The 8 Best Industries for Starting a Business
Thinking of starting a business? You want to join an industry that's early in its life cycle--or growing fast--and whose products people lust for. View slideshow
why it's hotSmall-scale brews? Talk about cache -- and cash.
featured companyTuthilltown's craft whisky is big business.
Boutique Brewed Sixpoint Craft Ale
why it's hotAn opportunity as big as the smartphone market.
featured companyPebble's watch is red-hot. Next up? Apple, Nike.
why it's hotCollege is pricey, but millions want real job skills.
featured companySkillshare offers hands-on courses for $20.
why it's hotThe race is on to rein in soaring health-care costs.
featured companyWellframe brings artificial intelligence to heart care.
Wrist Rocket The Pebble Watch
why it's hotShoppers swoon for personalized products.
featured companyPinhole Press made photo gifts simple.
why it's hotOff-the-beaten-path adventure-seeking is on the rise.
featured companyAMAWaterways took high-end cruises to rivers.
why it's hotReams of valuable data must be stored securely.
featured companyShareVault lures privacy-obsessed firms to the cloud.
Printed Prosthesis Bespoke Innovations
why it's hotProsthetic limbs to toys, who needs manufacturing?
featured companyNervous System spins paper into gold (literally).
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Thinking of Starting a Business? Try Your Hand At Artisanal Alcohol or Boutique Beer
Drinkers are clamoring for the cachet of small-scale brews and cocktails. Everything you need to know to get started. Read more
How Pinhole Press Cut the Complexity and Got Noticed
In the crowded online photo market, Pinhole captured an unexpected niche. Read more
Thinking of Starting a Business? Click On Specialized Online Retail
Online shoppers are searching--for high-priced, niche goods. Read more
Finding Innovation in One of the World's Oldest Businesses
As consumers search out artisanal products, Tuthilltown Spirits has gone from peddling homemade whiskey from a car trunk to selling 60,000 bottles a year. Read more
Pebble Already Made History. What's Next?
Scrappy wearable computing upstart Pebble is best known for its record-setting fundraising campaign. But can it survive as the big boys move in? Read more
Thinking of Starting a Business? Why Wearable Computing is Red Hot
From watches to glasses, soon we'll all be wearing the Web--and there's lots of money to be made. Read more
GPS For Your Health? One Start-up Thinks It's Possible
Can this machine replace man? Wellframe's new app brings artificial intelligence to the doctor's office. Read more
Thinking of Starting a Business? Check Out Consumer Health Technology
New apps and devices are bringing diagnosis and treatment straight to the end consumer. Read more
Not Just Another Vacation: Cruising to Myanmar
How one entrepreneur built a business around tourists' love of offbeat experiences. Read more
Thinking of Starting a Business? Take to the Seas as a Cruise Specialist
Cruising is booming, and tourists need help planning increasingly exotic getaways. Read more
Leading Corporate Users to the Cloud
ShareVault knew that for privacy obsessed financial firms to take to the cloud, its solution better be air-tight. Read more
Thinking of Starting a Business? Lock Down Profits in Virtual Data Rooms
Bringing big companies' critical data to the cloud is big business. Read more
Nervous System's Newfangled Alchemy
An architecture school dropout is spinning paper into gold--turning 3-D printed jewelry into sparkling profit. Read more
Thinking of Starting a Business? Print Profits in 3-D Printing
From prosthetic limbs to funky jewelry, the advent of 3-D printing has brought huge opportunities. Read more
Skillshare Takes On the Education Gap
What if anyone could go take to the Web to learn a job-getting new skill, at $20 a pop? Read more
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