Goldman Sachs is continuing its 13-year tradition of adding support to the backbone of America’s economy — small businesses — by handpicking owners each year for an intensive course in entrepreneurship. The company is accepting applications now. The no-charge 10,000 Small Businesses program was launched...
It’s understandably an anxious time for Main Street businesses, even as downtowns prepare to reopen. But what about the entrepreneurs who are still hanging onto their dreams of starting a retail business? It stands to reason that hopelessness – or at least a plan B...
Representatives from Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are scheduled to appear before the House Antitrust Subcommittee. The July 16 hearing, which will focus on “dominant platforms and innovation,” will involve policy executives, including Amazon’s Associate General Counsel Nate Sutton; Apple’s Chief Compliance Officer Kyle Andeer; Facebook’s...
It stands as one of the most famous economic programs in U.S. history, and it helped created modern middle-class consumer culture — the same culture that many observers now worry is on its way out. Enacted in 1944, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act — you likely know...
May 28, 2018
It was two weeks before Blake Hall’s unit would deploy for combat in Iraq, and suddenly he and his 32 men were being told they weren’t going into direct combat after all; they would instead be running a kill-and-capture mission, something none of them had trained for. They were given new intelligence equipment and instructions […]
July 13, 2023
Efficient Capital Labs (ECL) has closed a $7 million funding round led by QED Investors. Founded in early 2022, the startup provides business-to-business (B2B) software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies access to upfront capital from its balance sheet, allowing an efficient and cost-effective way to access capital, according to a Thursday (July 13) press release. “Our vision is to enable […]
September 20, 2022
Goldman Sachs is continuing its 13-year tradition of adding support to the backbone of America’s economy — small businesses — by handpicking owners each year for an intensive course in...
July 09, 2019
Representatives from Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are scheduled to appear before the House Antitrust Subcommittee. The July 16 hearing, which will focus on “dominant platforms and innovation,” will involve policy...
