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The Consumer Electronics Show drew more than 170,000 people to Las Vegas this week to view more than 2.47 million square feet of exhibits. The square footage for the 3,800-plus exhibitors was a record breaker, according ...

Coming off of the holiday season and in the spirit of providing some levity to the rigors of startup life, here is my list of the top 10 things that only an entrepreneur could be grateful for

GUEST: A lot goes into creating a company, and a lot more goes into creating a great company that endures. The difference between the two comes down to one thing: investing in the people. It's because people aren't simpl...

GUEST: Recently, the UK Office of National Statistics estimated that 35% of the babies born today will live to 100. We live in exciting times for the healthcare industry, and innovative startups are a big part of that st...

GUEST: Funding drives our entire ecosystem. Like cheap Saudi oil sending shockwaves across global markets, so too the ebb and flow of venture/Investment capital determines the pace by which ideas have a chance to become ...

If progress is slow for corporate America in uniting Millennials with Gen X?ers and Boomers, perhaps we can all find intrigue and inspiration from 15 year old Chef Remmi Smith and Executive Chef Michael Morris, a nine ye...

GUEST: I went to two CFO events last fall: a panel for hyper-growth companies in Silicon Valley and a breakfast in Dallas for Fortune 500 CFOs. Each event had a different theme, but the conversation at both ended up bein...

I survived another Consumer Electronics Show. I believe this is my 20th time at the biggest tech trade show in North America. After five days in Las Vegas, I’m tired but not sick. I’m still writing stories from all o...

Anyone searching for answers to the collapse of the Shanghai Composite Index in recent months needs to look beyond circuit breakers and heavy-handed government intervention to chronic manufacturing deflation.

Only in Las Vegas would you expect to see a party like this. The craziest party that I attended at the Consumer Electronics Show was the Microsoft event on Thursday night at the Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace. The roo...

Parrot has created a unique drone that can fly for 45 minutes on a single charge and reach speeds up to 50 miles per hour. The Parrot Disco was unveiled at the 2016 International CES, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas...

GUEST: The start of a new year is a good time to reflect on what went wrong in the prior year and how to avoid making the same mistakes again. For early stage venture capitalists like myself, some degree of failure is in...

There are still billions of people in the world who don’t have a personal computer. The Endless Mini is for them. The new ball-shaped computer from Endless is a $79 machine aimed at bringing the next four billion peopl...

I have little patience for traditional management books, including my own. But I’m a believer in discovering great advice from books that don't intend to, well, dole out advice small business advice. In that spirit, h...

Entrepreneurs spend considerable time and effort getting their business off the ground, but can occasionally lose sight of their own goals and vision.

At 75 million strong, Millennials are changing the face of banking. And, technology is at the forefront of that change, which we Baby Boomers need to embrace.

Team milestone management is the single most important operational leadership skill you can develop.

VB INSIGHT: The headline sounds crazy, but some brands are not as enthusiastic about increasing digital media spending as agencies are, according to the 2016 New Year Outlook survey (registration required) from marketing...

The Internet of Things literally has the potential to turn every object on this planet into a computer node. Is that a good thing? Who knows? But the proliferation of computing power and data opens up interesting new ave...

Google has applied for a patent for a device, potentially a smartwatch, that can remind you to take one or more ingestible substances, such as medications, when you eat. The device could also relay the notification to ot...

The day we hired our first sales rep to work for our startup, we loaded up his trunk with the first couple of cases of our product. When he came back later, the trunk was empty and we gave him some more. "OK", you're hir...