Crowdlaunch.it takes crowdfunding to a new level, allowing authors and creators to mass market their finished products. Unlike crowdfunding, which raises funds during the early stages of a c... Read more
Human error is the culprit in 93 percent of automobile crashes — including the pileup last weekend that left Tracy Morgan in critical condition, caused, prosecutors say, by a truck driver wh... Read more
The most important word in the technology industry is “innovation.” It is also the most dangerous. Silicon Valley companies lobby for relief from government regulation and tax so they may in... Read more
Programs offering office space, contacts with prospective clients and often early-stage investment In an Art Deco office block on a side street in central London, groups of 20-something prog... Read more
In the ranks of technology incubator programs, there is AngelPad here in San Francisco and Y Combinator about 40 miles south in Mountain View. And then there is the Pentagon. In the last yea... Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Here is how the venture capital game used to be played around here: A friend calls a friend who knows a guy. A meeting is taken. Wine is drunk (at, say, Madera lounge... Read more
A machine that helps lettuce farmers is just one of several robots intended to automate aspects of agriculture and horticulture LETTUCE is California’s main vegetable crop. The state grew $1... Read more
It is too early to say whether the I-Corps way of breeding entrepreneurs will prove more successful than the technology-transfer approach. ANYONE who has tried a hand at starting a high-tech... Read more
Parker’s dismissive attitude toward an entrepreneur pitching a new device isn’t unique When entrepreneur Julia Hu presented her prototype of a vibrating wristband alarm cl... Read more
Innovation Ecosystem On global and local scales, there is a large shift in how novel ideas and discoveries can quickly establish market relevance and commercial significance. The acquisition... Read more
A coming of age for Kickstarter When Eric Migicovsky, an engineer, wanted to develop a line of wristwatches that could display information from an iPhone — like caller ID and text messages —... Read more
The following is a guest post by Ty Danco. Ty is an angel investor and startup mentor. Read more of his thoughts at tydanco.com. Or, check out his recent article “What To Do... Read more
Our policy makers are right to worry, but they are worried about the wrong things. American policy makers worry about the dramatic increases in the number of academic papers being published... Read more
Image via CrunchBase Hardly a day goes by when I don’t have a rookie entrepreneur ask for advice on raising money from VCs. They usually have a fancy-looking business plan with detailed spre... Read more
For Naval Ravikant, the problem with investing in start-ups boils down to coffee. “I got really tired of coffee meetings,” said Mr. Ravikant, 37, a technology entrepreneur turned investor. S... Read more
