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Funding science has always relied on public support. Traditionally, scientists at research institutions are awarded money from government agencies and sometimes private foundations.

What if your bike ride to work meant you got free stuff at stores? Recyclebank is going beyond just offering rewards for recycling, giving London commuters fresh incentives to walk or ride.

A look at three travel reward credit cards with added perks, like generous sign-up bonuses Amid heated competition, credit card companies are rolling out travel reward cards with added perks, including generous sign-up bonuses. Here are three to consider.

I like to look at most areas of life as a game. If I didn't think it were fun to navigate the challenges of the game called "business," I wouldn't have taken the career path I have

Some ideas are crazy. Some are underdeveloped. Some will fail

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.

Your employees may never say no to a bonus, but that doesn't mean it's the ideal way to credit their work. Examples from Foursquare and other innovative companies show how to make your rewards as creative as the ideas they're rewarding. Projet Cr

The popular geo-location app grew its total user base as it transitioned from nonprofit to for-profit--having more users to give to charity in the process. In a fascinating case study of how the for-profit industry can sometimes make a greater social impact than the nonprofit world, Shopkick , a popular geo-location app, has paradoxically created a more charitable community since it decided to ditch its charity business model and focus on giving people free stuff. The app rewards users with virtual currency for completing various check-in tasks at selected retailers which can then be redeemed for products or used to give equivalently to a charity.

If you have achieved at least $1 million in revenue in each of the past 2 fiscal years, you may want to check out this competition. Here, the sky is the limit! While many solopreneurs build multi-million dollar businesses, not every solopreneur sets out with the intention of remaining solo for the duration of their years in business.

New program lets users earn deals for tweeting and posting to Facebook. If you are a socially savvy business traveler like Shaun Koiner, the first thing you do when you land is scan the e-mails you received while in transit, check-in on Facebook and Foursquare as you deplane, and look for breaking news on Twitter as you ride to your destination.

Given the exorbitant fees and questionable valuation from mile- and point-swapping services, skillfully managing the rewards programs to which you already belong proves to be the smarter move. UsingMiles is a free and elegant app for this purpose, allowing you to manage all of your flight miles and hotel-rewards points from a single dashboard.

Want your customers to stick to you like glue? Today it takes more than a punch-card or priority line.

When writing a business plan, here's how to run the numbers that matter without getting hung-up on those that don't. Entrepreneurs are a courageous bunch—except when it comes to math. I've seen many notoriously tough senior executives shudder at the prospect of running financial projections for their business plans.

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CEO Reed Hastings told investors he wasn't interested in "creative risks." But his company is betting a rumored $100 million for 26 episodes of a series no one has seen--based largely on "intuition" and the reputations of David Fincher and Kevin Spacey. On a Jan. 26 earnings call, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told investors he was not interested in taking creative risks.