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I Am Not A Virgin, winner of the MakeImpactNYC pitch competition, is creating jeans with eco-friendly denim and a good fit.

Big companies are so worried about risk these days that it is a miracle any of them ever buy anything from a startup. That's probably the reason that people used to say you can never get fired for buying from IBM. But a ...

How do investors value pre-revenue companies? This question was originally answered on Quora by Leo Polovets.

One of my sales managers used to say that the best type of competitor is one that is dumb, fat, and happy. Is your business dumb, fat, and happy? If so, by definition, you probably don't know it -- which makes you a sitt...

For all its rewards, at times work can bring out some of our worst emotions. They can be triggered by the inevitable conflicts between people; the frustration of poor performance (whether it be our own doing or someone e...

The partners of Chickpea & Olive bonded over a mutual love of food at one establishment and then decided to make two leaps at once, together.

SeeUMe lets you livestream video right from your smart device.

Anyone doubting the significance of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in relation to BP’s public image must have spent the second half of that year in a cave. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

I’ve been writing a lot about things that matter to people already in business, but what do you do when you have a great idea but aren’t sure how to set up shop and get selling? You start by reading this blog, of cou...

Having the right mental tools is great, but making the wrong assumptions about the world can hold you back.

One year later, LSTN Headphones can teach you a lot about starting up.

Sales Tax on Food is Confusing Everywhere Even For Us, Let Alone Pets.

Most of the parents I speak with worry about screen time. I’m a so-called ‘expert,’ so they ask me for advice. How many hours a day of television is healthy? How many hours of video games should they allow after sc...

The Eventbrite co-founder and Women 2.0 conference speaker on learning executive skills as your business grows.

Whether they involve politics, business, sports, education, science, or any other field of endeavor, the key headlines of 2014 will no doubt focus on leadership. And the defining moments won’t be about position or titl...

In Silicon Valley, 2013 will be remembered as the year the idea of separating from the United States went viral. But Silicon Valley and Washington need each other to thrive. Instead of dreaming about abandoning U.S. gove...

Blue and Red States are providing economists, elected officials, and voters with front row seats to a fascinating experiment.

Let's get rid of CD's already! Flash Crystals can easily transfer music right to your phone instead.

Barack Obama may go down as the first president in American history to have his legacy tarnished by a bad website. Meanwhile, much less visibly, in large enterprises around the world, the same failures have played themse...

Nearly half of respondents (45%) name "attracting the right talent" as one of the biggest challenges to growing their businesses, while a quarter (26%) state "skills shortage" as the biggest impediment to their current p...

As an entrepreneur, you'll be hearing a lot of criticism--and most of it you should take as constructive. But don't let these critics hold you back.

States can't have their cake and eat it too; a compact cannot be both binding and offer states significant choices on whether to follow its terms.