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Even today new inventions don't always involve harnessing high technology. The smallest idea can inspire a transformative product.

To get attention on the crowded Internet, you have to devote time to your craft and plan well.

Great entrepreneurs don't catch lightning in a bottle and leave it on the table.

Investors don't want to invest in a product, they want to invest in a business. Here are seven reality checks to apply.

With the online world taking over our lives, here is how entrepreneurs can cash in.

Actors often improvise during scenes. Entrepreneurs should be imploring this same tactic for brainstorming sessions.

For entrepreneurs looking to dive into the startup world, turn to social media for brainstorming new venture concepts.

This hybrid dessert trend created opportunity across the country. We explain what the Cronut's success can teach you.

A good daily habit to develop is to capture your thoughts. Who knows? It might just lead to a big breakthrough.

A whiteboard session can lead to great results but you must take the process seriously.

Easy-to-use software or online assessments can do some heavy lifting for managers aiming to promote the esprit de corps.

If you ever need to explain the process of building a new product to your CEO, manager or investor, just look to space travel.

Whether it's a new store location or a new way to do things, finding a chance to blaze your own path is vital.

When people fall back on the same tired ideas, your company can stagnate. Do these things to strengthen their backbones.

Trying to push an idea 'because the boss wants it' strips you of authority and diminishes the idea's merit, Dorsey writes.

Save time and conserve energy with these simple but powerful changes in your daily actions and thinking.

Use the 'Perfect Product Pyramid' to turn your ideas into success.

The author of a new book tells how several inventive types tested their product's premise. A catchy concept won't score profits for a startup if no one wants the device.

At the launch of Tribeca Film Festival's Innovation Week, a panel of leaders in NYC talked about what excites them most right now. Answers ranged from a crowdfunded virtual reality headset to a new way to think about our own identities.

Why reinvent the wheel when you can take what's worked for others and apply those principles directly to your business?

There's no need to meet people in person for the hard sell. Let this tool do the work for you.