Economy Mar 14 Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse rattles tech industry leaders, entrepreneurs By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press
Nation Dec 16 Watch 6:57 The U.S. has a shortage of licensed child care providers. Can these apps help? In recent years, the number of licensed in-home child care providers has declined about 20%. According to the Center for American Progress, half the U.S. population lives in areas lacking enough providers, with low-income families and communities of color disproportionately… By Cat Wise, Kira Wakeam
Science Mar 30 These 3D-printed homes could provide shelter to the world’s most vulnerable people These 3D-printed homes can be built in under 24 hours for as low as $4,000. They're designed to help solve the world's homelessness and housing problems. By Rashmi Shivni
World Nov 22 Watch 5:45 In remote Kenyan villages, solar startups bring light Some 1.3 billion people around the globe don’t have access to an electric grid. But solar startup companies say harnessing an abundant resource -- the sun -- can light up some of the world’s most remote areas. In this Kenyan… By Fred de Sam Lazaro
Economy Sep 28 Watch 7:49 For African-American female entrepreneurs, funding challenges call for creative bootstrapping The fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. is African-American women. But minority-owned businesses often face greater challenges getting funding. The NewsHour’s April Brown profiles two women who have bucked the stereotypes and gotten resourceful to launch their ventures. By PBS News Hour
Sep 20 Column: Why you no longer need a venture capitalist to start a successful business By Gerald Davis The spread of the virtual corporation model was a boon for generic plug-and-play vendors who could assemble products and manage supply chains, ship goods to consumers and provide various business services. But once all of these components were available off-the-shelf,… Continue reading
Sep 19 Column: How lightweight enterprises are outperforming industry heavyweights By Gerald Davis A corporation was once a social institution, with a mission and members and boundaries that separated the inside from the outside. Today it is more like a webpage. Whereas Blockbuster had 83,000 employees and 9,000 physical stories at its height,… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 8:18 Move over Silicon Valley. The new startup nexus is…northern Vermont? By PBS News Hour Middlebury College, a liberal arts school in northern Vermont with just 2,500 students, has become an unlikely hothouse for cultivating entrepreneurs. Does using college to start a business help support the larger liberal arts mission? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. Continue watching
Dec 07 Poll: Should small investors be allowed to fund startup businesses? By News Desk Small investors could soon be another source of start-up cash for budding entrepreneurs. NewsHour wants to know what you think about the proposed changes. Take our poll and sound off. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 8:21 A distant dream? Crowdfunding still beyond reach for many entrepreneurs By PBS News Hour Raising a large pool of money from many small contributions online, known as crowdfunding, was supposed to be an option for startup business to raise money when President Obama signed the 2012 JOBS Act into law. But today, that method… Continue watching