New York Times - Small Business

Palm oil. It’s in your snacks, your soap, pretty much everything. But palm oil plantations have caused vast deforestation. Can these three tech executives help fix things?

He avoided the spotlight, but he helped bring to market an explosively popular computer program that revolutionized the architecture and design industries.

Are role-playing games enriching culture, or destroying it? In two shows, the artist Simon Denny spoofs the grandiose fantasy worlds of tech entrepreneurs designing virtual reality.

Higher prices? Fewer places? As several states consider lifting wages for tipped workers, here’s how the shift is already playing out in the nation’s capital.

Robert Kwok founded Beaufort Watches, one of only four such businesses now operating in New Zealand.

The company raised $7.3 billion over the last year, as the lure of artificial intelligence changes Silicon Valley deal-making.

The entrepreneur wants to help build the new space economy, one Prada spacesuit and Jeff Koons-filled lunar lander at a time.

Readers who are self-employed react to an Opinion guest essay. Also: Nikki Haley; fears of extinction; cutting sociology; the agony of the bulls.

Regulatory scrutiny felled the sale of Figma, a design platform, to Adobe. Now it’s grappling with employee expectations and a changing market.

Blame rising costs, shrunken crowds and a black-market permit trade. Chicken over rice costs $10 at the Halal Plates, a cart in Lower Manhattan, up from $6 prepandemic.

Some ambitious entrepreneurs in New York City are experimenting with diversified business models to connect with shoppers and bring in more money.

Hannah Neeleman, a Utah homemaker with a huge social media following, goes to Las Vegas, newborn in tow, to compete for Mrs. World.

Are they gas stations that serve food or restaurants that pump gas? A new photography book explores the lure of these restorative community rest stops.

Wanda James is on a mission to empower entrepreneurs from communities harmed by racial disparities in marijuana arrests.

That’s the hope at the restaurant Maxim’s in Paris, which recently started a new chapter after 130 years in business.

Paynter Jacket Co., a small label in London, has built a loyal following thanks to its limited-edition chore coats.