Some patients swear by experimental "platelet-rich plasma" method, but experts say jury is still out on if it really works
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Most of us have something to pitch. You may be pitching your startup to a VC to secure funding
Read More »Video: Assessing the value of PRP therapy
Dr. Jon LaPook reports on the experimental treatment Platelet Rich Plasma therapy, a procedure that appears to help heal a muscle, tendon or joint injury without surgery
Read More »Derek Boogaard had chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he died: Report
28-year-old NFL enforcer's brain had telltale signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, say doctors
Read More »Do flu shots cause the flu? 12 influenza vaccine myths busted
What do you really know about the flu vaccine? You might be surprised
Read More »How to Run an "Illegal" Start-up
As tech-sector regulations pile on for start-ups, here's how to keep innovating while weathering the legal storm. Is your company a scofflaw? Are you sure
Read More »The Flip Flop Company Culture
How my refusal to wear shoes and get a haircut shaped my entrepreneurial path and company's culture. I became an entrepreneur because I wanted to wear flip-flop sandals to work and not worry about getting haircuts when my bangs grew too long. I was not quite sure what I wanted to do exactly, but I knew that whatever I did it would include the values I hold close: integrity, hustle and individuality over antiquated cultural norms
Read More »5 Ways to Improve Customer Retention
Building these steps into your operations will help you to significantly improve customer retention and create significant value for your business. We hate to sound like a broken record, but we can't say it enough—developing loyal customers is the most important thing you can do for your business
Read More »Exploding the Too-Big-To-Fail Myth
Crazed radicals (like the president of the Dallas Fed) think banks should suffer the consequences of their actions instead of relying on the government to underwrite executive bonuses. The theory behind bailouts of big financial institutions is that if they collapse they will infect other financial institutions.
Read More »Top 3 Reasons Your Product Description Sucks
If you can't describe your own products without resorting to marketingspeak, you're losing sales. Here are 3 mistakes to avoid. Most product descriptions suck, especially when they’re written by marketing people who have never sold anything.
Read More »TEDxBrooklyn Takeaways: 5 Predictions You Need to Know
Brooklyn's business leaders ponder the future of hacking, crowdfunding, and your customers' shopping habits in the second TEDxBrooklyn. How will you "redefine better" in 2012? Friday's TEDxBrooklyn conference focused on that theme by bringing together some of the biggest forces that have "bettered" the borough in recent years
Read More »The Murky World of Paid Online Reviews
You need to get the word out about your new product or service. What if you paid someone -- or a lot of people -- to review it for you?
Read More »What You Need to Know about Client Contracts
Here are the steps to take to prevent yourself from getting burned by your clients.
Read More »StumbleUpon’s Mobile Growth Rockets 800%; Company Unveils Major Redesign With 250 Brand Partners
StumbleUpon , the discovery engine that enables its users to "Stumble" onto personalized web content, unveiled a major redesign Monday, introducing a slew of upgrades that include a streamlined interface, recommendation improvements, and the addition of brand channels.
Read More »The Ingenious Business Model Behind Coursekit, A Tumblr For Higher Education
At universities, educational software largely means enterprise-scale, expensive, feature-stuffed "learning management systems." Blackboard has the majority of the market, but professors and students are about as enthusiastic about its various updates, crashes, and bugs as people are with the latest version of Windows (Blackboard scores a whopping 93% "hated" rating on website Amplicate ). Last week, a new alternative was launched--built by students--that looks and works a lot more like the social platforms people actually choose to use in their spare time.
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