Business

From holistic health ventures to tech startups, a new wave of Black business owners are proving that entrepreneurship is far from a monolith.

In 2024, funding for startups with Black founders reached a multiyear low, with only 0.4% of all funding going to startups with a Black founder or co-founder. A new docuseries, partially set in Martha’s Vineyard, will follow four founders from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as they navigate an increasingly scarce funding landscape.

A first-of-its-kind program is launching its 2026 cohort of current and retired NBA, NFL and WNBA athletes who want to pursue careers as commercial real estate investors, developers and decision-makers.

The City of Boston recently selected grant recipients for the Supplying Capital and Leveraging Education (SCALE) program, a technical assistance program designed for small businesses in specific industries.

If you are looking for authentic jazz music in the city, look no further than the historic Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club.

A former morning WBZ-TV news anchor who left the Boston television station abruptly last summer has filed a lawsuit against the station claiming she was unfairly discriminated against for being white.

Alisa Lawrence comes from a long family lineage of distilling. In 2015 her uncle, Robert Patton-Spruill, founded their family-owned and operated business, New England Sweetwater Farm & Distillery, located in New Hampshire.

For Nerline “Lina” Moise, building her business was a complete accident. She was often repairing bicycles for family and friends when they suggested that she offer her services to community members across the city who were too busy to make it to the repair shop.

Prices across the United States are about 26% higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic, pushing everything from a weekend hotel stay to a simple cup of coffee out of reach for many families.

The Omolade family is committed to serving the city of Watertown, one haircut at a time. Not even the COVID-19 pandemic was going to stand in their way, as brothers Omar and Shea  opened their barbershop, 1st Yard Barbers, on August 15, 2020.

A new flower shop arrived in Mattapan this summer with a mission to impact the community with beauty. This is what owner and founder Yanique Shaw seeks to do each day with her newly opened store, The Boston Flower Company.

At Roxbury Community College, a new initiative is reimagining what a community college can be — not just a steppingstone to a degree, but a launchpad for economic mobility, small business ownership and systemic change.