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How 2 entrepreneurs are tackling diversity challenges with their small businesses
The Burns Brothers left corporate America to become inclusivity-focused entrepreneurs. They shared …
Tim Paradis
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This college town is experimenting with giving low-income entrepreneurs and gig workers $12,672, no strings attached
A guaranteed basic-income program in Ann Arbor is giving small business owners $528 a month, no str…
Allie Kelly
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Meet the typical new entrepreneur: A young woman living in the South who's doing it as a side hustle
American's newest entrepreneurs are increasingly likely to be women, immigrants, living in the Sout…
Jacob Zinkula,Juliana Kaplan
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From the battery boss who naps at noon to the fitness entrepreneur who rises at 3:30 a.m., these are the most unusual CEO habits
These are some of the bizarre daily habits of top CEOs such as Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and Jack Dorsey.
Alexandra Bacon
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Black royals say Hollywood erased their existence. They're fighting to change the whitewashed narrative.
Six African royals spoke to Business Insider about the lack of representation in the media, saying …
Mikhaila Friel
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Billionaire defense entrepreneur Palmer Luckey has a collection of items worthy of a Bond villain including helicopters, a giant fish tank, and an underground missile base filled with video games
"I am a little bit of a caricature," Luckey told Bloomberg after showing off his crazy collection o…
Polly Thompson
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An entrepreneur built a platform for diverse workers to share honest reviews of their employers. It's registered over 5,000 reviewers from companies like Google and Deloitte in its first year.
After an 11-year career in real-estate finance, Ekow Sanni-Thomas founded Inside Voices to help bri…
Catherine Henderson
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Black-owned businesses took a pandemic hit, but they're doing better than ever now — largely because of Black women
40% of Black-owned businesses tanked in April 2020, but they've since rebounded, currently about 30…
Jason Lalljee
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Black Americans represent the fastest-rising class of business owners. Here's how the 15 Percent Pledge aims to help Black entrepreneurs generate $1.4 trillion in wealth.
Aurora James wants to make sure Black entrepreneurship flourishes and is working to get Black-owned…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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This AI entrepreneur fasts for 23 hours a day. He says it helps him get to the 'most extreme levels.'
As part of his "cognitive protocol" for maximizing his performance, Michael Koch says he follows a …
Lakshmi Varanasi
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Meet the millennial and Gen Z founders growing their startups, raising millions in funding, and using social media to turn their side hustles into seven-figure empires
With so much change, it's hard to track the new innovators redefining the world around them. That's…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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A Black woman's guide to venture-capital fundraising: How to pitch investors, build a support network, and raise millions.
Before 2021, only 93 Black female founders had raised $1 million or more in venture capital. Inside…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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The Biden administration is giving entrepreneurs a chance at loans up to $5 million to help launch and grow businesses
The Small Business Administration is making it easier for entrepreneurs to get loans to start and g…
Noah Sheidlower
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It was her dream to open a mobile hair salon. But this Black entrepreneur says she was run out of a North Carolina town after her business was spray-painted with the N-word and other slurs.
Angel Pittman told Insider she felt targeted by a neighbor because of her race after she bought lan…
Taylor Ardrey
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A millennial founder who landed 6 figures in investments breaks down his plan to build an empire of applesauce. Yes, applesauce.
Investors liked Ethan Holmes' ability to spot a "sleepy" category - one that hasn't yet been disrup…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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Essence magazine was meant to be a place for 'Black girl magic.' Internally, some employees say it was more like 'Black girl tragic.'
Three years after a letter accused leadership of fostering an unhealthy work environment, current a…
Yoonji Han
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JPMorgan reveals the latest part of its $30 billion commitment to support Black and brown communities
Brian Lamb, JPMorgan's head of diversity and inclusion, spoke about the firm's vision for racial eq…
Marguerite Ward,Allana Akhtar
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How 2 stars from 'RuPaul's Drag Race' created an online town hall for Black queer voices that raised 6 figures, then got out the vote in Pennsylvania
Two stars from "RuPaul's Drag Race" launched Black Queer Town Hall after George Floyd's killing, la…
Juliana Kaplan
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Meet the millennial entrepreneur who just scored a $1 million investment for her inclusive 'Black Girl Sunscreen' brand
Shontay Lundy founded Black Girl Sunscreen in 2016, It's currently the only independent Black-owned…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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Jeffrey Epstein's web: Search through more than 1,700 associates that the well-connected pedophile listed in 2 little black books
The names of more than 170 associates of Epstein were just revealed in court. But he kept a fuller …