Sep 20, 2023 | Starting A Business
By Linda Zhang When Alex Zhou arrived in Manhattan, Kansas for college in 2007, he was in for a surprise. Zhou discovered that the “Little Apple” bared little resemblance to its larger New York sibling. Far from his hometown of Dalian, China, Zhou found it...
Jun 7, 2023 | Starting A Business
By Jesse Dinius Rechelle Balanzat, an Asian-American founder, has led her startup Juliette, a self-funded, app-enabled dry-cleaning startup since 2014. As a double minority in tech, Balanzat said she faced gender bias with investors, and also encountered investors who...
Jun 8, 2022 | Starting A Business
By Andrea Busche Starting a business from scratch is no easy feat. New entrepreneurs must provide a sought-after product or service, navigate the sometimes treacherous waters of the digital marketplace plus tackle ancillary tasks related to shipping, branding,...
Feb 9, 2022 | Starting A Business
By Roman Kumar Vyas The globalization of business has established a mature, complicated and competitive environment. In order to take leadership positions, companies have to constantly launch new products and services. Prioritizing a multicultural company and...
Nov 10, 2021 | Starting A Business
By Maria Ramirez Uribe When Rafael Casanova first arrived in the U.S. from Mexico at 18 years old, he says he never imagined he would one day own a business. “My dream was to come here for some time, save some money and go back,” Casanova said. “I think that’s the...
Oct 27, 2021 | Starting A Business
By Rich Barlow COVID-19 was catastrophic for communities of color, but resulted in one welcome, if somewhat surprising, benefit: a boom in Black start-up firms. The virus medically ravaged minority communities, and last year closed with Black unemployment almost...