Entrepreneurship

As 2018 comes to a close, a group of entrepreneurs, professionals, executives and investors gathered to discuss the financial technology space. The Detroit Fintech Association on Dec. 4 hosted a panel moderated by Katherine Rothstein of Bodman Law. The panelists included Al Pacha, chief technology...

With the second annual Benzinga Fintech Summit in the books and another year of events brining together luminaries from across all aspects of finance, we're taking the opportunity to debrief with a few of the participants to get their opinion on the current state of their industry and to get a...

Vlogging, the simple art of blogging combined with the richness of depth available through video has changed the face of video marketing in the last decade and a half. Vlogging in its current form got into the limelight with the launch of YouTube in 2005 and since then, a whole industry of people...

From anemic growth in bond and fixed income investments to growing volatility in the equity and currency markets, retail investors with an eye toward growing their money long term have their work cut out for them. Now that the oldest of the millennial generation is nearing 40, the bulk of...

In 2006, Chris Powell was a pretty successful fitness trainer in Arizona. He’d been featured on a morning news show, built a stable of clients and invented a portable cooler system, complete with pre-portioned containers and a countdown timer, designed to make meal plans easier to follow....

The cannabis industry is attracting entrepreneurs aiming to capture a slice of the market, which BDS Analytics and ArcView Market Research estimate could reach $11 billion this year and grow to $23 billion by 2022. In a short span, the industry has evolved beyond the traditional flower and into...

With the NBA season officially underway, all eyes will be on LeBron James and the new-look Los Angeles Lakers. Many have called James' decision move to the West Coast as much of a business decision as it was a basketball decision, as the superstar looks to expand his media empire and compete...

Rapper Berner's most recent collaborations are with famous, marijuana-loving musicians like Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg and B-Real. The musician, who has released 10 solo albums in a decade, is as prolific in the business world as he is artistically.  Berner is often credited with...

Benzinga recently examined Merlin, a jobs platform that matches mostly blue-collar hourly talent with employers looking to hire. One of the co-founders, Güimar Vaca Sittic, a New York-based tech entrepreneur and prolific angel investor who's backed more than 100 companies, shared...

New York City has been a great home to Güimar Vaca Sittic, co-founder and co-CEO at Merlin, but he knows that isn't the case for many hourly workers getting by in the Big Apple. “Gentrification has become such a big problem in New York that many workers commute for hours every day....