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Guest Post: With this week’s announcement that early-stage VC Greycroft has raised a $200 million growth fund, this type of fund has officially become a trend. But before we dig into the dynamics of it, let's pay homag...

Beware the idea of a “death spiral,” heralded by some as the inevitable result for electric utilities of mass adoption of renewable energy sources — particularly solar. Under this scenario, advances in renewable en...

A lesser-told angle of the recent Vergara v. California ruling is its potential to improve Golden State public schools’ financial position and and market competitiveness relative to charter schools. Aside from the peda...

With the Fire Phone, Amazon chose not to innovate in an area most people were hoping it would: price.

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Some studies suggest that 80% of us feel we have a bad boss. How do you get rid of him - without drawing attention to yourself? You have to think like a character from the Game of Thrones.

After several controversial goal calls in recent years, FIFA, the federation presiding over the tournament, has implemented goal line technology for the first time ever.

Last year, online giving to charity rose 13.5 percent, outpacing more modest growth across the philanthropic sector for traditional donations. While that doesn't mean the overall pie is growing for charitable support - p...

It's officially summer which means vacations, road trips and yes, lots of yard sales.

Tina Seelig has taught innovation and creativity for the past 15 years . We interviewed her at the recent Visionary Awards.

Players have thrown digital punches, tempest-size fireballs, and physics-breaking kicks at each other through the Street Fighter franchise since the 1990s, and thanks to the success of the Street Fighter IV series, that ...

Faced with rising coffee bean costs, Starbucks is planning to raise prices for certain coffee beverages this week, according to a Wall Street Journal report.  “Starting Tuesday, some beverages in Starbucks U.S. compan...

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! HTC may fi...

For the past couple years, I’ve followed one rule that I thought would help me break down barriers and build strong relationships more quickly. Before I got off any call, I would always ask people how I could help them...

Wealth is created through 50% education, 25% capital and 25% trust

Startup companies are using new web and mobile technologies to build peer-to-peer networks. In what is called collaborative consumption, the sharing economy or the peer economy, owners rent out something they are not usi...

The State of Florida is tired of deplorable stories concerning the trafficking of Cuban baseball players to the United States, and has passed a new law penalizing Major League Baseball teams that will not change their ru...

As anyone with a smartphone, laptop or indeed a whole electric car will know, lithium-ion batteries degrade over time. Each time you charge and discharge the batteries, they lose a little capacity. Day to day you don’t...

New evidence from German prosecutors has called into question whether Bernie Ecclestone paid a bribe to steer the sale of Formula One in 2006 to the private equity firm CVC.

We live in an era in which increasingly, leaders who are authentic, and who translate this into shared value for their people, whether shareholders or stakeholders, employees, customers or constituents, are the ones who ...

HelloFresh delivers a food box that lets subscribers make high-quality self-cooked meals at home. Customers can pick between different recipes and receive the exact number and portion of the ingredients needed. That way ...

Guest Post: 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...