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By David Slocum

Over the past few years I have spoken to multiple people who have a good idea, an itch to build it, and the chops to pull it off - but who have never done product development or built a company from the ground up. Usuall...

My recent post, Why Your Startup is Going to Fail, took aim at entrepreneurs. Raising money for a new business and then building out a lasting enterprise is extremely hard. The gruelling entrepreneurial process is like...

There seems to be only one thing that matters in the tech world nowadays: mobile. It certainly has been the key for putting Twitter's (TWTR) stock into the stratosphere.  But mobile has also rejuvenated companies like G...

So far, much of the press about Google Glass has detailed the trials and tribulations of its early adopters, most of whom find themselves looked at in askance, or worse, by general society.

"Because Bitcoin works on a public-key cryptography, anything passed during a Bitcoin transaction is useless to identity thieves."

Apply the Pareto Principle to New Year's resolutions and it's not a pretty sight. Yes -- I am willing to bet at least 80% of resolutions made as part of our yearly ritual do not come to fruition. Could be more like 90%. ...

When you woke up this morning, it wasn't just your pants and dignity that were missing. Also gone were the R&D credit, bonus depreciation, and the deduction for qualified tuition.

In the spirit of the New Year, here's the story of an entrepreneur who created a business around the business of weight loss, and is providing other highly time-challenged and driven individuals (read: entrepreneurs) wit...

If you haven't already come up with a New Year's resolution for your business, you might want to think about the following: going paperless.

Launching 2 SaaS products in a year isn't easy. Matt Goldman shares his lessons learned in 2013.

the most important things you need to know and do to succeed in a new job...

Entrepreneurs who rely on online insta-connections are missing out on a huge opportunity to take their ideas further.

Your dream life is just a dream, right? Actually, you can make it happen -- just follow these tips from this couple who are experts in radical transformation.

Launching 2 SaaS products in a year isn't easy. Matt Goldman shares his lessons learned in 2013.

Happy New Year, indeed. It is possible for you make more money from your investments, without increasing your risk. It just takes a lot of discipline.

On December 23 London-based Ghost announced the opening of their hosted blogging platform to the public. Back in April, Ghost CEO John O’Nolan launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of a new blogging plat...

Excuse the metaphor, but it's always been a gamble to guess when Taiwan will start up its first casino. Voters in one county said no thanks in 2009 after a developer had bought land for a gaming resort. An American casin...

The VCs backing Facebook, Spotify and Warby Parker share what makes a great entrepreneur tick.

Forbes: Speaker and customer experience consultant shares Starbucks corporate culture lesson:Micah Solomon

If you can change your way of thinking, you'll be more likely to make big changes in your life that will actually stick instead of being forgotten by Spring.

Every year the top social platforms and search engines publish a list of items that made the needle jump on their respective websites. When you look at these lists, there's a trove of terrific insight into the recent his...