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Building a Business

Have a Quirky Idea? Submit It to This Quick-to-Market Website.

If you have a dream of a new product and fall into one of these three scenarios, Quirky might be a good platform for you.

By Stephen Key

Building a Business

This Crazy Contraption Straps Your Head to an Airline Seat for Better Sleep

By Geoff Weiss

Building a Business

Bat-Like Technology Is Giving the ‘White Cane’ a Much-Deserved Upgrade

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Tech

This Mighty Exoskeleton Can Give You Superhuman Strength (Sort Of)

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Building a Business

What’s the Best Way to Tap the Crowd to Commercialize Your Invention?

Understand how patents work and find out the merits of two online vehicles to propel innovative products toward market success.

By Louis Foreman

Thought Leaders

This Guy Just Made Opening Coconuts a Whole Lot Easier

By inventing a low tech cutting device that easily rips through the coconut's fibrous shell.

By Coeli Carr

Tech

Talking Lamp Posts Are Just the Beginning in Verizon’s Vision of a Smart City

Given the costliness and fragmentation of the smart home market, Verizon Wireless has its sights set on a loftier prize.

By Geoff Weiss

Business Accounting

Shark Tank Star Lori Greiner’s 4 Money Rules for New Entrepreneurs

Drive, passion and determination don't pay the bills; money does. Here are the wise ways the 'Queen of QVC' saved cash as an early entrepreneur and how you can, too.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Business Ideas

Where Does Innovation Come From?

A lot of people tell you they can provide innovation. Hogwash. It's all about you.

By Steve Tobak

Building a Business

It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. No, It’s a Flying Car (Finally)!

Fasten your seat belts and forget about tray tables. This driving-flying machine is ready for takeoff.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Building a Business

Nobel Prize for Physics Goes to Inventors of Low-Energy LED Light

An American and two Japanese scientists won the 2014 prize for inventing a new energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source.

By Reuters

Entrepreneurs

Harvard Professor Crafts $50 Standing Desk That Can Fold Into Your Laptop Bag

The StandStand has nearly quadrupled its Kickstarter goal of $15,000 with two weeks to spare.

By Geoff Weiss

Business News

A Genealogy of Your Smartphone (Infographic)

The cell phone is a smidge over 30 years old and the first commercial iteration was priced at almost $4,000.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

How Jack Ma’s ‘Crazy’ Management Style Built a Technology Empire

A former English teacher from Hangzhou, China, fashions one of the world's most valuable companies with an unorthodox philosophy in 15 years.

By Michael Zakkour

Business Accounting

Shark Tank Star Daymond John Says Never Make This Common Mistake When Pitching Investors

If you don't come clean, you might not come away with investors' money, the celebrity branding expert says.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Tech

UPS Makes 3-D Printers Available in Nearly 100 Stores Nationwide

The shipping giant launched a pilot program a year ago where it put six printers in select UPS stores. Now, the program is expanding.

By Catherine Clifford

Tech

Engineers Are Developing Tech That Could Make Airplanes More Human

Think about airplanes -- covered in skin.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Entrepreneurs

This Little Gadget Caused an Epic Airline Passenger Brawl

A United Airlines flight was diverted after using something banned by most airlines: an anti-reclining seat device called the Knee Defender.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

Got a Great Idea But Not the Time (or Means) to Develop a Product?

WayFounder has come up with a route for inventors to bring their concepts to market.

By Jesse Torres

Thought Leaders

When Focused on Mundane Problems, Entrepreneurs Find Opportunity

Big, splashy, entirely-original ideas are great but entrepreneurs do something important, and prosper, just making life easier for people.

By Sujan Patel

Tech

Meet Swash, a $500 Garment-Refreshing Machine to Delay Dry Cleaning

The stigmas surrounding re-wearing clothes -- especially among business people with capsule wardrobes -- are significantly lessening, maker Procter & Gamble said.

By Geoff Weiss

Tech

This High-Tech Spray Eats Smog, Turns Surfaces Into Self-Cleaning Germ-Killers

With a spray of this futuristic wonder cleaner, who needs soap, water and elbow grease?

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Entrepreneurs

From Stuffed Zucchini to Wicked Jack Chicken, Savory Recipes From Entrepreneurs

Not only do they run businesses and write. They can cook up a storm. Sample some delightful dishes from our columnists.

By Marjorie Backman

Building a Business

Championing Patient-Centered Innovation

An often-overlooked source for great ideas are those who live or work on the front lines of health care.

By Louis Foreman

Tech

Meet Plantoid, the Robot That Grows Like the Roots of a Plant

Robots do all kinds of amazing things, but this is the first one to actually grow.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Building a Business

Staples Wants You to Crowdfund Your Way Onto Its Shelves

Staples and crowdfunding site Fundable have teamed up to launch a contest for entrepreneurs.

By Catherine Clifford

Business News

Panasonic to Pour $5 Billion Into Tesla Battery ‘Gigafactory’

The two companies are joining forces to build a battery megafactory somewhere in the U.S. The ambitious undertaking could lead to more affordable electric vehicles.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow