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COVID-19

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Could COVID-19 be an opportunity for international startups in New York?

    • Development
    • Entrepreneurs
For years, international founders invested heavily in U.S. expansion. Now, New York, one of their top destinations, has been hit hard in the pandemic. How is the city’s global startup ecosystem dealing with the challenges?

New York federal judge blocks Trump’s “wealth test” for green cards

    • Immigration
The "public charge” rule, which discouraged immigrants from seeking benefits, has been temporarily blocked. Until now, green card applicants, including immigrant entrepreneurs who temporarily used social services, such as Medicaid, could be disqualified. 

Black Men Talk Tech: Boris Moyston wants the world to listen

    • Community
    • Entrepreneurs
Last year, serial entrepreneur Boris Moyston launched a new conference, Black Men Talk Tech, focused on the contribution of people of color in the innovation economy. He is now looking to bring the event to Europe and Africa.

This Colombian music entrepreneur’s new project helps creatives find jobs

    • Community
    • Entrepreneurs
While discovering the New York music scene, Tomas Uribe, a composer and bass player from Colombia, realized that something was missing. He decided to create a tool for artists searching for new opportunities. Today, his platform, Stereotheque, has users from 277 cities and 38 countries.

How Chloe Vichot founded Fresh Bowl, bringing fresh vending machines across NYC.

    • Development
    • Entrepreneurs
In 2019, Chloe Vichot’s restaurant Ancolie evolved into Fresh Bowl, a tech startup. While Ancolie sold sustainable lunches served in mason jars, her new startup plans to set up 100 fresh vending machines in the following year.

From 9/11 to the pandemic: Italian restaurateur on feeding New Yorkers through the city’s most dramatic events

    • Community
    • Entrepreneurs
Sebastiano Cappitta has seen it all — celebrities, 9/11, city-wide blackouts. He moved to New York from Malta, created a restaurant empire, and sold almost all of it shortly before the pandemic. His remaining venue is now delivering free meals to healthcare workers.

The coronavirus is showing us which entrepreneurs matter

    • Community
    • Entrepreneurs
The owners of hair salons, bike shops and delis are stepping up to help their communities, all while wondering if they’ll make it.

3 things startups can do to survive the economic fallout of COVID-19

    • Entrepreneurs
    • Funding
The founder of Aira offers his prescription for pulling through a potential coronavirus recession.

This entrepreneur built tent floors after hurricane Katrina. Now he’s building a pop-up coronavirus hospital

    • Community
    • Entrepreneurs
State and federal governments and health systems across the United States are scrambling to find space to treat patients as coronavirus cases have quickly overwhelmed emergency rooms and ICUs.
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