Shahezad Contractor’s initial aim in starting his halal burger business was simple: “I wanted more halal options.” Now, with eight locations across the Northeast, he has much bigger dreams for Cousin’s Burger, the halal restaurant chain he launched in 2024. “Our goal is to be the next In-and-Out or the next Shake Shack,” Contractor tells…
Louisa Serene Schneider has never been short on business ideas. She once started a yoga-wear company (“long before Lululemon existed,” she says) and at another point tried to launch a language tutoring business. Neither of them stuck, but ideas kept coming. Then, in 2017, Schneider came up with an idea that she felt had momentum….
Warren Buffett’s charitable giving over the past two decades now totals around $60 billion, after the billionaire investor recently announced plans to give away another $6 billion to five different charities, including the Gates Foundation. The 94-year-old said in a press release on June 27, that this total amount — all donated in shares of…
