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Determined to improve the way doctors connect with their patients, a new wave of innovators are using technology to match people of color with culturally competent professionals.

Sixteen-year-old Beatrix Alerte was shocked to learn last year that common cosmetic and beauty brands often use ingredients derived from animal products,…

Thirteen-year-old Taylor Moxey is quite extrodinary.The Miami teen launched her own cupcake company at the age of seven. She also founded the "Taylor…

For years, the Caribbean Marketplace in Little Haiti, also known as Mache Ayisyen, sat empty and in disrepair. After its renovation and a grand opening in…

Marlee's Diner has been a beloved institution in Deerfield Beach for the past 17 years. Diners could get all types of homemade pies - from cherry to peach…

Entrepreneurship in South Florida region is very healthy. But it also is struggling.There is no doubt South Florida is having an entrepreneurial moment.…

Immigration advocates often tout how many startups are founded by foreigners. Yet the U.S. does not offer startup visas. Some entrepreneurs turn to a program started as an experiment in Massachusetts.

The first daughter said women must have access to credit and mentors, "to encourage this next generation" of female business owners. But remarks about her father drew the biggest reaction.

Derrick Prater is "Dee Conchman." Every day he sets up in various parts of Miami hawking his specialty: conch. Conch fritters, tropical conch in a…

Sadie Kurzban likes to warm up her fitness dance class with a pep talk.“We’re in it together,” she tells 30 women gathered in a 1,500-square-foot studio.…

Two lemonade stands are operating on a fairly busy street corner in Miami Gardens at Northwest 191st Street and 33rd Avenue.Nisha’s Lemonade is on the…

Last month we thought Cuba’s communist hardliners had put the brakes on growing the island’s private sector. But you never know with Cuba.Today Havana…