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Recent Articles about University of California-Santa Cruz

Blacks Facing Extra Startup Woes

By Laura Palotie |  Feb 11, 2008

A study finds African-American entrepreneurs have limited access to capital.  Read more

More Start-ups in Low-Growth Industries

By Alexandra Johnson |  Jun 23, 2009

More people are creating businesses in low-income-potential sectors during the recession.  Read more

Ask Inc.

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 2006

Whether college degrees matter; b-to-b telemarketing lives on.  Read more

PC Owners More Likely to Start Businesses

By Matthew Phan |  Jun 28, 2005

June 29, 2005 --People with home computers are more likely to start companies in finance, insurance, real estate (F.I.R.E.), and other pro...  Read more

Immigrant Entrepreneurs Outpace Native-Born Americans

By Melanie Brooks |  May 24, 2006

A new Kauffman Foundation report also found that more seniors are starting businesses.  Read more

Reentering Workforce Poses Problems For Women

By Daniel Del'Re |  Sep 22, 2005

Sept. 22, 2005 --While more women are turning to self-employment as consultants and Read more

Trading Places: Are You Ready for Self-Employment?

By John Case |  Nov 1, 2002

Thinking of chucking the security of a job to become a soloist? Make sure you understand the forces that keep most people trapped in cubicles and dreaming of...  Read more

No Experience Required

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Sep 1, 1997

By surrounding herself with experts, can this business owner write a success story with her obscure tea drink?  Read more

The Do Over

By Arthur Lubow |  Jul 1, 2008

Randall Grahm produced good wines and great, funny marketing campaigns. But along the way to success, he realized someone wasn't taking him seriously. That w...  Read more

Anatomy of a Start-Up, Part 1: The Climb Begins

Dec 8, 1999

In mid-October Richard L. Thompson, 44, and Lawrence G. Braitman, 40, co-founders of Flycast Communications, a Web-based advertising firm, flew from San F...  Read more