A dress shop owner adapted her mindset to move to e-commerce
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Stories about innovative company builders in the middle of America
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California Sisters on Roller Skates Put a Twist on a Hot Dog Car Hop
There was never really a conversation about who would run the family business – Kelly and Morgan Walsh weren’t expecting to become hotdog stand owners in their twenties. But then their father unexpectedly died, and Cupid’s Hot Dogs became theirs. They considered selling its two locations in Winnetka and Simi Valley in Los Angeles, California, […]
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Editor’s Note: Last Call For Challenges Met, Opportunities Ahead
A note from our editor, Elizabeth MacBride: Join us today, tomorrow and Friday for Challenges Met, Opportunities Ahead, our virtual event looking at the future of entrepreneurship and innovation, especially through the lens of what’s happening at universities. Among the headline events: • A panel discussion, Reinventing Capitalism, sponsored by the Miller Center • My interview today […]
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Tax Increase for Founders
A note from our editor, Elizabeth MacBride When the pandemic hit two years ago, I was staying at my friend Dina’s apartment in Boston. I switched my plane ticket to go home early and laid on the couch that night, sleepless. I’d just launched Times of E, with about four to five months worth of […]
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‘It’s a Lonely Experience.’ How This Black Woman Founder Stays Determined
Kristina Ashley Williams’ wears a tattoo on her arm that reads: “Disena tu vida.” It means “Design your life” and reminds her that she has control — to move forward, to change her path, and to write her own story. She’s taken some risks to live the life she wants. For one, she recently stashed […]
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A White Entrepreneur Became An Ally To Local Gangs. Now He Employs 65 Active Members
When George Taylor heard about the teenager shot and killed in his town of Wilmington, N.C., he was shaken to his core. At the time, six years ago, he was running Untappd, an online beer community, and hadn’t realized there were gangs in Wilmington. “That’s sort of how oblivious I was,” he told me over […]
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GEM Report Uncovers a Possible Ambition Gap in Women Entrepreneurs
Women represent almost half of all entrepreneurs active around the world, but in many regions, they continue to raise less funding, be involved in fewer high-growth businesses and close more businesses than men, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2020/21Women’s Entrepreneurship Report. Likely as a result, women tend to run smaller businesses than men. More […]
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Inspired From Her Own Experience, This PR Agency CEO Offers Her Employees Adoption Benefits
Heather Kelly always knew she was going to adopt when she was ready to have children of her own. Her family was built through adoption — both her dad and her aunt were adopted. She adopted her daughter in 2009 and her son in 2011 as infants. She needed time off to care and bond […]
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Wartime Entrepreneurs: 50 Syrian Women Find A Way To Export Aleppo’s Famous Soap To The U.S.
This article was originally published on Forbes.com, in 2015. The point in the interview when Jehan’s voice cracked a little is when she talked about the women back at home, in Syria. They are the 50 women she leads in a cooperative, packaging Aleppo’s famous laurel soap in handcrafted crochet. Amazingly, they drive their fanciful Scents of Syria […]
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Editor’s Note: Whatever Can Be Translated Into Data, Can Be Cheapened
A note from our editor, Elizabeth MacBride: A teacher I know shared an example of this year’s update of her state’s mandated test questions. Last year, the test question was: Explain the shape of birds’ beaks in the context of evolution, taking the role of drought into consideration. This year, the question is: Analyze the […]
