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Feed SubscriptionWhy California’s Cap And Trade Program Is A Big Deal
The state's program will be able to test the theories about whether cap-and-trade reduces pollution without destroying businesses. If it works, expect other states to quickly follow. The U.S
Read More »Should Scientists Use Genetically Modified Insects to Fight Disease?
In the November 2011 issue of Scientific American, author Bijal Trivedi looks at the ongoing controversies surrounding the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to fight dengue fever.
Read More »Pushing Pixels: Why Companies Promote Games Through Huge Events
It's not enough for video game makers to hype new franchises and titles with a sleek ad campaign and a trailer, these days. They're running huge events--like BlizzCon, today--sometimes at a loss, to keep fans engaged.
Read More »This Seasonal Clock Will Keep You Thinking About The Present
A clock that takes a year to complete a cycle gives new perspective on the passage of time. In many instances, it makes sense to measure time in seconds, minutes, or hours--if you're training for a marathon, scheduling meetings, or trying to make it home for dinner on time, there's really no other way to do it. But our obsession with small increments of time often keeps us from focusing on the bigger picture.
Read More »How To Discover Amazing Talent For Your Startup
Successful startup hires all share a certain set of qualities. You'll likely not find them on a resume, and traditional interview questions won’t uncover them.
Read More »Do You Have a Customer-Centric Brand?
Brand strategists Chris Bryant says the U.S.
Read More »Small Businesses That Are Hiring
A recent poll suggests that despite economic uncertainty, America's fastest-growing small businesses are looking for talent. Their biggest hurdle: finding it.
Read More »How Robots And Social Entrepreneurs Can Work Side By Side To Fix The World
To break out of the mismanaged systems in which we find ourselves, we could turn to robots, whose cold logic would override our selfish needs. Or we could turn to social entrepreneurs, who work outside the system to find new solutions. A few years ago in the wake of the failure of governments to sign an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gases in Copenhagen, we fell into a discussion on fixing the system: Let’s get computers to do it for us.
Read More »Mastodon Turns Metalheads Into Three-Jawed Minotaurs
Go behind the scenes of the band's very metal adventures in augmented reality.
Read More »Tips for Running Daily and Local Deals
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.
Read More »"Person Of Interest" Creator Jonathan Nolan Isn’t Paranoid–Or Is He?
“There are apps that ask what your mood is, or track the transmission of disease," says Nolan, whose new, J.J. Abrams-produced drama premieres tomorrow on CBS.
Read More »Go Mobile, Reach Customers
If you’re a small business owner with customers on the go, or employees that work in the field or remotely, you may want to provide them with a mobile app to connect with your business.
Read More »Change Generation: Music Unites’s Michelle Edgar Makes Soul Music
Nonprofit Music Unites founder Michelle Edgar describes her journey from a music-loving magazine intern to Director of Branding for Warner Bros. Music and creator of a charity that gets kids off the streets and into a real studio to record their first songs
Read More »The Accidental Incubator
On the verge of losing the business, CEO Tom Walter looked to young employees to turn his business around, and then helped them fund their own. In the last 6 years, Illinois-based Tasty Catering has undergone a revolution—a revolution that not only saved it from closing its doors, but also turned the company into a local incubator for young entrepreneurs
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