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Michael Palatnek and David Stutz Co-Founders of C2C Outdoor have found success through the combination of their unique skill sets.

Box CEO Aaron Levie understands that the less time you spend tied to your desk, the more connected you need to be.

As big businesses and consumers slowly realize that oil prices won't drop precipitously anytime soon, biofuels and biochemicals have begun to look ever more attractive. But up until now, there hasn't been a truly cost-effective way to to make fuel and chemicals out of biomass (i.e switchgrass, woodchips, and other nonedible crops). Enter Renmatix , a Kleiner Perkins-backed startup that emerged from stealth mode today.

As part of our Getting Funded series , we asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council what they wish they knew when they sought funding that they know now. Here are their suggestions, including finding the right investors, understanding legalities, and more. 1.

General Motors's subsidiary, OnStar, is now the one getting tracked by some Congressional leaders after a controversial e-mail it sent out to customers earlier this month.

Long before the first customer walks into a restaurant, the most important meal of the day, arguably, has already been prepared: The Family Meal.

There may be nothing new under the sun, but beneath the sea is a different story. Scientists studying 28 years of data from the Atlantic Ocean have found that climate change is causing drastic changes in fish populations off the European coast--and that's bad news for cold-loving species like cod, which have fed generations of Northern Europeans. The North Sea, a cold wind-swept patch of the Atlantic stretching from Scandinavia to the U.K., is warming four times faster than the global average.

A man exercises his right of free speech and gets fired. An IT contractor is claiming the state of New York fired and blacklisted him after he talked to the press when it withheld four months of his paychecks during the 2010 budget crisis. In a lawsuit filed last week in district court, Stephen Anderson of Glenville, New York, is claiming the state violated his constitutional right to free speech and then retaliated against him

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Former Navy SEAL Rob Roy is on a mission to toughen up American CEOs. For Rob Roy, warfare is more than just a business metaphor. A former Navy SEAL, Roy runs SOT-G, a Coronado, California, company that puts clients, most of them business leaders, through a hellish 80-hour leadership course inspired by military combat prep

Editor Jane Berentson discusses her recent visit to the headquarters of The Kauffman Foundation, which opened its first charter school in August. For years, my colleagues and I have consumed research from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation the way nonfoodies consume fine restaurant meals—appreciative of the product's quality but not especially curious about its source. Kauffman, one of the 30 largest foundations in the United States, fosters entrepreneurship with grants, research, education, and policy recommendations

Fun and Functions products for special-needs kids were a hit with parents.

Readers respond to our our story about globetrotting 21-year-old Ankur Jain and our How I Did It feature package, along with columns by Jason Fried and Meg Hirshberg. Tales From the Front Readers of all ages enjoyed our cover story about 14 entrepreneurs and their successes, failures, and lessons learned (" How I Did It ," July/August) .

Heres a look at the companies that provided the lighting, plants, irrigation system, and teak in New York Citys High Line park.

Chris Savage, the founder of Wistia, on the fear of entrepreneurship "Being an entrepreneur is all about fear: fear of failing, fear of making the wrong decision, even fear of success. The difference between succeeding and failing is how you choose to confront your fears." Chris Savage, CEO and co-founder of Wistia, an online video hosting service based in Somerville, Massachusetts, wrote about the scary side of entrepreneurship on his blog, SavageThoughts.com