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A former Silicon Valley VC leads this course on fool-proof idea validation.

Epic Provisions, owned by the food giant, took credit for creating a buffalo meat and dried fruit bar, but Native Americans have been eating it for hundreds of years. Another company also debuted a similar product years before.

'If nobody thinks you're crazy, you probably aren't on to anything truly novel.'

Keith Belling's RightRice, made of lentils, chickpeas and peas, will be available today nationwide on Amazon and at Whole Foods stores.

Remember, great ideas can come from anywhere.

No matter where you are as a business, you'll need a culture that you can rely on to generate innovative ideas.

Don't just jump on the bandwagon of the next big thing.

A lot of people have good ideas -- but it's often those with the best stories who are able to set themselves apart.

Smart leaders ditch the top-down, mentor-mentee mindset, creating a culture driven by ideas -- wherever on the organizational chart they happen to come from.

It's your job to think big, but you need to fit your big ideas into the framework of a successful business.

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell gave some insight into her working relationship with Musk

We asked entrepreneurs the one idea they wish someone would create to help their company.

Weight loss, therapists and beauty products will always be in demand.

Innovation happens by design. Build it in to your company, and it will show through in your results and relationships with customers.

You might have the best idea in the world and still fail.

Have you ever considered the strategy of deliberately coming up with a 'bad' idea first?

At the World Economic Forum, top business and state leaders, thinkers and activists are talking about how to accelerate progress.

These leaders caught the entrepreneurial bug early.

With Rockets of Awesome, Rachel Blumenthal has built a data-driven supply chain to make her business faster and smarter.

The former scribe has long admired small businesses and the people who run them. And now that he's got a company of his own, he's learning just how tricky it can be.

Relying solely on your own ideas for engaging topics is exhausting. Like any job, some tools and strategies make it easier to do better.