Entrepreneurship – Page 22

For Many Small-Business Owners, a Necessary Shift to Digital Payments

The pandemic accelerated a transition to cashless payments, forcing a reckoning among small-business owners. But there are benefits: One owner said the switch saved her $3,000 a month.

By Gregory Schmidt

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The Super Connector Who Built Sam Bankman-Fried’s Celebrity World

Michael Kives, a former Hollywood agent, connected FTX’s founder to Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Bill Clinton and others. His firm got $700 million in exchange, a lawsuit claims.

By David Yaffe-Bellany and Erin Griffith

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The Super Connector Who Built Sam Bankman-Fried’s Celebrity World

Michael Kives, a former Hollywood agent, connected FTX’s founder to Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Bill Clinton and others. His firm got $700 million in exchange, a lawsuit claims.

By David Yaffe-Bellany and Erin Griffith

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Brooklyn’s Ample Hills Creamery Aims to Rise Again

The Brooklyn-based ice cream chain boomed with the help of Oprah and Disney, then went bust. But the couple behind it are opening new shops and thinking small.

By Julia Moskin

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