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Tricia Crimmins

Tricia Crimmins is a business and tech enterprise reporter who covers the workplace, sustainability, and how federal policy affects companies. She previously covered climate tech for Morning Brew and has a Master of Science from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Founder Guidance

For his second stint as Nextdoor’s CEO, Nirav Tolia is ‘refounding’ the company

Tolia is back as CEO five and a half years after he first stepped down from the social network’s top job.

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Growing Your Business

Meet the startup helping businesses get FedRAMP certified

Getting the go-ahead from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program is notoriously difficult. Knox Systems speedruns the process.

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Growing Your Business

NYC, SF, and Chicago announce new policies and proposals to benefit small businesses

Leaders in these entrepreneurship hubs are trying to make owning a small business easier.

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Starting Your Business

C-Corp vs. LLC vs. S-Corp: Which structure actually fits your startup?

One of the first steps to starting your business is choosing its corporate structure.

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Starting Your Business

How Colorado's new 'A-Corp' law helps artists become business owners

A new Colorado law established a corporate structure for artist-owned and majority-controlled companies.

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Founder Leadership

Making the case for fractional and AI employees

At New York Tech Week, a panel focused on how startups can benefit from workers—agentic or otherwise—who aren’t on the full-time payroll.

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Growing Your Business

Gatby’s founder saw a business in skyrocketing energy bills

How Ben Thomas built and scaled a tool that helps consumers find the lowest residential energy rate.

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Starting Your Business

How Cole Ashman went from Tesla to founding his own home battery company

Ashman is the CEO of Pila, a renter-friendly home battery system.