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Startups are hoping for a turnaround in funding

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 30, 2024
Startups are suffering a hangover from the binge years of early COVID-era investment.
"A lot of the 2021 tech IPOs did not make public investors money,” says Kyle Lui, general partner at venture capital firm Bling Capital. “Eighty-four percent of the IPOs from 2021 are still underwater.”
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How immigrant entrepreneurs help create jobs and boost the economy

by David Brancaccio , Chris Farrell and Alex Schroeder
Apr 15, 2024
Immigrants are much more likely to create a new business, studies show, and the knock-on effect is job creation.
"Immigrant entrepreneurs in the U.S. are associated with a net gain in jobs. Specifically, they're responsible for roughly one in four of all jobs in young firms," said Marketplace senior economics contributor Chris Farrell.
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It's not a great time for startups

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 3, 2024
Venture capital investments fell in the first quarter of this year. And that's after the worst year for startup funding since 2019.
Venture capital investments fell in the first quarter of this year, according to Pitchbook. And that’s after the worst year for startup funding since 2019.
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How a virtual fitness company is staying strong in a changing market

by David Brancaccio , Natalie White and Erika Soderstrom
Mar 13, 2024
With people returning to physical gyms, Jeff Witherspoon, CEO of E2M Fitness, says doctors' advice to patients is boosting his service.
E2M Fitness founder and CEO Jeff Witherspoon. "I think all fitness companies are seeing that Peloton effect," he said.
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What it takes to lure IT workers back to the Chinese countryside

by Jennifer Pak
Jun 26, 2023
Some city-dwellers are heeding the call of China’s government for people to return and revive the countryside.
Ex-coder Hu Hang stands in a peach orchard he co-invests in. He quit the IT sector and moved from Shenzhen back to his hometown in central Jiangxi province a few years ago. (Christian Petersen-Clausen/Marketplace)
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Why global investors ask: Where's Jack Ma?

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 24, 2023
For over two years, the whereabouts of one of China’s leading tech moguls has generated intense interest from the media and global investors. But is it warranted?
Jack Ma at a startup fair in Paris in 2019. Since China's crackdown on tech moguls in 2020, Ma has largely kept a low profile.
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Americans started new businesses at a record pace during the pandemic. They're still at it.

by Henry Epp
Apr 19, 2023
Experts are not sure why entrepreneurship has remained high despite a low unemployment rate.
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Want to start a business? It helps to have rich parents

by Janet Nguyen
Jan 18, 2023
How heavily are the odds stacked against startups without the “massive leg up” of family wealth?
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“Newsflash: Not all horses have perfect hair” 

by Maria Hollenhorst
Nov 24, 2022
After designing an “Afrocentric” hairpiece for her horse, Chanel Rhodes set about making colorful horse wigs for sale.
As a little girl, Chanel Rhodes never saw people like her riding horses. Now she’s an equestrian entrepreneur.
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Baklava bakery owner trades master's program for growing her business

by Andie Corban
Nov 22, 2022
Rita Magalde, owner of Sheer Ambrosia in Draper, Utah, is starting her busy season and planning to bring on her first full-time employees.
Rita Magalde, center, with her employees Desi Hayda, left, and Hayda's mother, Helene Simpson, right.
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