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I recently ran into an entrepreneur on whose board I sat during my venture capital years. We awkwardly shook hands and then quickly slipped into a conversation that seemed to pick back up on the last one we had years ago. Back when I was the VC and he was the entrepreneur, we had been on opposite sides of a tense situation.

How companies like Roku boost sales with referral marketing Roku was one of the first companies to bring online movies to people's living rooms. Three years ago, the Saratoga, California-based company started selling remote-controlled devices that can stream online media content, such as Netflix movies and Pandora radio, to TV sets.

When a woman gives birth, she may picture in her mind's eye what that new tiny creature might become--a comedian perhaps, or mechanic or physicist. She might envision the adventures and mishaps she will share with her child along the way.

It’s not that America has lost its ability to innovate.

The U.S. cellphone market has just turned a very significant corner, ccording to Nielsen: The majority of new phones being sold are, for the first time, smartphones

U.S. nukes are safe! As they can be...

Group messaging is all the rage right now. Kik and GroupMe are making headlines across the blogosphere; Facebook scooped up Beluga not long ago; and tons of other startups, from BrightKite to TextPlus to Fast Society, are looking to capture part of the market for themselves

A new model in Cleveland--in which workers own companies that are supported by the city's big businesses--has the potential to change the economics of the city and its workers. There are two things in which I believe strongly: that business is at the root of our economic challenges and that business is at the heart of the solution to those challenges

Legendary ad man John Hegarty offers some advice for advertisers and marketers who are trying to navigate the future of the business. Legendary ad man John Hegarty , cofounder and worldwide creative director of international agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty , knows something about building great brands

Millions in new grants will help journalist hackers create visually striking graphics that will both inform the public and help reporters find patterns they didn't know were there. In the 21st century, a crack reporter's best source for juicy leads might not be pounding the pavement and hounding sources.

By Douglas Kysar of Nature magazine The US Supreme Court this week gave its opinion on American Electric Power v. [More]

Flying Paris to Tokyo in less time than it takes to watch two movies, with barely a wisp of exhaust?

Over the past month, I attended three conferences. Each one brought together some of the greatest minds in B2B sales and marketing. Sadly, some of their presentations distracted us from their important messages

Feel invisible or taken advantage of? Author Lois Frankel offers indispensable strategies and tactics for how women can become happier and more successful in the workplace and in life.

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