Business Unusual

One year after buying a site that everyone said would fail, Peter Boychuk has no regrets.

Clara Foods figured out how to pitch a unique product without making investors balk. Read on to learn how they did it.

Lisa and Eric Greenwald created a totally new kind of jewelry for the mouths of babes.

Gigster can find a developer ready to help you in 10 minutes or less.

Brian Lim went to an electronic dance music club six years ago and was inspired to launch a line of rave accessories.

The brothers Giovale are avid mountain climbers, and they learned the hard way that the industry needed better tools for safety. They made the product themselves, launching a now-global business.

This is what happens when a direct-to-consumer luxury mattress maker and celebrity backers get into bed together.

Here are the five steps Michel Tunney used to take his idea from a Kickstarter campaign to retail stores.

Jane ni Dhulchaointigh turned a sticky situation into a successful business in five steps.

These women are making their mark on the business world. If you don't know who they are, you will.

An NYC startup applies A/B testing -- common in the digital space -- to convert foot traffic to sales in brick-and-mortar stores.

Brent Christensen's Ice Castles creates frozen fantasies, and business is heating up.

Stylish stainless-steal water bottles have earned celebrities and high-end stores as fans.

This Detroit entrepreneur saw her sales soar, even without a shark's investment. Take that, 'Mr. Wonderful.'

The archaic mortgage process gets a tech upgrade.

New York's urban jungle inspires a global fragrance empire.

Rapper and producer will.i.am steered Black Eyed Peas to pop success by blurring the lines between bands and brands. Now he's applying the lessons he learned in the music business in an attempt to shake up the Silicon Valley status quo.

Here's a toast to the Napa Valley mainstay that's fomenting -- and fermenting -- a wine revolution.

SkyAngels is out to make the skies a bit friendlier for flyers.

FarmLogs turns to big data to update age-old practices.

An electric-charged plan to drive an eco-revolution in Asia.