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House Considers Removing Funding Obstacles

Four bills are up for consideration, including ones that allow up to $2 million from crowd-funding sites. Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives quickly advanced four bills that would make it easier for small businesses to line up capital.

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Primland’s New Tree House Retreat

Perched approximately 3,000 feet above sea level, the Golden Eagle Tree House—the secluded one-bedroom suite, overlooking the Dan River Gorge (from $425 per night)—is the latest addition to the Primland retreat, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Accessible by a wooden bridge walkway, the tree house comprises a ...

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Does the GOP Really Love You?

Republicans claim to be the party of entrepreneurs. Here's how it could prove it really means it. The Republican primary debate smackdown in Las Vegas on Tuesday underscored a couple things you already knew about the GOP candidates.

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Making The Real Estate Market Work For Nonprofits

Sell your house, give to charity. My Broker Donates enlists the help of brokers to give parts of their fees to area nonprofits--organizations whose work often drives up property values. The real estate market was supposed to be the driving force behind the economy

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Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

Apple co-founder Jobs was one of those people who kept topping himself, writes veteran technology journalist Lee Gomes. Here's a look back through Jobs's life as entrepreneur, designer, and ultimately, icon. Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple who pioneered the personal-computer industry and became an emblem of Internet-era culture, died Wednesday at the age of 56.

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The Right Tax on the Wrong People

The American Jobs Act includes a clause that--if enacted on the venture capital industry--could hamper start-up investment, innovation, and, ultimately, job creation. Tucked away on Page 139 of Obama’s American Jobs Act, after the sections on payroll tax credits and unemployment benefits, are a few lines of text that could change the way venture capital investment works in this country.

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A Nutrition Label For Building Products

We know what ingredients are in many of the products we buy, but often have no idea what the buildings we spend our lives in are made of. The Building Product Transparency Project is trying to change that

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Life After Fast Money And Fast Food

The founder of the Slow Money movement makes the case for the kinds of return on investment you get when you put money into your local community. Is there such a thing as money that is too fast, companies that are too big, investments that are too abstract and securities that are too complex

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Word-Of-Mouth Marketing: We All Want To Keep Up With The Joneses

It was close to midnight, Pacific Standard Time, as one truck after another crept down a quiet, gated village road in the heart of Laguna Beach, one of the most beautiful oceanside communities in Southern California (as well as one of the most affluent and most expensive). Most of the ornate, sprawling stucco houses were in shadows, their owners asleep--with the exception of the very last house on the block. Considering the time of night, it was unusual to see one, let alone several, vehicles on the road

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The 10 Best Amazon Reviews. Ever.

Web reviews from online everymen are either low-hanging fruit for DIY marketers, the best thing to ever happen to e-shopping, or bait for angry cheapskates.

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What’s Next For The Check-In?

"You've got people saying, 'I'm here,' whatever 'here' means. 'Here' may mean I'm at a restaurant or a ball game," says James D.

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