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Lewis Howes is a former professional football player who turned a career-ending injury into a springboard into entrepreneurship. Starting with nothing but an obsession to learn about business and marketing, he has since ...

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This morning the FBI’s New York office announced that Silk Road 2.0 operator Blake Benthall was arrested yesterday. Later today Benthall is expected to appear before a federal court in San Francisco. Operator of Silk R...

revenues are now making a difference in the bottom line.

Candy Crush Saga is now 51 percent of revenue, compared to 59 percent last quarter.

The medical device tax is one source of funding for the programs in the Affordable Care Act. If the Republicans could eliminate it, parts of health reform could go unfunded.

According to yesterday's Q3 2014 Investor letter, the Tesla store in Shenzhen, China remains one of the young automaker's most popular and highest-grossing locations worldwide. On top of that, the Chinese government, whi...

Marijn Berk flew into at a Rwandan airport a few years ago assuming he could purchase a visa for $10 or $20 just as he had at his previous stops along his spontaneous trip across Africa. When he entered customs, howe...

According to a recent SAP and Oxford Economics report, 83% of executives say their companies are increasing their use of contingent workers. Intuit reported that by 2020 40% of American Workers will be freelancers. Anoth...

Entrepreneurs and executives use many tools and rituals to stay focused and get ahead. Jack Dorsey assigns business themes to each day of his workweek, Winston Churchill worked from his bed each morning, and President Ha...

TV anywhere service Aereo is finally shutting down its operations after a Supreme Court decision rule that the service was illegally infringing on copyrights held by major broadcast TV networks. The decision to shut down...

GoldieBlox's latest attention-grabbing ad coincides with the launch of its first action figure, aimed at encouraging girls to look beyond Barbie, Bratz, and other dolls populating "the pink aisle" in toy stores.

The Federal Communications Commission has heard plenty from Verizon about how broadband Internet should be regulated. But despite years of constant communication, the telco giant is getting increasingly concerned the FCC...

Google today updated its Google Drive app for iOS with improvements specific to iOS 8 and other new features. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store. Google says Drive is now “optimized ...

The founder of LinkedIn visited Stanford University’s super-popular tech startup class and dispensed some advice on how to lead a business to Internet fame. The course is curated by noted investor Sam Altman, who has o...

Today Motorola announced a handful of new features and accessories for its Moto 360 smartwatch, including a “Moto Body” feature for tracking your “steps, distance, heart rate, and calories” and a new “My Design...

Connected grill thermometer maker iDevices goes big with HomeKit, investing $10 million in building a new platform centered around Apple smart home framework.

Peter Thiel said it was “courageous” of Apple chief executive Tim Cook to publicly declare that he is a gay man. “I think it's always good for gay people to come out,” said Thiel, who has long been public about b...

What is your endgame? This is a conundrum many entrepreneurs face before they start a business. Another tough decision is how much equity should you give employees so they share in your company’s success. Small busines...

As a fast-growing cloud file-sharing software company, Box needs to deploy new versions of its software in a timely fashion, and that requires an efficient code-testing process. Box built an internal tool to meet its nee...

South Park took down "freemium" gaming in its most recent episode.

In 1999, online forum UrbanBaby sprung up and quickly caught the attention of the wealthy mothers of New York City, who used it to anonymously vent, gossip, and swap important advice such as the ethical limits of bribery...