In 2011, Eric Pignot enrolled in business school at MIT after seven years in the technology sector. He was seeking more control over his destiny, and a way that he could make a difference. At MIT, a few critical things happened. One was that, after a summer internship, he turned down a chance to apply […]
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The Real Story Of America Is About Small
Out in the corral, Mark Cheff rubs some salve on Chinook’s leg above her hoof. Yesterday, two of the mare’s children were standing on either side of her, licking a deep wound caused by a sharp branch sticking out across the trail at just the wrong angle. Cheff thinks she’ll be OK by the end […]
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As A Historic Eviction Crisis Looms, New Tech Companies Offer A Way For Landlords And Renters To Negotiate
Falling behind on rent is an age-old problem that’s been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Some entrepreneurs are taking things into their own hands, as evidenced by the growing number of platforms designed to give renters more flexibly throughout the month and thus avoid delinquencies and, what’s worse, evictions. Platforms such as those provided by […]
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Women Business Leaders Emerge During The Pandemic
A few weeks ago, Penny Peavler and Valerie Horn were deep in a $50,000 grant application to fund food distribution to kids in Eastern Kentucky, when Horn realized what she had: a food distribution network. Since 2017, Horn had been building a nonprofit, Community Agricultural Nutrition Enterprises, to get farm produce to families that needed […]
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A Missouri Biotech Can Test For Coronavirus In The Air. Why Isn’t The Technology Being Deployed In The US?
A small Drexel, Missouri-based company is selling devices to detect coronavirus in the air to public health agencies in China, Korea and the European Union. But CEO Dave Alburty says the U.S. government, which helped fund and owns some of the equipment, doesn’t seem to remember that it exists. “We’re a little company, and what’s […]
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Founder Story: SuperMama, The Arabic Language Parenting Portal, Exits
If you are a founder with a recent exit or successful fundraise, and you’d like to publish lessons learned on Times of Entrepreneurship, reach out to Elizabeth.macbride5@gmail.com. SuperMama, the biggest Arabic language parenting portal has made its exit! I won’t take credit for that, it was my co-founder Zeinab Samir who made it happen over the course of 2019. I […]
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An Oakland Entrepreneur Takes A Real Shot At Reducing Gun Violence
On April 18, 2017, in Fresno, Calif., Kori Ali Muhammad walked up to a Pacific Gas & Electric truck and shot the employee inside. After Muhammad killed his first victim, he kept running. He was on a mission to kill white people, he said later. He shot at a man standing on a nearby street […]
