On this edition of our Goldman Sachs entrepreneur series Kristen Scholer and Tim Stenovec discuss the top cities where small businesses and start-ups are thriving.
Austin, Texas and Boulder, Colorado make the list. As companies start steering away from Silicon Valley these other metro areas provide a skilled workforce and established venture capital firms. Plus, we highlight Enrique Torres, the Co-owner, and President of Excellent Fruit and Produce in Miami, another city on the list!
They are playfully called the “forgotten five”: A handful of toys — the pogo stick, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers, and Transformers — that regularly approach toybox royalty as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, only to be tossed back on the pile.
Rite Aid’s plan to close more stores as part of its bankruptcy process could hurt access to medicine and care, particularly in some majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods and in rural areas, experts say.
