STARTUPS
Konnichiwa, Africa: Japanese VCs Flood Continent Dominated by China
For years, China has dominated funding on the African continent.
This Startup Star Is the New Face of Saudi Arabia
Adwa Al Dakheel, 28, is fostering the next generation of Saudi entrepreneurs as one of the kingdom's biggest innovators.
The 28 Startups to Watch
In today’s Sunday Magazine you’re going to find exemplars of companies pivoting, pushing ahead and damning the torpedoes to change the future of work and so much more.
Cincinnati’s Secret Sauce to Help Minority Businesses Succeed
This Midwestern city is succeeding at turning medium-sized minority businesses into massively successful ones.
A Nespresso Machine for Whiskey
Bespoken Spirits claims it can reproduce the taste of barrel-aged booze in days.
The Inconvenient Truth About the Ed Tech Boom
The sector's biggest boys are gobbling up most of the investment — and could soon be chomping on their smaller rivals.
Last Unicorn Standing: Can This Self-Driving Innovator Survive?
The granddaddies of the auto industry are buying up self-driving firms.
How to Confront Racism in Philanthropy
Aaron T Walker, founder of Camelback Ventures, which serves as an accelerator for underrepresented founders, is taking big foundations to school about racial equity.
A Power Couple With a $50M Venture Fund for the Overlooked
Candice Matthews Brackeen and Brian Brackeen fell in love at an event for Black tech entrepreneurs and then formed a powerful new venture fund for people of color.
She Is Putting the Black Dollar to Work
Jewel Burks Solomon is investing in Black entrepreneurs when others won't.
When Katty Met Carlos
From the BBC and OZY comes a fresh perspective on the debate about America’s future as a nation and its relation to the world during the 2020 US election.
Why Insurers Are Daring to Run at Even Bigger Risks
A wave of upstart insurers are trying to solve the industry's greatest risk.
Open Source Moves From Rebel to Mainstream
Open-source software has an image of radicalism.
