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Studies show that teaming up with a prime contractor may be the fastest way to breach the seven-figure mark. Here's what you need to know.

In 1912 airships and balloons, powered and unpowered, were being developed to explore, to entertain, to travel, and to wage war. Aerostats (any lighter-than-air craft) remained highly sensitive to weather and many were floated by flammable hydrogen (at least until the destruction of the Hindenburg in May 1937) but despite the limitations, great hopes were placed on these frail craft. [More]

The best leaders recognize their weaknesses--and struggle through them. I am known as a pretty quick study on most issues I face in my professional career

A crowd observes the match playing on the main stage at the StarCraft 2 championships in Providence, RI. Credit: Major League Gaming If there is one general rule about the limitations of the human mind, it is that we are terrible at multitasking. The old phrase united we stand, divided we fall applies equally well to the mechanisms of attention as it does to a patriotic cause.

We are in the age of the inexperienced entrepreneur making a fortune and leading the pack. At least that’s what I see in everything from The Social Network to a recent Inc. article about a 20-something New Yorker moving to Dehli because his company’s Website is all the rage in India

Photograph by Kenji Toma Step away from the video game. While playing chess on an HD screen may be convenient, nothing beats the real thing -- especially when it comes to growing minds. "Kids are learning about their world, and if they only learn through the limitations of a computer, they won't learn about themselves," says Jeffrey Ryan, designer for Naef U.S.A