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My Economy
When an accessibility mapping app went viral, success came with a cost
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Sarah Leeson
Jun 11, 2024
Roll Mobility, an app for mapping accessibility infrastructure and linking disabled communities, went viral. Now the team needs to raise funds.
Transit worker's come a long way thanks to career change
May 7, 2024
Once an actuarial analyst, Liz Young of Denver has achieved work-life balance and financial stability in his new role.
How a layoff became an opportunity for this Colorado fishing shop owner
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Sarah Leeson
May 3, 2024
Dylan Demery is focusing on her woman-centric business, She's Fly, after losing her full-time job. "It just feels right," she says.
Owners of a Vermont trolley tour company are committed to the city that "accepted us"
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Sarah Leeson
Mar 12, 2024
"We want to add something good to Burlington, Vermont," says co-owner Hannington Kasagga.
For a performing arts teacher in Boise, work is steady, but it's a "constant hustle"
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Sarah Leeson
Feb 13, 2024
Spending on services is up, but Leta Harris Neustaedter says business at her Metamorphosis Performing Arts Studio has its ebbs and flows.
Franchising is the next hurdle for this Native-owned design business in Alaska
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Sarah Leeson
Dec 28, 2023
Rico and Crystal Worl, the siblings behind Trickster Company, used to have a brick-and-mortar shop. They're looking to recapture that physical presence with partnerships.
A South Dakota mother-daughter duo bring both business savvy and love to their quilting studio
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Sarah Leeson
Dec 27, 2023
"For me, quilting is about our relationship in a lot of ways," said co-owner Jacqueline Economo about her mother.
For public good, not for profit.
For a Wyoming family, opening a distillery was about facing "uncertain financial times" head on
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Sarah Leeson
Dec 26, 2023
"There was a romantic ideal about being in control of your own destiny," says Backwards Distilling co-founder Amber Pollock.
From college friends to business partners, these stationers are celebrating 10 years in business together
Nov 30, 2023
Danielle McCarthy and Ellen Kelly run a luxury wedding stationery business in Newport, Rhode Island, where they specialize in letterpress printing.
Feeling burnt out from COVID-19, one nurse turned to chainsaw art
by
Sarah Leeson
Nov 6, 2023
"I got that first chainsaw and, I don't know, I just felt right at home," says Taylor White, a chainsaw carver in Maine.