10% of new business owners are LGBTQ+ — and they're offering better benefits
LGBTQ+ business owners are more likely to offer their employees benefits such as health care and retirement, a new study found.
July 1, 2025
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The Power of Being an Out Entrepreneur
Can you be the gay Bill Gates? The organization known as StartOut thinks so.
August 10, 2016
Out Entrepreneur Helps Companies Regroup
In our partnership with StartOut, we regularly invite the group to highlight an LGBT entrepreneur. It shouldn't be a surprise that the group's founder is also an entrepreneur.
November 29, 2012
LGBT Entrepreneur Event Wednesday in Santa Monica
Businessman and author Keith Ferrazzi will speak.
June 23, 2013
Ohio Entrepreneur Issues $500K Marriage Challenge
Gay Ohio entrepreneur and political activist Jonathan Lewis issued a challenge of sorts to Los Angeles's entertainment industry Tuesday -- raise $500,000 for No on Prop. 8, and he and his family will match the contributions dollar for dollar. Sources close to the Lewis family say Jonathan became particularly interested in California's Proposition 8 after Brad Pitt's $100,000 contribution.
October 1, 2008
Champions of Pride 2023: Fashion Entrepreneur Vicky Pasche
Finding clothes she loved was a burden for this lesbian mom. Then she decided to change the options.
June 15, 2023
Meet the Black gay entrepreneur running to be Alabama's next senator
Dakarai Larriett knows Democrats have an uphill battle in a red state, but he says he's ready for the challenge.
September 19, 2025
Drag Race's Nina West on 6 Tips for LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs
GoDaddy launches new episodes of their podcast, Business Curious, celebrating LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs who aren't afraid to get out there and make their own way. Guests include Nina West, Noah Wilson-Rich, Maggie Lea, Angelica Ross, and Robbi Katherine Anthony. Today, GoDaddy Brand Director Adam Palmer and Nina West sit down to discuss Nina's advice for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and the lessons she's learned over her career as a drag queen, activist, actor, and singer-songwriter.
June 8, 2021
Want to Save the Economy? Invest in LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs, Data Shows
The StartOut Pride Economic Impact Index shows how an undervalued group could create millions of jobs.
July 15, 2020
A Gay Entrepreneur's Letter to His 8-Year-Old Self
Charles Archer, founder of The THRIVE Network, shares the advice he would have offered to himself.
April 10, 2017
Out Entrepreneur Says We Are More Than a Bubble Test
In our partnership with StartOut, we regularly invite the group to highlight an LGBT entrepreneur. The founder of Pathbrite wants to remake the way applicants are hired by employers and accepted to universities.
October 19, 2012
Dominic DuPree, Gender-Nonconforming Entrepreneur, Gunned Down in Chicago
DuPree is one of many victims of gun violence among the trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming population.
October 30, 2023
Stonewall Inn Gifted $250,000 From Gay Tech Entrepreneur's Foundation
The historic bar has been in danger of permanent closure due to revenue lost during the pandemic.
June 30, 2020
Political Chicken: What Queer Chefs Say About Chick-fil-A
Do food and politics mix? Five chef-entrepreneurs sound off.
October 16, 2012
Meet Tristan Schukraft — the sexy gay CEO who has big plans for The Abbey & Fire Island
The LGBTQ+ entrepreneur is making his mark on major gay hotspots.
August 8, 2024
Richard Branson Wore a Pride Ribbon in Space to Honor Pulse Victims
The entrepreneur hopes to make traveling to the final frontier a reality for all.
July 12, 2021
The Solution for Swift, Widespread Vaccine Distribution
One LGBTQ+ entrepreneur has some novel advice for defeating the pandemic.
January 20, 2021
The Real Reason There Are So Few LGBT Executives
Trans entrepreneur Vivienne Ming on the queer brain drain in America's boardrooms.
March 3, 2017
We Read Peter Thiel's NYT Trump Love Letter So You Don't Have To
The gay entrepreneur continues to shower the increasingly unpopular president-elect with love.
January 13, 2017