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Trailblazer: How Cotopaxi’s Founder Built a Cult Following and a $160M Salt Lake City-Based Company

Davis Smith, CEO of Cotopaxi, a sustainably sourced outdoor gear and clothing company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, exemplifies how entrepreneurship can make a difference in people’s lives. Nine years ago, he founded Cotopaxi as a certified benefit corporation with the goal of helping underserved communities worldwide. Since its launch, Cotopaxi—known for its colorful […]

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A Photographer Captured The Toll On Small Businesses In One Of The Last Areas Under Lockdown

Washington, D.C. and its suburbs are some of the last areas in the country still under stay-at-home orders. Officials in Montgomery County, Md., and Northern Virginia have said re-opening of nonessential businesses may finally begin at the end of this week. In Silver Spring, Md., photographer Lisa Helfert started capturing the responses of small business […]