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Kickstarter is asking that a patent be invalidated--or at least, that it not be found to be infringing upon it. Kickstarter, the crowdfunding website that helps advance original ideas, is under attack for being a copycat.

Not everyone lost out in the tech bubble. Here's how Kevin Ryan, a serial entrepreneur, actually cashed in on it. Kevin Ryan, the serial entrepreneur behind notable companies like Gilt Group and Business Insider, got involved in the Internet business in 1996 when he founded DoubleClick, a start-up that built ad management software for websites

Brand strategists Chris Bryant says the U.S.

Lawyer and founder of MyLawsuit.com Michele Colucci hopes her start-up will change the way people find an attorney and how much is paid in referral fees. At the start of her career as an attorney, Michele Colucci spent a couple of years in Los Angeles working for a large law firm, but found that Big Law wasn’t for her. After a stint as the owner and operator of a small chain of retail stores in the Washington D.C

Taking a rare peek into what really goes into creating the fresh, local ingredients your waiter rattles off when explaining that day's specials. This summer Dan Kluger, chef at ABC Kitchen (this year's James Beard Foundation Award winner for Best New Restaurant), accompanied several food writers on a road trip to New York's Hudson Valley to tour some of the farms (and one distillery!) that supply Manhattan's hottest restaurants, including his own.

Productivity is a hot topic because so many people (especially entrepreneurs) are productivity-challenged.

We all can learn a lesson or two on how to correct a negative image. Here's what Domino's is doing right.

When Maxine Snider launched her signature collection in 1998, her focus was on creating spindly, light, and even a bit feminine-looking furniture inspired by delicate French designs of the 1920s and 1930s. Later, as the business expanded, she staged something of her own French revolution by abandoning the collection approach ...

The average pro football career lasts three and a half seasons.

Start-up founder Eileen P. Gunn writes about how she budgets time to maximize focus, momentum--and rest. I wonder if Congress would consider creating a longer day, specifically for entrepreneurs

Since performing research for my book, Climate Capitalism (written with Hunter Lovins) a few years ago, I have become increasingly convinced that the smart grid has the potential to be one of the "holy grails" in the clean tech revolution. I believe that the smart grid can be the enabling technology that enable all kinds of other low-carbon innovations to flourish

Want to make really smart decisions for your company? It's simple as looking into the future and assessing the data--a service that a few young companies dealing in "predictive analytics" are selling. Business swims in a sea of data.

A mobile app that lets people send gift cards to friends is not the work of a deals company. But it is using discounts to deliver customers--especially the specific demographics individual merchants want--into brick-and-mortar stores. Daily deals have exploded into a $4 billion industry almost overnight because there’s no shortage of merchants who would like to lure online customers into their real-world establishments.

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

Entrepreneur Andy Crestodina explains how he uses Crazy Egg to analyze web traffic. My partners and I run a Web design and video production firm, so it's essential for us to know how visitors are using our clients' websites. Earlier this year, our SEO partner recommended an analytics tool called Crazy Egg, and now we're huge fans.