Before the holidays, I wrote two pieces for CNBC about cybersecurity, which is a growing crisis in the small business community and a new challenge for regulators. They were published last week. We Are All Jacinda Now Jacinda Arden of New Zealand announced last week that she’ll step down in three weeks, and won’t […]
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Why Today’s Small Businesses Can’t Get Bank Loans
Fifty-three years ago, Booker T. Wilkins, a barber in Old Town Alexandria, was turned down twice for a loan at a community bank because he didn’t have collateral. He went back a final time. He told the banker: The loan wouldn’t be for as long as he was in business. “As long as I am living, […]
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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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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 […]
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Google Lobbies in Many Ways
A note from our editor, Elizabeth MacBride: I wrote a few weeks ago that the military-industrial complex, having retreated from Afghanistan, would soon be looking for a new story to sell its wares. I predicted it would be China. Today, in the Wall Street Journal, we saw Eric Schmidt, the former chairman of Google, lobbying for the Pentagon […]
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Changemakers: A California Occupational Therapist has an Invention to Help People with Disabilities Reach the Sea
Kelly Twichel began thinking about helping people when her mom had a stroke when she was 12 years old. She watched her mom go through different therapies and noticed the power of people coming together to help. It was a big reason for her going into health care, and she chose occupational therapy because she […]
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A TikTok Craze Gets Real, 5 Ideas For Investing, And Teacher Turns Digital Marketer
A note from our editor, Elizabeth MacBride Excitement is building for Times of E’s first event, Challenges Met, Opportunities Ahead. If you register today or tomorrow, there are still a few FoundersCard free memberships to be given away. You’ll also receive a free copy, while supplies last, of Jim McKelvey’s book The Innovation Stack. Join us to […]
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Editor’s Note: 5 Ideas for Your Money in 2022
Elizabeth MacBride shares five money management ideas learned over the years with some of the top thinkers in finance, investing and philanthropy.
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The Regulars at this Fayetteville Restaurant are Picking Up Volunteer Shifts To Keep Herman’s Ribhouse Open
The owners of Herman’s Ribhouse in Fayetteville, Arkansas, were stunned when longtime regulars began volunteering to keep the restaurant alive during the labor shortage.
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VIDEO: Why a 25-Year-Old Baltimorean Left Teaching to Follow a Talent for Digital Marketing
Danielle Neal launched her social media marketing business Digital with Danielle as a side hustle in August 2020. The 25-year-old was a full-time teacher, but in May 2021, she decided to quit her job and pursue her business full time. In less than a year from that decision, the Baltimore, Maryland-based entrepreneur is bringing in […]
