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Guest Post Tesla made it clear that being a great entrepreneur -- one who commercialized a critical standard that powers innovation 125 years later -- isn't necessarily about the money.

A n ISS spokesperson told press the switch was made because ISS astronauts and cosmonauts needed an operating system "that was stable and reliable." Ouch!

The end goal, the companies said, is a combination of the two entities' areas of expertise: physical location and online retail.

Usually the Mounties get their man. And usually when we hear about unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, they are being used to kill suspected terrorists or enemy combatants.

Guest Post Here's a good rundown of the key lessons taken from this year's Growth Hacker Conference, an event featuring notable growth hackers from the world's most successful tech companies.

While platform owners like Google may move to build walled gardens, OpenKit will let social gamers roam free.

Guest Post Following a naysaying post by Kevin Leu, here are five reasons you won't regret hiring a good PR firm for your startup.

3D printed guns may be dangerous and controversial, but they also get to the heart of why 3D printing is such a powerful technology.

As a venture capitalist, I'm asked all the time what will help a company get funded. The reality is, there are a lot of factors, and no two companies - or founders - are the same. Sometimes we bet on the horse or the rac...

If you follow VentureBeat but don't regularly check our GamesBeat site, here's a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Sponsored Post This is part three of a five-part series sponsored by Under the Radar aimed at helping innovative startups attract the attention of C-level executives. This week: Rachspace CMO Suaad Sait.

Guest Post The Bay area gets a bad rap when it comes to names. No, I'm not talking about your friends' babies, Namaste and Venture. I'm talking about brand names -- especially the names of startups.

Techne Corporation ( TECH - Snapshot Report) has been infected with a plague of negative earnings surprises. The company has posted only one positive surprise in the last seven quarters and has seen earnings estimates de...

Located in Chelsea at the nexus of 6th Avenue and 30th street, the Eventi Hotel by Kimpton delivers a nice hybrid of luxurious sensibilities and relaxed ambiance. It's fairly posh, but not at all pretentious and a trifle...

We're blown away by the quality of the more than 150 applicants to the HealthBeat 2013 "Grand Rounds Innovation Showdown," one of the highlights of VentureBeat's inaugural health tech conference (May 20-21 in San Francis...

While the construction market may be coming back to start 2013, not all companies have been able to ride the wave higher. In particular, investors have seen weakness in many names in the miscellaneous building and constr...

Points of Light has selected the second class of startups for its civic accelerator program. The program is entirely focused on 'civic ventures' and entrepreneurs working to strengthen communities. Points of Light is a l...

Guest Post It's easiest if you consider the four types of testing -- unit, functional, data, and user experience -- as building blocks that can be put together to create more comprehensive testing.

Survey participants are divided on the price outlook for gold next week, with no one group capturing the majority of opinions, although nominally more participants see weaker prices.

Either 3-D printing has totally jumped the shark, or it's hitting the mainstream. Maybe both.

Print is dead! Says who? If you roll your eyes when you hear the word "paper," you might want to check yourself, because Dominique Shurman, CEO of Papyrus may get the last laugh. In the age of all-digital everything, a h...