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How immigrant entrepreneurs help create jobs and boost the economy

by David Brancaccio , Chris Farrell and Alex Schroeder
Apr 15, 2024
Immigrants are much more likely to create a new business, studies show, and the knock-on effect is job creation.
"Immigrant entrepreneurs in the U.S. are associated with a net gain in jobs. Specifically, they're responsible for roughly one in four of all jobs in young firms," said Marketplace senior economics contributor Chris Farrell.
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Entrepreneurship can narrow the gender pay gap, but it's not a perfect solution.

by Justin Ho
Oct 24, 2023
Three women entrepreneurs talk about their experiences starting their own businesses, and whether it helped them get better pay and flexibility.
For some women, running their own business can give them more flexibility to care for kids or spend time with family. But it's still an imperfect solution to the gender pay gap.
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Tapping entrepreneurs for sustainable solutions to San Francisco's problems

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Aug 21, 2023
The World Economic Forum, Salesforce and Deloitte team up to solicit ideas for revitalizing the tech and financial center.
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What it takes to lure IT workers back to the Chinese countryside

by Jennifer Pak
Jun 26, 2023
Some city-dwellers are heeding the call of China’s government for people to return and revive the countryside.
Ex-coder Hu Hang stands in a peach orchard he co-invests in. He quit the IT sector and moved from Shenzhen back to his hometown in central Jiangxi province a few years ago. (Christian Petersen-Clausen/Marketplace)
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Why global investors ask: Where's Jack Ma?

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 24, 2023
For over two years, the whereabouts of one of China’s leading tech moguls has generated intense interest from the media and global investors. But is it warranted?
Jack Ma at a startup fair in Paris in 2019. Since China's crackdown on tech moguls in 2020, Ma has largely kept a low profile.
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A Year of War

Ukrainian refugees struggle to adapt to a new economic reality

by Stephen Beard
Feb 14, 2023
Russia’s invasion has displaced millions of people. Some are rebuilding their lives and businesses in other countries.
Ukrainian refugees stand in line to attend a job fair in Brooklyn on Feb. 1.
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What Instagram's pivot to video means for artists on the platform

by Savannah Maher
Aug 4, 2022
Some creators who depend on the app for their livelihoods may have to adapt their marketing methods.
It can be challenging for creators who rely on the app economically to transform how they market their work.
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A traveling barber makes house calls and friends

by Anais Amin
Feb 21, 2022
Tara Morgan roves Vashon Island to help customers look spiffy. Her business, C'Mon Barber, is the result of a midlife transition.
Courtesy: Tara Morgan
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Former restauranteur manages challenges with sauce business venture

by Reema Khrais and Minju Park
Dec 24, 2021
Kiki Aranita turned to focus efforts on growing the Poi Dog Sauces brand after she decided to close her Philadelphia restaurant during the pandemic.
After closing her Philadelphia restaurant, Kiki Aranita launched a sauce company called Poi Dog Sauces.
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Will British enterprise be a casualty of COVID-19?

by Stephen Beard
Jul 1, 2020
Some fear that Britain’s massive state intervention to combat the economic effects of the pandemic could stifle the country’s entrepreneurial spirit.
A worker fills a bread order at a bakery in Wales in June. British entrepreneurs are worried government intervention during the pandemic could dampen the country's innovative spirit.
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