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Two years ago several of my Sci Am colleagues and I had an intense email exchange over a period of weeks, trying to figure out what to make of a new paper by string theorist Erik Verlinde . I don’t think I’ve ever been so flummoxed by physicists’ reactions to a paper. Mathematically it could hardly have been simpler the level of middle-school algebra for the most part.

Mark Zuckerberg and his executive team have been extremely successful at retaining equity in their company.

A serial entrepreneur describes her public relations mistakes--so you don't make the same ones.

Accelerating subatomic particles to almost the speed of light and then crashing them together reveals much about the nature of the matter.

The best reason to buy tablets for your team? No more death by PowerPoint. PowerPoint has been around for a quarter century.

The best reason to buy tablets for your team? No more death by PowerPoint.

Scientists have created a new algorithm to detect virtual communities, designed to match the needs of real-life social, biological or information networks detection better than with current attempts. The results of this study by Lovro Šubelj and his colleague Marko Bajec from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia have just been published in European Physical Journal B.

Here s the sort of crazy idea that animates our office conversation at Scientific American . It all started with my colleague Michael Moyer s joke that a certain politician could build his moon base using a balloon: just capture the hot air and float all the way up. Ha ha, we all know that balloons don t work in outer space

Love catchy business speak? Before your next meeting or presentation, make sure you aren't guilty of using one of these useless-- and annoying-- phrases. Years ago, I worked for a manager that was the poster child of buzzwords.

Once trust is established, a potential customer is far more likely to buy. There few piece of information more valuable in selling than knowing whether or not a particular prospect is likely to buy from you.

Running a business doesn't have to be painful. Following these four guidelines allows me to love what I do, every day. In New York

Believe it or not, there is a right (and very wrong) way of getting sales referrals. Check out these tricks to sales success.

Inc. has covered the Daily Deal and Local Deal space quite extensively over the last year or so. In fact my colleague Eric Markowitz has reported on the death of daily deals (and their resurrection ) in the last few weeks.

Encouraging your employees' creativity can not only create an engaging work environment, but create new business. Seven experts share their tips on getting employees to share their ideas. The origin of the humble Post-It Note is perhaps the best-known story about a million-dollar innovation that sprang from an unexpected place within a company

I will never forget the phone call I received from my colleague Mike on Dec. 26, 2005