Cross Border
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Can Instacart's Apoorva Mehta outdo Jeff Bezos?
The pandemic transformed Apoorva Mehta's grocery delivery service into an essential—and booming—business. Now the 34-year-old billionaire is under pressure to outdo Jeff Bezos—all while dodging an avalanche of new competitors, rebellious workers and restless partners
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Cheat for profit: How Chegg became the most valuable edtech company in the US
Students have always cheated, but the Covid-19-driven shift to online learning has turned a problem into an epidemic. This US edtech company is spinning profits by connecting college students to test answers on demand
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Apparel's latest trend: Used clothing
Used clothing is the hottest trend in apparel, and big brands are happy to make the profits—but avoid the headaches—by outsourcing the grimy work to tiny Trove, which looks set to grow big
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Survivers and thrivers: 25 small businesses that stood out during Covid-19
The 25 small businesses listed here, all of which have less than $50 million in 2019 sales and fewer than 200 employees, successfully navigated the turbulent year, even as some founders cope with personal losses from Covid-19
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The SAT fails its biggest test
America's higher education system was already struggling before the pandemic. Covid-19 made matters worse for students
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Your flying car is finally here
With nearly a billion dollars in funding, Joby Aviation promises to have its air taxis aloft by 2023
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Tory Burch's survival sketchbook
Amid a luxury fashion apocalypse, one of the century's greatest entrepreneurial retailers—and one of America's richest self-made women—brought us deep inside the battle to save her brand
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Heroes of Philanthropy: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Pramod Bhasin on Forbes list
Some of the biggest donors this year were tied to the Covid-19 pandemic, while others remained dedicated to causes such as the arts and education
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Customised shampoo: The new luxury
Why Brooklyn-based Prose is betting millions that Americans will fork over $25 for customised shampoo. Then rinse and repeat
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Cleaning up the seafood business, for double-digit returns
Amy Novogratz fought back from a brain tumor that could have killed her to build the world's largest sustainable aquaculture investment fund
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The Barons of casino capitalism
By hooking disillusioned millennials on its zero-commission, gamified trading app, Robinhood has forever changed the retail brokerage business. "Democratising finance" is the stated goal, but its founders have become billionaires by leading a new generation of rubes right into the jaws of Wall Street's most notorious sharks