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Most Americans agree that government is broken. But only a few brave entrepreneurs have tried to fix it -- and their efforts rarely go well. Brigade's experienced leaders think they can do better.

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.

The inventor of the first synchronized electronic camera flash surpassed Thomas Edison's record of most patents.

The MIT professor invented vital research equipment and consulted on Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.'

The third time is apparently not a charm.

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

The innovators make their mark in industries ranging from retail to music.

It takes a village with a unique culture to build innovative products. And that's all great companies are: villages with cultures all their own.

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.

A resourceful inventor brings his creative concepts to life.

Sal Khan, perhaps the best-known teacher in the world today, tells us the how he went from skipping lectures at MIT to reinventing education online. Plus what's next for the learning platform he founded ten years ago, online and IRL.

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

Zenefits benefits-management software might be a busy entrepreneur's best friend -- but is it a benefits provider's worst nightmare?

Rejection -- who cares? Naysayers -- screw 'em. Entrepreneurship isn't just about business. it's about rebellion.

The most creative people in business look at the same things as everybody else but they see them differently.

When you tap into different skills, experiences, or aspects of your background that others don't share, it opens up new perspectives.

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

If you rely on creativity, invest resources in identifying trend and invite a fresh perspective on what your company provides its customers, you won't be chasing the current trends; you will be defining them.

Craft brewers' cooperative thinking fosters a spirit of collaboration and creates a powerful bloc that shows steady growth.

'If you have something that you believe in, it doesn't matter what other people think.'