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Using the lessons of hip-hop to start a business

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 6, 2017
A program in Philadelphia is teaching entrepreneurship through the successes and failures of the music business.
Students at the Institute of Hip Hop Entrepreneurship are learning how to start a business.
Photo courtesy of the IHHE
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Crowdfunding has created a whole new consulting industry

by Sally Herships
May 22, 2017
There are experts who will help with the pitch, the video and the PR. But it all costs money.
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The Next Big Tech Hub

The next big tech hub might surprise us all

by Ben Johnson and Janet Nguyen
Apr 18, 2017
Don't count out New Orleans, or Omaha, Nebraska.
Thomas Edison works on the electric light bulb in his laboratory. 
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Brooklyn and Berlin partner up to drive tech growth

by Mark Garrison
Feb 7, 2017
The cities connect to boost innovation and their emerging tech startup scenes.
New Lab, a space for startups located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Courtesy New Lab
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Two small business owners with different views of Trump

by Lewis Wallace
Dec 19, 2016
In suburban Ohio, some see a windfall with his election, while others fear the worst.
Greg Knox owns Knox Machinery in a northern suburb of Cincinnati. He believes Trump will be good for his business.
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This coffee shop isn't very interested in coffee

by Marielle Segarra
Nov 25, 2016
With a pay-as-sit approach, the Glass Hour Café in Brooklyn wants to rethink an established business model.
Glass Hour
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Inspiration in the company of women

by Eliza Mills
Oct 6, 2016
Design*Sponge founder and author Grace Bonney discusses her new book, 'In the Company of Women.'
Grace Bonney, author of "In The Company of Women."
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Bevel keeps growing, from online to retail shelves

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 16, 2016
Tristan Walker of Bevel says "Silicon Valley is growing a hell of a lot more amenable to companies like ours."
The Bevel Razor.
Courtesy of Walker and Company
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Millennials are lagging behind Boomers in entrepreneurship

by Tony Wagner
Feb 8, 2016
But millennials are still young and living in a different economy.
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, 25, and Bloomberg LP Founder Michael Bloomberg, 73, speak onstage duringthe Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on October 8, 2014 in San Francisco, California.
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Women, venture capital and bias

by Mark Garrison
Aug 7, 2015
An experiment reveals obstacles female entrepreneurs face in finding investors.
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