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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo. Look how popular Mexican food, Asian food, Italian food restaurants are. To ensure the restaurant’s success, Morales is a hands-on entrepreneur, visiting each of her locations every day, to help the staff and meet with the chefs.

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Kelp Food Is Making Waves in Restaurants and Supermarkets—and Helping Conservation Efforts

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billion in 2021 to $24.92 In 2021, they raised over $1 million in a campaign to bring the world’s first kelp burger to market. The patty is now sold online and in over 800 grocery stores and 30 restaurants across the U.S. A booming commercial industry In the U.S., Seaweed farmers [in the U.S.]

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Pew Research on The State of the Gig Economy in 2021

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think tank, recently released The State of Gig Work in 2021 report.   The Pew Research Center, a highly regarded non-profit, non-partisan D.C.    The report covers the results of an in-depth survey of Americans who earn money from the gig economy, which Pew defined somewhat narrowly. 

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What Leslie Jordan’s Legacy Can Teach Us About Pivoting to a Third Act

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A friend called from California and said, ‘You’ve gone viral,’” Jordan told Tulsa World in 2021. Its 2021 IPO, days after Alba’s 40th birthday, raised $412.8 New opportunities soon followed, from a role on Call Me Kat to a country music album. “A And I said, ‘No, I’m fine.’ And he said, ‘No, you are viral.’”.

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These Asian American Entrepreneurs Celebrate Their Chinese Heritage While Feeding America’s Appetite for Chinese Street Food

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Jen Liao and Caleb Wang are second-generation Chinese Americans, and the husband and wife team first opened Xiao Chi Jie (XCJ) as a single restaurant serving Chinese street food in Seattle’s Bellevue neighborhood in 2018. The name Xiao Chi Jie translates to “street food avenue” in English.

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Southeastern U.S. Emerges as New Business Hotspot

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This is despite a nationwide decrease in new business applications from 2021 to 2022. What’s going on: Last year, the Southeastern region of the U.S. emerged as a hub for new business activity, recording nine out of the top ten major metro areas for new business applications per 1,000 residents, according to Axios.

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These Top 10 Celebrity Franchise Owners Are Winning Outside the Limelight, Too

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The rapper owns nearly 30 Wingstop restaurants. Drake Launched as a pop-up Hollywood eatery in 2017, Dave’s Hot Chicken franchise caught the eye of rapper Drake who signed on as a stakeholder in 2021. and international locations, the company saw 156% total sales growth in 2022 versus 2021. With over 700 U.S.