Ever heard of a SPAC? That’s the new trend floating around Wall Street. It stands for special purpose acquisition company and everyone from former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to Shaq to the youngest self-made billionaire, Austin Russell, is getting involved with these. So
Entrepreneurs are filled with dreams and ideas about how to radically disrupt the world in the most positive ways. To get their dreams off the ground, they do the legwork of signing on investors interested in partnering with them on what they feel is a
Here’s an idea “What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? No. An idea. Resilient and highly contagious.” – Dom Cobb, Inception If you are truly looking to start a new business venture from scratch, then you need an idea. Ideas can come from
Entrepreneur. It’s a word you hear every day. What exactly does it mean? A simple answer is that an entrepreneur is a person who is his own boss—someone who runs his or her own business—and takes on a great risk to do so. Before you
Biotech has become a huge area of venture investment, especially in the past decade. As medical, genetic, and biological advancements move forward, the more money these genetic sequencing companies will rake in. Grail is a spinoff company of Illumina. Illumina originally invested $100 million dollars
Etsy is an online marketplace that has brought in revenues of over $600 million. Most of the Etsy sellers run their shop from home and most of them are women. It is a place for creatives to sell their unique items and personalize their online
Being idle is no longer a viable option for Gen Z. Teens are evolving right before our eyes. Their urgency to create something or be someone has been ignited within the digital realm. Teens are vocal about social injustice and their future. Some teens have
Latin America’s days behind the curve when it comes to startup private investment are now in the rear view mirror. We are currently seeing an unprecedented amount of VC funding flood in to the region at a rapid pace. Similar to the tech giants of
Ten year, five year, three year, one year, or six month plans simply just don’t work out sometimes…That’s a lie. They don’t work out the majority of the time, especially the way you thought it was going to play out. But planning it made you
We are in the month of August and the year 2020 has been one of the roughest years in centuries. We’re talking an upcoming election in November (some would argue the most important in history), an ongoing debate over whether or not to reopen schools,
Are you a stay-at-home parent who is looking for a way to earn income from home? Or are you looking to make a career change and enter the world of entrepreneurship? If you answered yes, then here are five things you need to consider before
Understandably, few entrepreneurs are eager to think about recessions. Customers tighten their wallets, banks take a closer look at business loans that can catapult startup growth, and you get the feeling everyone’s hunkering down and waiting for it to be over, like a gloomy winter
Running a restaurant during the pandemic is proving to be a challenge. For many food startups that rely on daily patrons dining-in to show their support, adapting to carry out only is a necessity. GREY spoke with hospitality industry experts Melody Roberts and Lucas Liu
Whether it be about protests, politics, or coronavirus, the media’s constant negativity recently has been overwhelming. Despite many heart-warming moments during the recent crises, it sometimes feels like there is a relentless barrage of pessimism. Well, there’s no better time than now to cheer us
We live in a technological age; there is no doubt about that, but not all things can be done by machines, robots, etc. Sometimes, it takes a human touch and, for all you entrepreneurs who work better with your hands than a computer, this one
One thing everyone loves complaining about in the modern workforce is how much meetings suck, but we keep having them. The people who dislike meetings the most, the management and C-level, are the people usually calling for them. So why are we still having so
Food is an ever-changing landscape defined by its unique ability as both a fundamental commodity and business opportunity. For instance, the revolution for plant-based food products not only launched trailblazing sustainable businesses, but it also introduced consumers to unconventional concepts for what’s possible. Food companies
Fred Mwangaguhunga is an angel investor, journalist, and a self-made New York millionaire entrepreneur. As CEO of MTO News (Media Take Out News), he created an online platform that caters specifically to African American celebrity culture. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic proves to be a
When you’re an entrepreneur, you wear all the hats, and that can be exhausting. If you find yourself drained by the end of the day, and you want someone to help you handle your workload, consider hiring a virtual assistant or VA. Though they have
The coronavirus pandemic has been considered by some to be a black swan event. There are those, including the man who coined the term, who believe otherwise. As defined by Investopedia, a black swan event is “an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally
