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Bay Area small business grit and ingenuity on display at diverse founders celebration
Ask a small business owner what drove them to go out on their own instead of seek employment or advancement at their current gig and you might hear a range of answers, but probably none as amusing — or as brutally honest — as Emily Winston’s.
“I was just not a very good employee, to be honest,” Winston told a panel of diverse founders and a crowd of 100-plus at a recent event celebrating San Francisco Business Times diverse business owners List makers who are actively contributing to the…
Seven years on, fake accounts scandal still casts long shadow over Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo is still trying to move beyond the 2016 fake account scandal. It's harder than it looks.
Diverse founders say technology is key to keeping their businesses agile
In March 2020, when California issued a shelter-in-place order intended to slow the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 virus, Aminah “Chef Mimi” Robinson Briscoe, like many of her peers in the food service sector, was caught off guard. Briscoe, the owner of a thriving Bay Area catering business, Chef Mimi LLC, was faced with a paradox: How do you stay profitable catering events when there aren’t any events to cater?
Thankfully, Briscoe had her corporate relationships to turn to — and…
My View: How work-based learning benefits students today — and tomorrow
In this guest column, an executive with Western Maricopa Education Center, touts the Career and Technical Education model that gives students hands-on experience in a particular industry to make them job-ready in everything from construction to veterinary sciences, construction and cosmetology.
How the Phoenix metro ranks among racially segregated hospital markets in America
The Lown Institute's new report assessed to what extent 3,142 U.S. hospitals served patients of color by reviewing “how well the demographics of a hospital's Medicare patients matched the demographics of the hospital's surrounding communities.”
Special report: With fentanyl on the rise, Wichita employers play important role in addiction treatment
Fentanyl is among the leading reasons that the number of overdose deaths in Sedgwick County have more than doubled over the past four years.
Young Professionals in Health Care
Discover these young professionals making their mark in health care.
Inno Under 25: Shri Prabha Shivram, SomnOSA
An impressive string of business competition victories has given the team “invaluable feedback” in building its sleep apnea product, the co-founder said about SomnOSA.
Honorees in CBJ’s Health Care Heroes Awards program on why they chose the field, major challenges and more
CBJ's Health Care Heroes Awards program highlights local individuals and organizations that are putting innovation and compassion to work to improve the human condition. Here, you can read about each of the honorees in the 2023 class.
Inno Under 25: Antony Fuleihan, CurveAssure
Johns Hopkins graduate student Antony Fuleihan and his company CurveAssure aim to use wearable technology and big data to personalize treatment for chronic back pain.