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Growing a Business

From Entrepreneur to Shark: How 'Shark Tank' Helped Shape My American Dream

In 2013, Jaimie Siminoff pitched his wi-fi doorbell, but was rejected by the Sharks. This Sunday, the self-made billionaire becomes one of them.

Growing a Business

9 Ways Your Company Can Encourage Innovation

Every game-changer ever began as someone's idea. Configure your workplace to nourish your employees' little insights. The benefits can be bountiful.

Entrepreneurs

Why Innovation and Entrepreneurship Go Hand in Hand

Only with the power of innovation one can make a place in the competent environment of today

Thought Leaders

The Inventor Behind the Segway Scooter and Insulin Pump Predicts Who Will Get to Mars First -- and It's Not Elon Musk or Richard Branson

Plus, Dean Kamen discusses which industries he thinks won't exist in 10 years and why he collects old technology.

Thought Leaders

Good News, Inventors! Quirky Has 'Re-Invented' Itself, Pursuing Licensing Deals for Inventors

By taking away risk, Quirky has empowered everyday people to take action on their creative product ideas.

Business News

Vycle Replaces Lifts and Stairs With a Vertical Bike

It's basically a lift for one person that only requires leg power to operate. If you don't love it your fitness band certainly will!

Business News

This Polymer Device Can 'Walk' When Illuminated

The device itself has just two parts: a rectangular frame and a piece of special polymer material that can 'undulate and ... propel itself forward under the influence of light.'

Business News

A Decade of iPhone Evolution (Infographic)

Look how far we've come.

Innovation

What the Creation of Apple's iPhone Teaches Us About Innovation

Despite what you may believe about Steve Jobs, it isn't something that can happen if you go it alone.

Innovation

10 Things You Didn't Realize Were Invented in the 2000s

Many of the products and services born in the aughts helped shape the world we live in today.

Business News

20 Facts about Apple on the Apple II's 40th Anniversary

Looking back on how the company has grown in the years since the launch of its flagship product.

Starting a Business

The Simplest Ideas Can Be Extremely Profitable. Here's Proof.

Gene Luoma solved a universal problem -- clogged drains -- with a strip of plastic from his garage. His device has sold 33 million units.