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You can buy a Coca-Cola anywhere in the world, but affordable products that provide essential value like water treatment or lighting often do not reach billions of poor populations around the globe. However, in what is c...

The company redesigned its story feed and is launching the Worth It button, a replacement for the common like.     

Mobile marketing company TapSense is coming off one hell of a month. The advertising startup’s revenue swelled 300 percent in January compared to December, TapSense CEO Ash Kumar told VentureBeat. Kumar attributed the ...

Reuters reports today that Spotify is girding its loins with a finance expert or two in anticipation of an initial public offering. According to the wire service, the Swedish streaming music startup is looking for someon...

Last week FORBES covered the latest venture by superproducer Pharrell Williams—an agreement with G-Star Raw to produce a clothing line made partially from recycled ocean plastic.

Now that you know everything worth knowing about Bitcoin, would you buy it?     

Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga still dominated in January revenues.     

A lot of the consulting work I do behind the scenes is to organizations within traditional industries that enjoy massive revenues and scale, but are starting to see that disruptive forces impact upon what they do - perfe...

Is the point of customer service to make a profit? Well, let's back up. Is the point of your business to make a profit? The answer to that is probably yes and no.

Marketing automation company Autopilot is releasing a new prospecting tool for sales and marketing that’s generating up to 42 percent reply rates on cold email tomorrow. That compares to a traditional rate of just 1 pe...

"Every time you open a business - whether that's a restaurant or a tech startup - you are taking a risk. While that can be nerve racking, it is motivating, too," Chef Symon says.

If unpaid internships are your only form of recruiting, you may end up missing out on the best employees.

Working with hundreds of folks each year who have an idea that they want to build into a business, I've seen every kind of approach to entrepreneurship, and every type of mindset. I've come to believe that, regardless of...

A decade ago, the homepage or as many called it "the portal" business was something great to be in. Fast forward to the mobile era and the homepage as we know it is dead. It's been replaced by the home screen on our phon...

Drama, greed, controversy, conspiracy, crime, risk, theft, speculation, wealth -- such was the bitcoin in 2013. But what's really behind all the hype? Let's take a deep dive into the world of bitcoin.     

You'll shoot to the beat of music in this colorful fantasy game.     

Don't start fundraising without reading these 8 essential tips that will help you make the most of the process.

Walmart now wants to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. and is creating a $10 million fund to support U.S. manufacturing. But a $10 million fund is a proverbial flea going out to war with an elephant. Assuming this is ...

Each of the major social media platforms offers something different for your startup marketing. How do you know which is best for you?

The company is soaking up $23 million in new funding led by Horizon Ventures, the investment fund of billionaire Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man and a vegan to boot.     

Billionaires like Li Ka-shing and Jerry Yang are flocking to invest in food technology startup Hampton Creek. The company raised a $23 million round on Monday.

Samsung has a message for Dyson: Don’t mess with our corporate image. The Korean electronics giant has filed a lawsuit against U.K.-based Dyson over a patent dispute involving one of its vacuum cleaners. It’s seeking...