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San Francisco-based Homejoy mops houses for $20 an hour. It may not sound glamorous, but if Homejoy's booming business is anything to go by, plenty of Americans don't want to get their hands dirty: Homejoy currently off...

We're in the throes of holiday-shopping furor. Stores are battling for consumers' dollars. Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and every other day in between are heralded as the one-and-only chance to get...

After being shuttered for more than a year, China's Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) window is wide open. Autohome, the Chinese auto website, made its successful debut on the New York Stock Exchange last week, reviving ot...

Let's review my 2013 predictions, what happened and my score

With an explosion of growth in a short period of time, is Bitstrips poised to be the next hot consumer app?

After the milquetoast political leaders in Washington agreed to give Boeing a tax break that will last well past all of our retirement years, the aircraft manufacturer could not come to terms with its union. So Boeing de...

It's that time of year again boys and girls when marketers and advertisers across the land gaze into the future to try and see what lies ahead in the coming new year.

Last week, I kicked off a series on education technology with an interview with Sebastian Thrun, CEO of Udacity. Daphne Koller who co-founded and is the co-CEO of Coursera, by some measures the largest of the for-profit...

The last two consecutive quarters have been unlike any we’ve seen since the financial crisis of 2008. I’ve personally seen a 500% increase in total deal closures year-over-year from 2012 to 2013. It also sounds like ...

As much as Khan Academy has promised "a free world-class education for everyone everywhere," the reality is that many of the 10 million people reached monthly by its accessible video lessons remain middle-class people--t...

As Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape:  Jaspreet Singh, Founder and CEO, Druva...

A client of mine - who recently started a new business - asked me whether he should issue stock options to his employees. My response was: absolutely!

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."-- Albert Einstein Problems occur at every level in business. The question is what do you do to encourage breakthrough solutions? Let's start with...

During happy hour, bars and restaurants are filled with weary professionals, unwinding after a long day behind a desk or around a conference table. One look at those professionals seems to confirm that an after-work drin...

Retailers that create mobile-friendly in-store shopping experiences are more likely to turn browsers into buyers this holiday season.

Under the leadership of Chef Davide Oldani, the Italian restaurant D'O balances Michelin-star-level quality with affordable prices. In this story and accompanying video, Gary P. Pisano explains how the chef-owner does it...

This is a guest post by David Skok, a partner at Matrix Partners. He blogs at For Entrepreneurs.  

Astounding levels of wealth are being created in Silicon Valley at mind-boggling rates. Here's a five-step formula. But there is a catch if you want to use it.

I received a call with an unusual question. The caller was finishing his PhD in a scientific field that is highly sought after in the biochemical industry. He wants to determine his career path early, and was referred to...

Elle Fanning stars in a disturbing short film that takes us inside the mind of a teenager with an eating disorder.

Does a drug dealer have anything to teach you about your job? Alexa Clay thinks so. She and Kyra Maya Phillips have just finished a book (due out next year from Simon & Schuster) examining what they call the Misfit Econo...

For many, the holiday season represents a time of reflection; a moment of pause to recognize the ups and downs of the past year. These are the situations that shape us and help us evolve our perspectives and the lens tha...