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C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89

He was among the first backers of Apple Computer and 3Com, earning windfalls, but it was his humaneness that distinguished him from other venture capitalists.
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As Big Retailers Pull Back on D.E.I., What Happens to Emerging Black Sellers?

Black-owned brands got a foot in the door through accelerator programs at big retailers like Target and Amazon. Now they worry the door might be closing.
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Muere el Aga Khan IV, acaudalado líder de los musulmanes ismailíes

A los 20 años, el príncipe Karim al Hussaini heredó las riendas de un linaje musulmán chií y utilizó su emprendedurismo para convertirse en uno de los gobernantes herederos más ricos del mundo.
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The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88

At the age of 20, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini inherited the reins of a Shia Muslim lineage and used his entrepreneurship to become one of the world’s richest hereditary rulers.
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After DeepSeek, Venture Capital Investors Face Questions About Their A.I. Bets

Venture capitalists plowed money into A.I. start-ups like OpenAI and Anthropic. But the rise of the Chinese A.I. start-up DeepSeek has called that funding frenzy into question.
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A Youthful Africa Steps Up

Forecasts suggest that by 2100, a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an African century.
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Celebrity Moguls

We cover the rise of entrepreneurship in Hollywood.
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Bills and Lions Give NFL Fans in Canada Reason to Cheer

With the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions both Super Bowl contenders, fans north of the border are nervously hopeful a title drought could end.
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Playing to Win: How a First Nation Turned Around Its Fortunes

Steered by an entrepreneurial chief, Membertou First Nation in Nova Scotia led the largest investment by Indigenous people in Canada’s seafood industry.
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Removing Carbon From the Sky Could Be the Next Climate Gold Rush

Investors are betting that they can make a dent in global warming, and healthy profits, with companies that alter the atmosphere.
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Serena Williams compite en una nueva cancha: la inversión

“He aprendido a confiar en mis instintos en cualquier aventura empresarial o marca que defienda”, dijo la estrella del tenis jubilada en una entrevista en la Cumbre DealBook.
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Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark and the Transformation of Venture Capital

The opposing paths taken by two powerful firms — Benchmark and Andreessen Horowitz — embody a profound debate about the future of an industry that funds and fosters American innovation.
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Ev Williams, Twitter and Medium Founder, Unveils New Social App

The serial internet entrepreneur, who co-founded Twitter and created Medium, was turning 50 and feeling detached from friends. Maybe a new start-up could fix that.
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DealBook Summit: Building Trust in an Age of Distrust

At this year’s DealBook Summit, there was a sense that trust was becoming harder to come by and that the rules for how people judge the truth had shifted.
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From the DealBook Summit: Influential People Share Their Insights

Industry leaders attending the conference were asked about artificial intelligence, the economy, international relations and more.
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DealBook Summit: Serena Williams Now Competes in the Business World

“I’ve learned to trust my instincts in any business venture or brand I’m championing,” the retired tennis star said in an interview at the DealBook Summit.
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How Crypto Insiders Turned ‘Debanking’ Into a Political Storm

Concerns that crypto companies are being purposely cut off from the global banking system have become a political cudgel at an opportune moment for the industry.
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Entrepreneur Plans to Revive a French Family Watch Brand

Eberjax, which made chronographs, stopped production in 1983. But Christophe Hoppé intends to start it again.
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Why Jeff Bezos Likes ‘Messy’ Meetings

The billionaire founder of Amazon spoke with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit.
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Hannah Neeleman, la mujer detrás de Ballerina Farm, sigue su propio camino

Una vida perfecta de esposa mormona ha hecho de Hannah Neeleman una estrella de las redes sociales y un tema de debate cultural.
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