Health and Fitness Businesses
Technology
Engineers are working on a way to use gold particles to possibly treat movement disorders and other ailments.
Technology
A New York tech startup has combined diapers with a mobile app to give parents real-time health info on their babies.
Marketing
South Carolina's Pure Barre is using social media to expand from workout to a lifestyle brand.
Medical marijuana is legal in 18 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. But entering the business can be tricky, since it's still a federal crime to grow, sell or possess marijuana.
Entrepreneurs
Running expert Eric Orton developed a new shoe to help athletes put their best foot forward.
Starting a Business
Crowdfunding is catching fire in health care, partly because of the growing collection of sites that offer services to entrepreneurs inventing new products for patients, physicians and other medical providers.
Technology
Combining baby boomers' needs with tech's newest innovations may create this year's strongest electronics category.
Starting a Business
A workout frustration led fitness instructor Donna Browning to create Sweaty Bands.
Starting a Business
Julia Erickson and Aaron Ingley were both ballet dancers and business students when they came up with an idea to keep dancers full between rehearsals.
Franchises
A doctor and nurse team up to open the first Doctors Express urgent-care franchise in Florida.
Entrepreneurs
With digital diaries and video chats, PrettyPaddedRoom.com offers online counseling for woman and a "nice play to go crazy."
Entrepreneurs
This year's Small Business Person of the Year discusses the challenges of managing rapid growth.
Franchises
From burgers to child care to staying fit, our annual list of trends in the franchise world shows where to consider putting your money to make money.
Small Business Heroes
This vending company reinvents the business by stocking health and information. Plus, a look at other game-changers in the health space.
