Entrepreneurship

The process to stimulate local entrepreneurship is underway at Quicken Loans. The national mortgage firm is seeking applicants for its second annual Detroit Demo Day, where it will distribute $1 million in the form of grants, interest-free loans and equity-like investments. “We want to see...

It is an exciting time when you start your new business. You have so many things to think of that you may forget one of the most important aspects — taxes. Before you dive into the business world, take a few minutes to consider the tax aspects of your new business. Your tax obligations are...

Christina Qi didn’t get too deep in her trading career before realizing other ambitions. They were risky ambitions, but she resolved to give them a shot. “I thought, ‘it’s okay if I start a company and it fails, I can just go back to work,’” Qi, now the CEO of...

Underrepresentation, overt bias and pay disparities haven’t discouraged contemporary women from succeeding in business. Here is how some of the sector’s top leaders did it. 1. Pick A Path Apeksha Garga, head of design at Wealthfront, said step one is finding companies whose missions...

Benzinga is proud to introduce the Benzinga Women’s Wealth Forum, a space where women can learn how to empower themselves through financial technology and be inspired by the stories of powerful women in finance. Ahead of the March 21 event, we’re highlighting the stories of some of...

The following post is from the Lufthansa Innovation Hub Thousands of startups around the globe are working on innovative solutions that make travel more efficient, frictionless and interconnected. In order to shed light on the accelerating innovation dynamics in the Travel & Mobility Tech...

"Wonder Women Of Weed" is a bi-monthly show and column featuring accomplished female leaders in the cannabis industry, brought to you by a collaborative effort that includes Benzinga, Industry Power Women and Direct Cannabis Network. This week, we present CannaRegs...

Americans spent around $15 billion in overdraft fees in 2016, the most recent year for which data is available, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That’s more than the total market cap of Macy’s Inc (NYSE: M), Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE: DKS), and J C Penney...

Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) said there’s no perceivable disconnect between what investors want and what the midwest offers. “I’m listening to what the venture capitalists say and what the entrepreneurs say, and they’re all kind of talking the same lingo,” Ryan told...

There’s no shortage of competing investment strategies pitched at both institutions and individuals. The challenge for investors is to, of course, figure out which are worth it and which aren't. In some industries, like Moody's and Standard & Poor's for credit and Kelley Blue...

Interest in who is investing in the marijuana industry is mounting rapidly, and not without a reason. Over the first five weeks of 2018, the Viridian Cannabis Deal Tracker registered $1.23 billion in investments in the cannabis industry, Viridian Capital President Scott Greiper told Benzinga....

Benzinga is proud to introduce the Benzinga Women's Wealth Forum, a space where women can learn how to empower themselves through financial technology and be inspired by the stories of powerful women in finance.  This article originally appared on LaDuc Trading. Earlier this year, after...

Script writers, vloggers, designers, musicians, photographers and other content producers take note: Blockchain-based platforms are about to change the way you manage and monetize creative works. Technology is turning every person into a content creator, discoverer, disseminator and consumer....

Wonder Women Of Weed is a weekly column featuring accomplished female leaders in the cannabis industry. This week, we’re presenting Sara Gullickson, CEO and founder of DispensaryPermits.com, a national agency that has become one of the longest-standing firms in the...

Welcome to the latest episode of Full-Court Finance, the podcast from Zacks Investment Research focused on the intersection of sports, business, and the stock market. On this week's episode, we take a look at World Wrestling Entertainment WWE owner Vince McMahon's recent XFL announcement...