Follow New York Times - Small Business, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/new-york-times-d-small-business Sat, 25 Sep 2021 11:15:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVNjvuJj6IligMb1naedg1wr The couple behind Carversville Farm believe that everyone deserves high-quality food, so they donate most of theirs to kitchens feeding the neediest in Philadelphia.Tony D’Orazio at Carversville Farm in Mechanicsville, Pa. He and his wife, Amy, started the nonprofit to do “something more direct” about the problem of hunger and poverty in the Philadelphia region.]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:00:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVNjvuJj6IligMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVOiCizzSMmzdJVjH6qdYdAk The threshold of 100 employees adds to a patchwork of small-business rules. It shows up in no other major small-business laws. The reasoning behind the number is a mystery.]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:00:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVOiCizzSMmzdJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVMM7Lqi0FOZi5VjH6qdYdAk In tech, brash male founders are allowed to overpromise and underdeliver, time and again. Not so much for women.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:30:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVMM7Lqi0FOZi5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVPqHmILbmVJa3n9ye8UNv30 In tech, brash male founders are allowed to overpromise and underdeliver, time and again. Not so much for women.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 06:50:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVPqHmILbmVJa3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVOOdIpls_5gEiejEQ2Mq9rY The Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial is set to be a major spectacle, but tech executives generally get a pass when it comes to wrongdoing.The trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the now-defunct blood testing company Theranos, is set to begin on Wednesday in San Jose, Calif.]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 22:06:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVOOdIpls_5gEiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVNo0RT3ow-GIMb1naedg1wr BUGGIRL200 started out as an inside joke. But easy-to-use e-commerce platforms like Shopify have made it possible to turn such jokes into full-fledged businesses.Madison Sinclair, 21, decided to start a clothing business after a “Twilight” T-shirt she’d designed caught people’s attention in a TikTok video. “I owe my whole current life to that TikTok,” she said.]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 21:03:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVNo0RT3ow-GIMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVPzV4PPJSPddpVjH6qdYdAk The Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial is set to be a major spectacle, but tech executives generally get a pass when it comes to wrongdoing.The trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the now-defunct blood testing company Theranos, is set to begin on Wednesday in San Jose, Calif.]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:00:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVPzV4PPJSPddpVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVOF21XMB0ITY-zdsCmHakzH Li Jin, 31, began backing creators years ago. She has raised her own fund to invest in influencer-related start-ups.“Everything I invest in is a creator-focused company,” said Li Jin, founder of Atelier Ventures.]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2021 16:14:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVOF21XMB0ITY-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVOAjvCGnFM3pSejEQ2Mq9rY From a single food truck to its coming expansion to Los Angeles, Veracruz All Natural has won a huge following. Yet its owners are still striving to attract more Hispanic diners.The sisters Maritza and Reyna Vazquez, who came to the United States from Mexico 22 years ago, started Veracruz with a food truck on Austin’s East Side. Now they’re starting one in Los Angeles.]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:36:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVOAjvCGnFM3pSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVMg89ZF-35bxuzdsCmHakzH Ms. Holmes is accused of misleading investors in her company, Theranos. Opening arguments in the case will start next week.Elizabeth Holmes arrives for a court hearing in May. Jury selection in her trail starts on Tuesday.]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:14:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVMg89ZF-35bxuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVPamEQgPWQ-iMb1naedg1wr The trial for the founder of Theranos, the once high-flying blood testing start-up, will cap a saga of Silicon Valley hubris, ambition and deception.Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, faces 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:09:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVPamEQgPWQ-iMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVNP2qYprFAlTylmFkX7M1Jw Numerosas emprendedoras dicen que suelen compararlas con Holmes, la fundadora de Theranos, que pronto enfrentará un juicio por fraude.]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:08:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVNP2qYprFAlTylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVPj1WvqKOBC6ZVjH6qdYdAk The ride-hailing giant learned to thrive in legal gray areas while Beijing mostly looked the other way. Now the government is paying attention.Didi’s headquarters in Beijing. China’s leaders gave the ride-hailing company leeway to grow powerful enough to stand up to Uber, but that tolerance is changing.]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:00:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVPj1WvqKOBC6ZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVOoaxrA0ED4oJVjH6qdYdAk Female entrepreneurs said they were constantly compared to Ms. Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, who faces trial soon.]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:50:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVOoaxrA0ED4oJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVN3awpBcIV9qyejEQ2Mq9rY Female entrepreneurs said they were constantly compared to Ms. Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, who faces trial soon.]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:00:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVN3awpBcIV9qyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVPt2T1KYGksOilmFkX7M1Jw Matthew Raiford swore he’d never return to his family farm in coastal Georgia. But in breaking that vow, he found a sense of community worth celebrating with a lavish spread.]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 02:39:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVPt2T1KYGksOilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVP7b42eO9DNEV1cWWor9YPv When wedding planning paused, wedding expos died down. Now, all the food-sampling, photographer-shopping and tango-learning is back — in more pandemic-friendly form.Big Fake Wedding New York City expo attendee, Joanna Ciavarella, walks down the aisle at the July 2021 event. ]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2021 21:20:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVP7b42eO9DNEV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVMqlyyMKbcYNMb1naedg1wr Forget the factory model. For certain status chasers, the Abushi brothers take car customization to the next level — with luxury price tags to match.The Abushi brothers, from left, Rosco, Fadi, Abed and Yas with Odell Beckham Jr.’s Rolls-Royce Cullinan Mansory.]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:36:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVMqlyyMKbcYNMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVMqlyyMKbcYNClmFkX7M1Jw After waning for decades, applications to start businesses surged last year. If the rebound proves durable, it could provide a more resilient economy.Omayya Atout and Ellen Hodges set up a website and opened a business, Songlorious, writing custom songs for weddings, birthdays and similar events.]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:00:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVMqlyyMKbcYNClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVMivs1K6IVvxOT5HJgy6HUf After months of couples postponing and paring down their wedding plans, the season of celebrating nuptials is finally in full swing again and D.J.s are in high demand and in short supply.]]> Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:00:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/htp1q3VfyVMivs1K6IVvxOT5HJgy6HUf