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NYT > Business > Small Business Oct 7, 2026

Inheritances Can Shatter Families. Could a Therapist Help?

As the United States faces the greatest wealth transfer in history, some people are turning to therapists to help them…

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NYT > Business > Small Business Sep 30, 2026

He Was a Tech Investor Before There Was a Silicon Valley

Bill Draper began funding start-ups in the early 1960s, when the Santa Clara Valley was better known for apricot…

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NYT > Business > Small Business Sep 29, 2026

College Students Flex Their Power in A.I. Investment Frenzy

Dorm Room Fund, a program that lets college students invest in their peers, raised a new $50 million fund as the…

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NYT > Business > Small Business Sep 20, 2026

Rivian C.E.O. RJ Scaringe Has Some Ideas for How to Make More Cars in America

RJ Scaringe thinks it will take robots, tariffs and diplomacy to maintain a manufacturing base in the United States.

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NYT > Business > Small Business Sep 15, 2026

Jamie Beaton Could Be the World’s Most Educated Person

Jamie Beaton has 12 advanced degrees from Harvard, Yale, Oxford and other top universities, with more on the way. Why?…

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NYT > Business > Small Business Aug 27, 2026

A General Store Almost as Old as America

Ben Shattuck, the proprietor of Davoll’s in coastal Massachusetts, yearns for a retail world before chain stores and…

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NYT > Business > Small Business Aug 22, 2026

Harvard Is Selling a $699 Course Taught by A.I. Clones of Its Faculty

To create a new bootcamp for entrepreneurs, Harvard Business School made A.I. avatars of its instructors.

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NYT > Business > Small Business Aug 9, 2026

She Makes the Impossible Happen for Her Ultrarich Clients

Olivia Ferney grew up a child of schoolteachers in Ontario. Now she’s an expert in private jets, luxury cabanas and…

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