The Business Ticker

Emily Jennings was born in Portland, Oregon in 1984. She grew up in a home where business, economics, and public affairs were regular topics of discussion; her mother was a small-business owner and her father taught economics at a local community college. By high school, Emily was already participating in entrepreneurship clubs and writing about local business activities for the school newspaper.

Her academic path led her to Babson College, widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the United States. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Entrepreneurial Studies in 2006. During her time at Babson, Emily developed a strong interest in how publicly accessible business reporting shapes the knowledge and decisions of entrepreneurs. She noticed that small-business founders and early-stage entrepreneurs often struggled to find clear, practical, and unbiased business information online.

After graduation, Emily began her career as a research assistant at a small venture analysis firm in Boston, where she learned how to conduct market evaluations, competitor analyses, and early-stage startup assessments. By 2009, she transitioned into editorial work as an assistant business reporter for a regional newspaper. Over the next decade, Emily became widely known for her ability to translate complicated financial and operational concepts into easy-to-understand, actionable guidance. Her work was frequently cited by local chambers of commerce, small-business associations, and entrepreneurial mentorship groups.

By 2018, Emily had grown frustrated with the rise of low-quality business blogs, unverified financial content, and sponsored “advertorials” disguised as journalism. She believed there needed to be a platform dedicated to digestible, real-time business insights for entrepreneurs, founders, managers, and professionals at every stage.

In early 2019, she began building The Business Ticker, a publication focused on providing fast, trustworthy, and comprehensible business updates—“the essential news that sticks.” She self-financed the initial development, assembled a small distributed research/editing team, and formally launched thebusinessticker.com in mid-2020.

Today, Emily continues to operate the publication as Editor-in-Chief, maintaining strict editorial standards: no pay-to-publish content, no hidden sponsorships, and a commitment to concise, actionable business intelligence.