How This Juice Bar Founder Squeezed Success From His Appearance on ‘Elevator Pitch’
Ross Franklin, founder and CEO of Pure Green Franchise, explains his strategy for nabbing a sweet deal on “Elevator Pitch.”
XOi raises $230M, acquires Specifx to expand its tech for field service technicians
Field service engineers may not be the first group of customers that come to mind when you think about lucrative opportunities in B2B technology. But that same blind spot speaks of the opportunity in the space for those who are stepping up and targeting “the job site.” One of the players in that space, XOi […]
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December 2023
The NLRB’s New Joint Employer Rule is so Extreme That Even California Rejected a State-Level Version of the Franchise-Killing Policy
Bipartisan resistance is growing against the National Labor Relations Board’s Joint Employer Rule, resulting in a delay in implementing the change — but the fight isn’t over.
She Was Named One of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs of 2023. Here’s What She Does Inside and Outside of the Kitchen to Keep Customers Coming Back for More.
Chef Isabel Coss of Lutèce details her personal path to pastry greatness and discusses the power of telling better stories on social media.
Jersey Mike’s Grew From a Seaside Deli to a Franchise Giant, and Never Lost Its Charm. This Is How, Its Founder Says.
The inside story of how a New Jersey mom and pop shop stayed small, even as it expanded to over 2,500 locations.
What Exactly Is Your Income Statement Telling You?
These six tips can help you glean how healthy your business is.
ScaleOps looks to cut cloud bills by automating Kubernetes configurations
One of the advantages of using Kubernetes to handle container orchestration is that the containers are ephemeral, living only as long as needed and then going away. That was supposed to help solve a resource allocation problem because the containers should run just long enough to handle the job. But as Kubernetes environments have grown increasingly […]
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The small and affordable EVs we lost in 2023
From the ElectraMeccanica Solo to the Honda e, let’s remember all the small and low(er)-priced electric vehicles that didn’t make it in 2023.
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Startup Shutdowns and AI Showdowns: the 2023 chronicles
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is the first of a two-part series that we built for you going back over critical themes from 2023. It was a very, very busy […]
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Softbank sells Open Opportunity Fund to Black and Latino executives
The Japanese conglomerate is selling the Open Opportunity Fund to its chairman Paul Judge, and Marcelo Claure, who’s being appointed as vice chairman and general partner.
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Why videos of $500 beauty advent calendars are flooding TikTok
Are you in the right headspace to receive information that could possibly hurt you? Dior sells an advent calendar for $4,200. It comes with white glove delivery. And there’s more where that came from. Especially on TikTok. Luxury advent calendars are becoming more popular each year, with offerings from Vogue ($456), Jo Malone ($495), Neiman […]
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