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Paltalk is a strange company. All startups risk it all to realize their vision, but 15-year-old Paltalk will live or die for something you probably haven’t thought about in a while: chat rooms. Paltalk launched during ...

Forbes.com Small Business Expert, Customer Service edition: Customer service questions answered right here by Micah Solomon, a customer service consultant, author and speaker.

This week was a sobering reminder about the inherent dangers of space flight.

BTC Guild, a popular Bitcoin mining pool, is announcing today that it could very well be sold, hours after founder Michael Marsee posted plans to close the organization early next year. For those not in the know, mining ...

Funding remains one of the biggest issues facing entrepreneurs. A recent survey by consutlancy, EY found that 55% of entrepreneurs consider it to be the biggest hurdle - over other problems such as uncertainty of income ...

After outraging women by suggesting they not ask for raises—and later apologizing—Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella spoke openly about his challenges in holding onto female employees at an event in San Francisc...

Guest Post: Zombie meetings are an epidemic infecting companies everywhere. Here's how you can prevent an outbreak of undead meetings before they start.

A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape:  Bryan Cheung, Co-Founder and CEO, Liferay... 

Insights from a massive online open course based on the book Scaling Up Excellence about how to identify the right (and wrong) employees for your scaling startup.

Blurred Headlines, they ought to call it. There’s a frenzy of information in the media after a California federal judge denied a motion for summary judgment in the dispute between Marvin Gaye’s heirs and Robin Thicke...

Investing in start-ups is always going to be a risky business. One new site is looking to minimise that risk while providing entrepreneurs with with a greater pool of funding.

Many in the media have already passed judgement on MCX's mobile payment platform CurrentC, but the platform's offer of cutting out credit card processing fees may rally merchants' support.

At LinkedIn, data scientists have gone from product leaders to horizontally placed collaborators.

Expense reporting is a huge pain in everyone’s working behind. Just this morning, my colleagues were groaning because of today’s deadline to get theirs in for the month. So it’s at least reassuring to know that a h...

The latest app making its debut in the Roku Channel store today is Google Play Movies & TV, which is the search giant’s digital media store for buying and renting videos. The move is a tad interesting because Google is...

VIENNA, Austria — By anyone’s definition, Justin Kan has had a monster year in 2014. It started with Kan selling his startup Exec to Handybook in an all-stock deal (the amount was undisclosed). Then, in June, he join...

Social enterprise Jail Education Solutions is launching a pilot in Philadelphia for its tablet-based wireless educational platform aimed at reducing recidivism among jail and prison inmates.

A Columbia Law School professor's requ

Jeb Bush has a problem, and his name is Grover Norquist.

Euro Disney, the theme park complex on the outskirts of Paris, has revealed that the construction of a blockbuster new ride created work for 4,000 people with 80% of them coming from French businesses due to a new decisi...

New research from New York-based Dr. Solange Chara shows it is now possible to predict the success and profitability of any given team participant or collective team in advance.

If you want a reason to opt out of school, you’re not alone.  And Angad Daryani might just be the inspiration you were looking for. Daryani, a 16-year-old Mumbaiker, quit school at 9 to build India’s first 3D printe...