Welcome to the "Silicon Roundabout," which is luring young companies with government funding, Google-sponsored office space, and a new start-up competition. The start-up scene in London may not be as well known as the hotbeds of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley or New York City, but it is striving to offer entrepreneurs looking to launch companies a buzzing business environment.
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I would have written this article sooner, but I was busy on Pinterest .
Read More »How to Overcome Fear: 5 Tricks
Fear is the main obstacle to success in business--in business as well as elsewhere. Don't let it rule your life. Most people aren't as successful as they might be, simply because their fear is keeping them from taking action.
Read More »Business Trip? 5 Tech Essentials to Pack
Travel lighter! Get more work done! Never run out of power! Don't leave home without these tech essentials. I travel frequently in my job as a reporter—in fact, I’m typing this on a plane right now. After each trip, I start to evaluate which gadgets I used the most, which apps I found most useful, and—most importantly—which gadget mistakes I made.
Read More »Mobile Payments For Everyone! Barclays Pushes Future Tech Into Now
Barclays bank, which already intertwines NFC chips and antennas into its banking cards in the U.K., has just taken a page out of Apple's book and released a new mobile app that should shake up the U.K. financial game.
Read More »When to Give Work Away for Free
If you're not devoting a small percentage of your time to working for free, you're making a big mistake.
Read More »Your Customer Research Is All Wrong
Somewhere along the line between brainstorming and testing new ideas in the marketplace, your research is failing. Here's why
Read More »Business Owners Hopeful But Not Crazy
Forget Jeremy Lin. The hottest question of the week was, "Are entrepreneurs feeling optimistic?" One good thing about being the soul of free enterprise, the best hope of innovation, and the lone source of new job creation in the U.S. economy: It makes people attentive to your moods
Read More »30 Under 30 | Call for Nominations
Call for Nominations Are you, or do you know, an under-30 superstar entrepreneur who we should consider for this year's 30 Under 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs list? We're calling for nominations from all industries to create a diverse list of companies led by young entrepreneurs who have the potential to become the rock star CEOs of their generation
Read More »Video: Following the trail of counterfeit cancer drugs
The FDA is warning doctors about purchasing and prescribing a fake Avastin - a cancer-treating drug. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian follows the trail of where the counterfeit drugs.
Read More »Video: Following the trail of counterfeit cancer drugs
The FDA is warning doctors about purchasing and prescribing a fake Avastin - a cancer-treating drug. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian follows the trail of where the counterfeit drugs.
Read More »Misery among heroin addicts in Afghanistan
Ninety percent of the world's opium originates in Afghanistan's poppy fields -- much of it is turned into heroin
Read More »Misery among heroin addicts in Afghanistan
Ninety percent of the world's opium originates in Afghanistan's poppy fields -- much of it is turned into heroin
Read More »Yahoo’s Prediction Engine Calls Presidential Race In Favor Of Obama (Sorry, Mitt)
Using smarty-pants economists and computer scientists, Yahoo analyzed historical data and says the math points to the prez taking the White House this fall. An entire industry has emerged to try to predict who will triumph in any particular political contest
Read More »Fake Avastin tied to small Montana distributor
Case exposes the dangers of suppliers operating on the fringes of the prescription drug market
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