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Wayne Embree, a vice president at the Oklahoma City nonprofit incubator i2E, offers five tips for entrepreneurs who want to make the most of small- and medium-sized markets.
Read More »Does Your Phone Know How Happy You Are? The Emotion-Recognition Industry Comes Giddily Of Age
Who among us has never growled like a cave person at their laptop? Or giggled uncontrollably into a smartphone
Read More »Find Growth Beyond Profits
New Orleans chef John Besh has found the secret to success: Give back.
Read More »Video: New front in battle vs. obesity
Obesity is a growing epidemic in America that's being fought on many fronts.
Read More »Imagining the Future Invokes Your Memory
I remember my retirement like it was yesterday. As I recall, I am still working, though not as hard as I did when I was younger
Read More »What Art-School Kids In Savannah Teach Us About Urban Renewal
Some of the most interesting revitalization work in Savannah is coming not from the traditional--and often unsuccessful--saviors of decayed neighborhoods. It’s coming from design students, who are earnestly trying to find ways to work with local residents without igniting suspicion of outsiders wielding big ideas. UNITED STATES OF INNOVATION New Ideas, New Markets, New Insights All around the country, Americans are dreaming big
Read More »Netflix’s Big, HBO-Inspired, 10-Year Bet On Original Content
The pilot episode of a new television series can send it rocketing toward ratings success, renewal, and eventual syndication, or plummeting toward cancellation. But in the world of Internet TV, says Netflix , "don't expect overnight results." That's the message the company sent yesterday while announcing its quarterly financial results. On Monday, the company released its first-quarter financial earnings, and beyond the immediate results (26 million global streaming users, $870 million in revenue, a $0.08 loss per share), Netflix spent time qualifying the benefits of its original programming efforts
Read More »Meet Nick Bauta, The Designer-Entrepreneur Driving Providence’s Industrial Renaissance
After a deadly fire, Providence officials enacted strict building codes that virtually dismantled the city's lively arts scene. The task has fallen to a RISD grad to rebuild it, one abandoned warehouse at a time.
Read More »Is Your Business Going Through Puberty?
You know those awkward growing pains? They happen to companies, too.
Read More »Japan’s Quake Defenses Not Enough, Official Reports Warn
By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's defenses against a major tsunami and the safety of its nuclear plants were thrown into further doubt after two official studies predicted much higher waves could hit and that Tokyo quake damage could be bigger than it was prepared for. The reports, carried in the media over the weekend, are likely to intensify the debate about whether to restart Japan's 54 nuclear reactors, all but one of which are shut amid public fears about nuclear safety sparked by the Fukushima disaster in March 2011.
Read More »Should You Pay to Launch to a Crowd?
Tech entrepreneurs flock to pricey events for the networking and the potential prize money. But there are cheaper ways to launch to the masses
Read More »Mud, Sweat … & $70 Million in Revenue
It all started with a wacky idea and a $20 Facebook ad.
Read More »Robb Report Readers Are Wined and Dined in Paris by the Mandarin Oriental and Château Rauzan-Ségla
During a recent three-day visit to Paris, five Robb Report readers and their spouses attended the grand-opening ceremony for the city’s new Mandarin Oriental hotel and enjoyed a dinner hosted by Ch
Read More »Need an Idea for a Killer New Business? Try This.
DocStoc CEO Jason Nazar needed a new product idea that might help grow the business. He got it--in a week
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