Philippe Matthews Show Guru Advice, Author Reviews, Tech Reviews, Entertainment News

Every entrepreneur makes mistakes when starting out. Some are fixable, some don’t matter that much in the long run. Some really bug you and can’t be fixed and you just have to learn to live with them for a while

After achieving meteoric success with his buy-one-give-one model of shoe retailing, the Toms founder is reflecting on what other businesses can do to give back--and even giving back a little more himself.

HP To Spin-Off PC Business . HP has now said that it prefers to spin-off its PC-making division and is considering how it can do this within the current company structure.

Businesses in the sharing economy have drawn public scrutiny, if not ire, of late.

Over the next few weeks millions of incoming college students will make the trek to college as the head of their own households for the first time, creating a massive opportunity for brands to create lifelong loyalties for first-time decision makers. Learn five ways to friend the Class Of 2015 from the brands that are getting it right. As August comes to a close, you’ve probably noticed the barrage of “Back to School” ads that hold your every neuron hostage.

Phil McKinney is the president and CTO of HP's personal systems group, the group that oversaw the TouchPad's creation and the group the company just said it will be spinning off from HP and possibly selling . He's behind HP's strategy to control both the software and hardware of its smartphones and tablets--a strategy that has paid off well for Apple, but a strategy HP CEO Leo Apotheker said he was no longer committed to.

Only a month on the market, and the device that HP said would give Android and Apple a run for its money is already finished. Rumors were confirmed today that HP will discontinue its TouchPad tablet as well its WebOS phones. Reports indicate the company plans to instead focus on software and services, while distancing itself from hardware--HP may spin off its personal-computer business and acquire enterprise software company Autonomy for $10 billion.

Looking beyond traditional loans? Learn more about this alternative and increasingly popular lending option

Personal charging devices for electric vehicles are starting to hit the market. Now your EV can have its very own dedicated wind turbine to combat NIMBYs everywhere

Think Facebook and Twitter are all you need to get the word out about your new business? Here are eight more ways to get some media attention. Now that you’ve made the bold move of opening up your own business, you’re likely faced with the challenge of spreading the word about your goods or services to potential customers

Running your company in the cloud without any servers isn’t just a dream of the future--it’s happening right now.

Sisters Sabina and Lorraine Belkin get on sickeningly well: They live together, have the same friends, even go to the gym together. They also co-own Duo Restaurant & Lounge, New York City eatery. How do they keep their relationship healthy while working together in a notoriously stressful industry

It's often tough to explain startups and new tech and what they do, especially if no one's ever done it before.

Rebellious groups Anonymous and LulzSec have formed a hacktivist Voltron to strike back against international police efforts to arrest their members; they've hacked the police. It's a war, now. And we've developed a war-room style video of LulzSec's history

Many a brand, whether personal or business, would die a happy death to have a video go viral with over 500,000 views. Even better would be to speak with the creator of a video sensation that did just that in only 12 days since it was uploaded to YouTube. Jim Meskimen is an actor, comedian and impersonator with a tight and loyal fan base.