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This week I met Hero Partners' Rob Ryan, founder of Ascend Communications, the Internet company Lucent Technologies purchased for about $24 billion in 1999, to talk about what he's doing now. Ryan told me about the day h...

Harley-Davidson released a new YouTube video yesterday teasing what would appear to be a new electric-powered motorcycle. The company is expected to announce the milestone electric motorcycle at some point today but has ...

One-third of global organizations have identified "global leadership" as a serious constraint. Global leaders are distinguished by their willingness to leave their country of origin and take on new assignments that may r...

Have you ever been mislead that someone was in agreement with a project or task? They smile and say, "Sure thing, I'll get that done," only for you to find out later that all other tasks have been done except the one you...

IBM's elite X -Force Research and Development team says 95 of online threat incidents contain some form of user error.

Accelerators and incubators are popping up all over but only the best with some sort of specialty or leverage will help startups break through the clutter.

Most businesses start small but only the special ones achieve great heights. Here are seven companies that began as tiny acorns but grew (or are growing quickly) into great oaks.

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “India is to be found not in its few cities, but in its 700,000 villages.” Though that may at one time have been true, it is no longer the case. With about 30 country dwellers moving lock, s...

How can you leverage mobile to increase profitability for your company? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $200! Netflix is...

Tesla Motors' headquarters used to boast a wall full of patents. Now it looks a bit different.

Apple's rumored iWatch smartwatch may hit retail shelves by October, according to a new report.

Markit Ltd. (ticker MRKT) sold 53.5 million shares on Thursday, June 19, at an offer price of $24 each, raising $1.28 billion. The company is a financial data provider with expertise in financial derivatives, including c...

Wow, there is a lot of information out there about the “Redskins” case. A lot of misinformation, that is. From the first crawl I saw last night on Wednesday Night Baseball -- ESPN’s Bottom Line, to Google alerts, w...

You’ve just launched your new business and feel like you’re ready to take on the world. You’ve mapped out a business model you’re ready to devote the next few years of your life to and you’ve attracted a team o...

How can you leverage mobile to increase profitability for your company? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $200! BlackBerry...

How can you leverage mobile to increase profitability for your company? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $200! Facebook w...

In coaching thousands of negotiators over the years, I've observed that the most difficult skill for people to master is the ability to simply see what's happening in the negotiation, rather than applying logic, thinking...

Sponsored Post: In the past, VARs had a strong local presence in order to make the sales efforts happen and to hold the customer's hand. Going forward, if the customer's hand needs to be held, it is going to require a sp...

"There is no difference between a traditional athlete and an e-sports athlete," says Robert Morris University athletics official.

In the noisy world of media, journalists often resort to shouting in order to be heard. Sometimes that expresses itself in hasty and hyper-critical judgments. A recent example: the reaction to yesterday's announcement of...

The billionaire behind Patron Tequila and John Paul Mitchell Systems shares what being an entrepreneur is all about for him.

Billionaire entrepreneur, John Paul DeJoria talks about the importance of getting your company into the reordering business.