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I started a pedicab business in Nantucket called NanTukTuk. It hasn't been easy, but it saved me...

businessinsider.com 5/24 10:38P aaltchek@insider.com (Ana Altche

I started a pedicab business called NanTukTuk. Nantuktuk 26-year-old Michael Gormley founded the Nantucket pedicab service NanTukTuk to avoid a corporate job. He was only...

20 vintage photos show what life was like in America's small towns 100 years ago

businessinsider.com 5/20 6:16A insider@insider.com (Zoë Ettinge

Hermosa, South Dakota, 1927. George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images Small mining towns flourished at the start of the 1900s. Up until the 1930s , horse-drawn carriages and...

An unexpected victim of Trump's tariffs: musicians

businessinsider.com 5/19 10:07P estewart@insider.com (Emily Stew

Getty Images; BI Alex Mundo gets a little worked up at the idea of tariffs making the instruments at his music store more expensive, especially for beginners. There s going to...

The only certainty around Trump's tariffs for consumers and retailers is more uncertainty

businessinsider.com 5/18 12:41A srussolillo@insider.com (Steve R

d3sign/Getty Images This post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider s daily newsletter here . Welcome back to our Sunday...

Trump's 90-day tariff pause with China is too little, too late for some small businesses

businessinsider.com 5/17 1:41A atecotzky@businessinsider.com (A

Hugo Ramirez has paused plans for expansion amid the uncertainty. Daniel Kramer for BI Small business owners told BI that a 90-day trade deal with China doesn t let them plan...

My e-commerce business sells pickleball paddles made in China. Tariffs haven't hit yet, but I'm...

businessinsider.com 5/17 1:02A kelkins@businessinsider.com (Kat

The Peak Pro is manufactured in China. Kathleen Elkins In January 2025, I ordered 500 pickleball paddles from a Chinese manufacturer. They narrowly avoided tariffs, which...

I'm a wealth advisor. These are my top tips for navigating market uncertainty, including how to...

businessinsider.com 5/16 11:08P insider@insider.com (Lauren Cros

J Studios/Getty Images Taylor Nissi is a senior VP and wealth advisor at the wealth management firm Farther. He shared his top tips he would give to clients navigating recent...

TikTok's big bet on shopping is in trouble

businessinsider.com 5/14 4:25A dwhateley@businessinsider.com (D

CFOTO/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect. US sales on TikTok Shop are slumping, company employees told BI. The drop-off stems in part from fewer sales from foreign sellers in the...

I'm a board game designer facing a huge tariff bill. I'm trying to stall shipments and preparing for...

businessinsider.com 5/13 11:05P insider@insider.com (Elle Hardy)

Jamey Stegmaier. Courtesy of Jamey Stegmaier Jamey Stegmaier s business, Stonemaier Games, is facing rising tariffs on its China-made board games. The tariffs are affecting...

The Seed 40: The best women early-stage investors of 2025

businessinsider.com 5/12 11:00P vpersaud@insider.com (Vishal Per

Courtesy of Ann Miura-Ko, Enke Bashllari, Anne Dwane, Karin Klein, Varsha Rao, Ava Horton/BI Early-stage investors take some of the biggest and boldest swings in venture...

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