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Feed SubscriptionSelling Space Flight To Everyday Earthlings
Early in August, Seattle’s Space Needle and Space Adventures launched a scheme that promised to let one lucky earthling cozy up with the stars, offering a trip to space as the prize in a contest open to the public.
Read More »How to Think Like Jeff Bezos
A shift in perspective-focusing on the long-term possibilities instead of short-term gains-may inspire new business growth strategies. Jeff Bezos–America's 18th richest man, according to Forbes magazine—has just bought himself a new watch. Well, more like an expensive clock
Read More »7 Tips for a Social Entrepreneur
Looking to start a benefit corporation, a nonprofit, or a for-profit company with a social purpose? Those whove done it say social entrepreneurism takes grit, resolve, and imagination. Fred Keller, founder and CEO of West Michigan plastics manufacturer Cascade Engineering, keeps a card in his pocket with a set of reminders from John Wesley, 18th century Methodist theologian, on conducting a good life
Read More »Music to Play on a Long Flight to China
You finally found a manufacturer that can handle your demand at a reasonable price. But it's in China, which requires a flight nearly a day long to get there.
Read More »10 Start-up Incubators to Watch
Businesses that go through incubators historically have close to a 90 percent survival rate. And today, every major city has incubators focused on getting tech-savvy start-ups off the ground. We've pinpointed some of the most productive, innovative, and nurturing start-up incubators in the country"be sure to keep an eye on their next classes of graduates.
Read More »Editor’s Letter: Where Stories Come From
A press release will never beat a good conversation.
Read More »Vaccines for Malaria, TB and HIV Warrant Firm Focus
By Erika Check Hayden of Nature magazine As president of global health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, 66-year-old Tachi Yamada has been responsible for allocating billions of dollars to health projects around the world.
Read More »Is There Such Thing as Too Much Pork?
One of the best things about the Aspen Food & Wine Fest is The Grand Tasting: three tents filled with kitchenware suppliers, restaurant reps, and most of all, dozens and dozens of winemakers offering samples of their product. The famous and non-famous alike milled about, stopping at whatever booth struck their fancies, whether it was snagging an autograph from The French Laundry's Thomas Keller during his book signing, or savoring a taste of $3,700 a bottle port at the Premium Port Wines station. The only problem is with so much choice, how does a girl whittle down her tasting options?
Read More »Your Future Car Service
Meet the 2.0 car service: Uber is a start-up that lets you book a stylish ride from a smartphone app. Imagine your flight arrives four hours later than expected.
Read More »The Cities Most Prepared For Climate Change
More than half the people on Earth now live in cities, so they'll be where we have to face our changing weather patterns. The most prepared cities are finding ways to keep citizens safe--and make them money. Even if you haven't been paying attention to the seemingly nonstop stream of wacky weather recently, chances are that your local government has.
Read More »Bing’s Social Search Won’t Always Rely On Facebook "Likes"
You can't visit a webpage these days without it begging for a compliment: Like us! Share us! Follow us! Social media promotion is one big reason why--just look at The Washington Post , for example, which seems intent on replacing its brand name with the Facebook logo, and barely refrained from slapping a "Like" badge on everything from its user agreement policy to its copyright acknowledgements. But viral promotion isn't the only reason. Increasingly, social media is impacting search-engine rankings.
Read More »The New Generation of Cloud Storage Tools
Call it a comedy of laptop errors.
Read More »Microsoft Launches Photosynth, Which Instantly Creates Virtual Panoramas For Bing Maps
Google and Bing have come a long way since Mapquest.
Read More »5 Takeaways from Growco
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