Product ideas
BY Lewis Howes
How you can harness your best business ideas and bring them to life. 5 Essential Ingredients of a Winning Business Idea
BY Stephen Key
Not all ideas make it to market -- no matter how great they seem. How to tell if your idea has legs? Here are five key qualities every good concept should have. The Secrets of What Makes a Product Go Viral
BY Nadia Goodman
Author Jonah Berger shares insights from his new book about how ideas and products become contagious. 5 Ways to Promote Your 'Made in America' Brand
BY Lambeth Hochwald
Apple will start making some Macs in America in 2013, the latest in a wave of companies stepping up support of the red, white, and blue. Here's how to make the most of manufacturing in the U.S.A. How Teen Inventor Went From Sketch to Prototype in 6 Months
BY Dinah Wisenberg Brin
Fourteen-year-old entrepreneur Carter Kostler is hoping his fruit-infused water bottle will be his ticket to entrepreneurial success. How to Find a Distributor for Your Product
BY Christopher Hann
Expert advice for finding a product distributor: listen to your customers. When the Product Is the Marketing, and Vice Versa
BY Tim Berry
Sometimes the product itself is the marketing. In those rare cases, businesses can thrive without organized marketing. How Your Business Can Last Longer than a Twinkie
BY Carol Tice
Kodak and Hostess may have landed in bankruptcy court, but you can avoid their fate. Here are four tips.Play Video Ben Kaufman on Quirky's Most Successful Inventions (Video)
Founder of the crowd-sourced product development company shares the items from everyday inventors that have become so popular -- and biggest winners to date.Play Video How to Create the Best Products in the World (Video)
Quirky founder Ben Kaufman describes what the iPod and Snuggie blankets have in common. Here's a hint: They both solve consumers' everyday problems. Doing so, says Kaufman, is the key to making a killer product. 'Quirky' Turns Inventors into Reality TV Stars
BY Diana Ransom
A new reality TV series starring Ben Kaufman and his product development firm Quirky is debuting tonight. How to Best Use Crowdsourcing
BY Gwen Moran
How can crowdsourcing work for your business? A look at some online resources that stand out from the crowd. 
