Small Business

Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Puts Many Tech Start-Ups in a Bind

Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Puts Many Tech Start-Ups...

NYT > Small Business, Sep 23, 2025 - 13:13

Silicon Valley start-ups said they were concerned they would be disproportionate...

Ron DiMenna, Ron Jon Surf Shop Founder, Dies at 88

Ron DiMenna, Ron Jon Surf Shop Founder, Dies at 88

NYT > Small Business, Sep 22, 2025 - 17:04

As the founder of a national chain, he was a key figure in surfing’s expansion i...

A Beauty Line Built on Experience and Influence

A Beauty Line Built on Experience and Influence

NYT > Small Business, Sep 8, 2025 - 05:38

Denise Vasi, founder of the Maed lip line, says her online profile helped her re...

Anthropic Raises Its Valuation to $183 Billion in New Funding

Anthropic Raises Its Valuation to $183 Billion in New F...

NYT > Small Business, Sep 2, 2025 - 15:35

The artificial intelligence start-up garnered another $13 billion as its valuati...

How Builder.ai Collapsed Amid Silicon Valley’s Biggest Boom

How Builder.ai Collapsed Amid Silicon Valley’s Biggest ...

NYT > Small Business, Aug 31, 2025 - 06:00

Builder.ai went from a value of $1.5 billion to zero in a few months, amid quest...

Letter Jewelry Spells Success These Days

Letter Jewelry Spells Success These Days

NYT > Small Business, Aug 27, 2025 - 06:06

While adornments in the shape of letters go back to ancient Egypt, experts say t...

Wine Crystals Now Sparkle on Jewelry From Eastern Europe

Wine Crystals Now Sparkle on Jewelry From Eastern Europe

NYT > Small Business, Aug 27, 2025 - 06:06

Winemakers consider the deposits to be waste material, but an entrepreneur in Ea...

Trump’s Tariffs Become a Wild Card for Board Game Makers

Trump’s Tariffs Become a Wild Card for Board Game Makers

NYT > Small Business, Aug 23, 2025 - 06:00

Trade war uncertainty is forcing board and card game publishers in the United St...

The Man Who Would Save Fro-Yo

The Man Who Would Save Fro-Yo

NYT > Small Business, Aug 4, 2025 - 05:08

The frozen treat was inescapable a decade ago, then seemed to vanish. But one C....

Lina Khan: Democrats Can Learn from Zohran Mamdani

Lina Khan: Democrats Can Learn from Zohran Mamdani

NYT > Small Business, Jul 29, 2025 - 09:07

Democrats Need to Win Back America’s Small Businesses

Customers Griped About High Grocery Prices. The Grocer Agreed.

Customers Griped About High Grocery Prices. The Grocer ...

NYT > Small Business, Jul 21, 2025 - 16:52

After hearing complaints about his prices, a store owner in Brooklyn has apologi...

Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates

Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates

NYT > Small Business, Jul 14, 2025 - 15:30

The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up,...

Mark Zuckerberg Ramps Up Meta’s A.I. Spending as Competition Heats Up

Mark Zuckerberg Ramps Up Meta’s A.I. Spending as Compet...

NYT > Small Business, Jun 27, 2025 - 05:33

Unhappy with his company’s artificial intelligence efforts, Meta’s C.E.O. is on ...

The Perilous Business of Importing Indian Mangoes to the U.S.

The Perilous Business of Importing Indian Mangoes to th...

NYT > Small Business, Jun 25, 2025 - 13:30

For a few short months, dozens of part-time importers in New Jersey relentlessly...

Brooklyn Laundromats Transform Into Bars, Coffee Shops and Community Hubs

Brooklyn Laundromats Transform Into Bars, Coffee Shops ...

NYT > Small Business, Jun 22, 2025 - 05:30

Entrepreneurs in Brooklyn are opening laundromats that double as coffee shops, b...

6 Hidden Shops in New York Worth Visiting

6 Hidden Shops in New York Worth Visiting

NYT > Small Business, Jun 12, 2025 - 05:31

Hand-forged armor. Prehistoric bones. Music that’s never been digitized. This is...

Book Review: ‘Empire of AI,’ by Karen Hao; ‘The Optimist,’ by Keach Hagey

Book Review: ‘Empire of AI,’ by Karen Hao; ‘The Optimis...

NYT > Small Business, Jun 11, 2025 - 16:52

Two journalists explore the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and present c...

The Ditch Weekly, a Teen-Run Newspaper, Reports on the Hamptons From a Different Angle

The Ditch Weekly, a Teen-Run Newspaper, Reports on the ...

NYT > Small Business, Jun 11, 2025 - 06:36

The Ditch Weekly, a paper by middle and high schoolers on Long Island, is coveri...

‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Case Raises Question of What Constitutes Coercion

‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Case Raises Question of What Cons...

NYT > Small Business, Jun 11, 2025 - 06:36

Prosecutors say OneTaste extracted labor from its members. Former employees test...

European Companies: How Are Tariffs Affecting Your Business?

European Companies: How Are Tariffs Affecting Your Busi...

NYT > Small Business, Jun 11, 2025 - 06:36

The New York Times wants to hear from European business owners about how they ar...

The C.E.O. Other C.E.O.s Turn to for Advice

The C.E.O. Other C.E.O.s Turn to for Advice

NYT > Small Business, Jun 11, 2025 - 06:36

Steve Stoute’s role at the intersection of business and popular culture has made...

Is Trump Unveiling a Crypto Wallet? His Associates Say Yes. His Sons Say No.

Is Trump Unveiling a Crypto Wallet? His Associates Say ...

NYT > Small Business, Jun 11, 2025 - 06:36

The back-and-forth over a potential Trump cryptocurrency wallet on Tuesday expos...