BX-XL was set up to provide funding to entrepreneurs in Brooklyn from diverse backgrounds. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Entrepreneurship”
New York City’s First Cannabis Boss Wants to Combat ‘Cannaphobia’
By Gotham Rex on October 12, 2022
Dasheeda Dawson, a native New Yorker, returns home to direct the effort to build cannabis businesses and to absorb the illegal market into the new legitimate one. Source: New York Times
New Yorkers With Marijuana Convictions Will Get First Retail Licenses
By Gotham Rex on March 9, 2022
Officials intend to reserve the first 100 or more retail licenses to sell marijuana in New York for people who have been convicted of related offenses, or their relatives. Source: New York Times
Yemenis in Brooklyn Reclaim High-End Coffee
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2021
Second-generation Yemeni entrepreneurs in Brooklyn want to reclaim their role as the purveyors of the original specialty coffee. Source: New York Times
Meet the People Who Make New York City’s Summer Hustle Happen
By Gotham Rex on June 5, 2021
After a stalled season last year, the beach buskers, bait sellers and heladeros embody the spirit of a city scrambling back. Source: New York Times
The Cradle of Global Bagel Baking? (It’s Not New York)
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2020
A self-taught baker in New Jersey is helping entrepreneurs all over the world, many with not even a schmear of experience, to open bagel shops. Source: New York Times