in and around cities like Providence, R.I. and Worchester, Mass., Mathews found himself going down “economic development rabbit holes.” “It really flagged the […]
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Conversations With Black VCs: ‘We Don’t Need Another PR Stunt’
The massive racial justice movement ignited by the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis policeman in late May has gained swift momentum across the United States. Many previously complacent non-Blacks have joined Black protestors for daily demonstrations in the streets perhaps triggered by the horrific video of George Floyd and hiscrushing […]
