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It's not natural to reach out when your business is struggling.

In my Scientific American column this month, I wrote about the dawn of augmented-reality software: phone apps that overlay informational graphics on a live video view of the world. As you hold the phone in front of you, these apps can show you what crimes were committed near the spot where you’re standing, which subway lines are under your feet, what apartments are for sale in the building in front of you, and so on.

Breaking into an international market is time-consuming, and risks becoming a big distraction. What can you learn from how Eileen Fisher did it? I wrote recently about how hard — but also how important — it is to export right now

New legislation that could free up start-ups to fundraise online is gaining steam. Here's how it could disrupt traditional capital formation.

The Company of the Year is rejecting industry trends, getting customers to pay for something that's free, and reinventing the way we remember. Phil Libin remembers the moment he left childhood behind.

Every end-of-year gesture says something different. Last year, I chose to give a gift that honors the craft of tool building.

DURBAN, South Africa--By 2020, human activity could produce some 55 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases per year, up from roughly 36 billion metric tons per year currently. All the accumulating gas is enough to raise the global average temperatures by more than 3 degrees Celsius by century's end--more than triple the amount of warming that has already occurred. Emission reductions pledged under the Cancun Agreements , which cover some 85 percent of all national greenhouse gas emissions in the world, are meant to slow that warming.

To make up for its tardiness to the online music store game, Google Music has enlisted bona fide music lovers to help curate its store. It's the Google version of "High Fidelity," with Tim Quirk as Rob Gordon.

A recent transplant from Minneapolis dishes on what you need to know if you want to live in the start-up capital of the world. Moving your tech start-up to Silicon Valley makes sense on so many levels

Business schools and most jobs don’t teach you how important it is to sweat the small stuff.

To succeed, Microsoft's new app store will need developers to build apps. Microsoft execs tossed out their best pitch yesterday.

Business owners: For better sales efforts, do each of these 30-minute tasks just once a week--but do them every week. Feeling overwhelmed

Elance CEO Fabio Rosati explains in an interview how young people should prepare for a future of independent work.

You probably don’t often encounter [rattlesnake sound]. But snakebites are still a big concern for much of the world’s population.

Commentators are claiming that Gen Y-ers and Millennials are start-up naturals, and great salespeople.