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Some of the most creative people I know decided long ago not to watch TV news. I used to find their decision curious. This past week, I decided it was brilliant.

When a new era begins, it typically begins with a hybrid approach of the past and the future. Think back to how horseless carriages, modern architecture, and print journalism yielded to cars, post-modern structures, and ...

David Chang talks to Ben Lerer

If one was so inclined, with all the notifications that come with smartphones, someone could set it up to "ding" every few minutes with something. Phone messages, texts, Facebook updates, Twitter updates, AP News feeds, ...

By Kelly Azevedo, founder, She's Got Systems.

I find it absurd that people say, “Happy Holidays” from the day before Thanksgiving through January 2nd.  Happy?  This is the season when more people report symptoms of clinical depression than any othe...

The International Franchise Association is fond of touting a 90% success rate when it comes to owning and operating a franchise, but the Small Business Association and many other independent sources refute this myth. It ...

As 2012 draws to a close, many people are thinking about whether their careers will continue stumbling along in 2013 or will rise to the next level.

MarketWatch’s rundown of corporate headlines of interest to investors early Tuesday.

Sequoia's latest VC fund is big, global, and aimed at later-stage growth companies.

The Taploid, a social engine that sends out weekly tabloid-like updates about your Facebook friends, is closing down today after difficulties obtaining visas for its engineers.

Hannukah may be over, but the funding news is still churning in. Not that the two are connected.

Mc10 has raised a funding round to develop its line of wearable electronics that are light and flexible enough to conform to the human body.

Looking for a free $250k? All you have to do is move to Lower Manhattan (and win this competition).