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Is There a Future in the Doomsday Economy?
With Fortitude Ranch, the entrepreneur Drew Miller is betting on franchised timeshares for people who are worried about the end of the world.
By Alexander Nazaryan and Emily Najera
With Fortitude Ranch, the entrepreneur Drew Miller is betting on franchised timeshares for people who are worried about the end of the world.
By Alexander Nazaryan and Emily Najera
For many Black women, summertime calls for braids. Pricing for knotless braids, which are faster to braid, feel lighter and have gotten more popular, depends on the length and size of each braid and color blend, and whether hair used in the boho style is human or synthetic.
By Lola Fadulu and Naima Green
As chronic work stress climbs, entrepreneurs find opportunity in the burgeoning space of burnout coaching.
By Martha C. White
Twenty years after opening in Williamsburg, Catbird is expanding across America.
By Misty White Sidell
To help make the Olympic Games in Paris greener, Le Pavé, a manufacturing start-up, is making podiums and stadium seating out of recycled plastic.
By Liz Alderman
Funding for A.I. firms made up nearly half the $56 billion in U.S. start-up financing from April to June, according to PitchBook.
By Erin Griffith
The online marketplace is putting in place a new safety-oriented policy, banning the sale of “mature” products, including vintage Playboys and many sex toys.
By Jessica Testa
Tyrese Haspil, 25, was convicted of murdering his former boss, the entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, and dismembering his body in 2020.
By Maia Coleman
Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are finding widest use at big companies, but there is wide expectation that the impact will spread.
By Sydney Ember
The leading companies are co-opting Silicon Valley’s traditional cycle of disruption.
By Mark Lemley and Matt Wansley
Cole Mannix, of Old Salt Co-op, is trying to change local appetites and upend an industry controlled by multibillion-dollar meatpackers.
By Susan Shain and Rebecca Stumpf
Bill Hall, the proprietor, has assembled a vast collection of hard-to-find fashion books and magazines coveted by designers and influencers.
By T.M. Brown
Who has not dreamed of turning a side hustle into a full-time gig? Luis Rivera Jr., who sells barbecue on the weekends in the Bronx from his food truck, is trying.
By David Gonzalez and Elias Williams
In “Triumph of the Yuppies,” Tom McGrath revels in the stories of a generation that turned its back on protest and bought into consumer culture.
By Jacob Goldstein
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A fire left Lucy Yu’s literary hub in Chinatown gutted. She was determined to rebuild it.
By Jordyn Holman and Hiroko Masuike
With a rising number of artists vying for a limited number of galleries and grants, arts professionals are pivoting to careers as coaches. But can they help people profit from their talents?
By Travis Diehl
Social media fans of Bag Balm, a moisturizer originally made for cows’ udders, say it’s just the thing for “slugging.”
By Steven Kurutz
Ampla, which lent money to smaller businesses that sold clothing, home furnishings and other items directly to consumers, is struggling financially and seeking a buyer.
By Jordyn Holman
Marc Andreessen, Chamath Palihapitiya and several other tech venture capitalists are increasingly criticizing President Biden and making their disaffection known in an election year.
By Erin Griffith
When James and Alexa Hirschfeld started Paperless Post 15 years ago, some saw its digital invitations as a fad. Instead, they have become a fixture of events and have spawned imitators.
By Christopher Barnard
The experience of TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, in Beijing and Washington shows how much the ground has shifted for China’s entrepreneurs.
By Li Yuan
The brand’s entrepreneurship program aims to expand opportunities for business owners creating “solutions for change.”
By Nazanin Lankarani
The National Labor Relations Board says the management at Lodi unlawfully fought a union drive. If the allegations are upheld, the board could force the company to bargain.
By Priya Krishna
For Olympics-goers and just plain vacationers, here are new accommodations that offer a special taste of France, Italy and Greece.
By Stephanie Rosenbloom
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New Ho King, open since 1976 in Toronto, has become an unlikely pop-culture battleground after being featured in songs from both rappers.
By T.M. Brown
Companies like Lego and Mattel have divisions that seek out design concepts directly from collectors and other highly dedicated fan bases.
By Isaac Aronow
The chain, which started with a single shop in Brooklyn in 1924, said it would close all 42 of its locations by the end of July, citing competition from online retailers.
By Michael Levenson
Carpenters Workshop Gallery has long pushed the limits of design. Now, they’ve made a bold bet on a new space in North Kensington. Will it pay off?
By Ginanne Brownell
In the battleground state of Georgia, some Black entrepreneurs are frustrated over the impact of higher interest rates, a source of economic anxiety.
By Peter S. Goodman
Since pleading guilty to violating money-laundering rules, Changpeng Zhao, who ran the giant crypto exchange Binance, has networked across the United States to set up his next act.
By David Yaffe-Bellany and Cade Metz
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