Dr. Ethan Fairbanks, M.B.H., is a noted scholar of commerce and culture. He brings wit, wisdom, and a global lens to his regular column on the untold stories of small business history.
From steel rails to social platforms, May 10 traces the breakthroughs that expanded markets, built audiences, and brought machine intelligence into business strategy.
From household influence to digital disruption, May 2 reminds entrepreneurs how consumer trust, design, and emerging platforms shape small business impact.dr
From labor uprisings to remote revolutions, May 1 charts a global arc of disruption, innovation, and digital empowerment that small businesses still feel today.
April 30 marks key media, tech, and trade breakthroughs that reshaped how entrepreneurs grow, market, and adapt, proving small shifts can spark massive business change.
April 29: Lincoln University empowers Black entrepreneurs, the UK’s People’s Budget supports small businesses, 3D TV sparks marketing innovation, “Hair” on Broadway proves niche markets thrive, and global treaties create safer business environments.
April 28: World Day for Safety at Work begins, Japan’s Nintendo files Donkey Kong trademark, UK’s Barclays launches mobile payments, IKEA opens in Dubai, and Samsung unveils the world’s thinnest TV.
April 27: Xerox patents touch screen tech, Babe Ruth’s jersey sells for record, LEGO opens its first store in the U.S., Apple unveils AirTag, and the SBA is officially created.
