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On Friday, I attended the inaugural Social Enterprise Crowdfunding Conference at the Snowbird Resort near Salt Lake, the project of Forbes Contributor Devin Thorpe and Richard Swart, a crowdfunding expert I've collaborat...

The Pebble watch started as a Kickstarter project  that exceeded their $100K funding goal by over $10M over a year ago in May, 2012.  The watch is currently shipping directly from Pebble and you can also buy it at Bes...

A captive insurance company is one that underwrites the risks of the affiliated entities of a common parent. In other words, instead of buying insurance from a commercial insurance company, an organization can create a n...

On the eve of the series finale I posted my picks for perfect Breaking Bad moments, and asked you for yours. The result is a fascinating cross section of the things that make Breaking Bad great: action, humor, plot twis...

For all the brilliance of Emmy winners like Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, and Bryan Cranston, the real magic that is Breaking Bad can be attributed to the crew members who toil in relative anonymity. They're the show's behind-t...

Smart watches, fitness devices, and the consumer internet of  things (IoT) are all the rage these days.  Everyone is in on the consumer mobile IoT action including large companies like Sony (Smartwatch), Samsung (Gear)...

Setting and reaching goals is a mainstay topic in research across a range of disciplines, including psychology, neuroscience, marketing, and communications. Below is a survey of 10 recent findings about goals, chosen fro...

Like everything worthwhile, Breaking Bad has a creation myth. And writer-producer Tom Schauz is at the center of this one, and gives his perspective in the first question. A college buddy of Vince Gilligan, Schnauz joine...

When technologists and pundits weigh in on technology trends and products, we are always quick to point out that technology needs to meld with our lives as opposed to us changing to fit the device.  In most cases that i...

Will Ferrell Discovers The World's Best Cup of Coffee

Predicting the direction of financial markets is an enticing proposition that has attracted the interest of scores of experts, who claim to have the magic formula.

Startups in the Louisville-based Village Capital/VentureWell social enterprise accelerator--including the founders of Solar Site Design, a winner of a $50,000 investment--don't always realize they're social entrepreneurs...

Week four is upon us, and Broncos fans and sellers have driven up prices for the second Broncos home game to the highest price of the week.  Peyton and the 3-0 Broncos will face off against the 1-2 Eagles.  At an avera...

When journalists need a quote for an article, it is unlikely that they look for the unreliable source over the credible or the fraud rather than the authentic expert. The same goes for consumers. A company without a repu...

No one likes to make mistakes, of course. But if you learn from them, you are far better off than everyone who doesn't (and that is most people.)

Sales growth has slowed significantly among privately held U.S. companies, the major drivers of jobs and business investment, according to new preliminary estimates from Sageworks, a financial information company.

NASA?s recent announcement that its venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft had made humankind?s first historic leap into interstellar space might seem like a great way to end its hugely successful decades-old mission.

Breaking Bad is concluding its run of the periodic table of the elements and its deep and fascinating journey into the changeable nature in all of us. There are big messages and even some tax law embedded in this complex...

An interviewer asked Oracle CEO Larry Ellison if it was worth spending $100 million to win the America's Cup. Ellison answered that it was much better than spending $100 million to lose the America's Cup.

A new Department of Justice, Inspector General report revealed new information about the federal government's interest in unmanned aerial surveillance technologies.  The report opened by noting that as of May 2013, four...

Memo to Jay-Z: the steroid era in baseball is over. Your sports agency, Roc Nation, and its prime baseball client, New York Yankees All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano, need to get real. KANSAS CITY, MO - MAY 11: Robin...