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GUEST: In a 2014 editorial titled "Bitcoin is the New PayPal," we made the case that PayPal's history could provide insight on Bitcoin's future. Specifically, we argued that, in the short term, the Bitcoin ecosystem woul...

Thrive Market, an LA-based e-commerce company, focused on getting healthy foods to customers across America at cost-effective prices, is going zero-waste. But can a company of its size and its nature, really get rid of a...

GUEST: Paying more attention to the reality of the workers and businesses in so-called "Flyover Country" isn't a fad. Mark Zuckerberg may no longer be writing about his travels across the U.S., but the work still continu...

GUEST: Back in May, I wrote about the concept of DAOs, decentralized autonomous organizations capable of running themselves thanks to blockchain technology — no CEO or C-Suite needed. At the time I was writing, there w...

The Magical Butter machine is the world's first counter top botanical extractor, designed for creating recipes, infusing the essence of healthy herbs like decarbed cannabis, sage, lavender, etc into butter, oil, grain al...

As bitcoin prices fluctuate near record highs and adoption picks up, the world's largest bitcoin ATM provider is bringing its largest installation to-date to Georgia. Coinsource has placed 18 of its bitcoin ATMs in Atlan...

In most industries, the companies that perform the best with millennials are those that keep their convenience in mind. The health care industry is no exception and one company has showed up at their customer's doorstep,...

Serial entrepreneur Brian Dally, CEO of GROUNDFLOOR didn't just go searching for a problem to solve. He went searching for a problem "big enough to overcome the natural ambivalence we all have". He also says naysayers an...

Reigns: Her Majesty builds on its predecessor’s devilishly simple mechanics with a new story of political and cosmic intrigue. As in the first Reigns, indie developer François Alliot (aka Nerial) invites you to try on...

Consumers who purchased smart luggage in the last few years may be out of luck if the major airlines have their way.

The transformation of data into actionable insights is one of the hottest topics CMOs talk about. To get insight into top data and technology trends for 2018, Tom Benton, the CEO of the DMA, provides six trends that the ...

Got a dream number you want to sell your business for? Here are five surprising ways acquirers use that number against you.

Christina Stembel, 39, grew up on an Indiana corn and soybean farm and didn't go to college. Now she's building Farmgirl Flowers in San Francisco, which will clock $15 million in revenue this year. When she launched in 2...

Gamers are going to get a lot of bargains on Cyber Monday, the traditional discount day for electronic commerce holiday shopping. Cyber Monday hasn’t always been as big a deal for gamers, but the discounting strategy h...

With its ability to transport users anywhere and give them any kind of experience, VR has huge potential as a tool for positive change. Google is highlighting that with its new philanthropy program, Daydream Impact. This...

GUEST: With the U.S. economy much improved, this year’s Christmas season is expected to be one of the best in years, and with the advance of digital technology, smartphones will be a key buying method for many consumer...