Exploiting Idea Marketplaces




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10 Start-ups Designing the Future of Advertising

An Irish newspaper is moonlighting as a start-up incubator. Check out the small companies it's trying to nurture.  Read more

Google's Must-Learn Secret of Success

If it works for Google (and for Apple), it might work for you.  Read more

Tap Into Y Combinator's Contrarian Thinking

As an investor, I've learned some fascinating lessons from some of the world's fastest growing marketplaces. Take a page from Airbnb, Tutorspree, and FlightCar.  Read more

Disruption Lessons From Airbnb

Your future competitors will likely supply what you do--but from cheaper, off-the-radar sources.  Read more

San Francisco's Real Start-up Secret Sauce

Everywhere from New York City to Omaha would like to be the next tech start-up capital. Here's what actually makes Silicon Valley and San Francisco hotbeds o...  Read more

Why This Successful Website Is Going Brick and Mortar

There's H&R Block for taxes and walk-in clinics for patients. This company is betting the same model can work for legal advice shops.  Read more

9 Unlikely Ways to Drum Up New Customers

Acquiring new customers is a permanent fixture of your sales process. But how do you develop new strategies to earn new business? Try these ideas from the Yo...  Read more

Forget the Phone, Facebook. Just Charge Users

Zuckerberg reveals the much-rumored Facebook phone. The problem? It's likely banking on the same old revenue strategy--ads.  Read more

3 Ways You Need to Give Up Control

C'mon, control freaks: Your start-up needs fresh and innovative ideas. To get them, you're going to need to let go of the reins a bit.  Read more

An App to Bring the Supply Chain into the 21st Century

It's a simple idea: a 3D search tool for industrial parts. But it could have huge implications for a process that has been costly, inefficient, and opaque.  Read more

Veronica Mars, or How Big Business Discovered Kickstarter

The crowdfunding platform initially aimed to help independent makers and entrepreneurs. What happens when brands with deeper pockets invade?  Read more

Eric Ries: Whatever You Do, Make the Customer King

The Lean Startup author weighs in on the best ways to build momentum for a new company--and improve your product in the process.  Read more

An Acquisition Without the Acrimony?

Lots of acquisitions lead to redundancies, lay-offs, and ultimately unhappy marriages. But they don't have to be that way.  Read more

3 Reasons to Hold a Start-Up Contest

Think of it as part marketing, part market research. Here's why a launching a contest for other start-ups is a smart business move.  Read more

Top 5 Start-up Acquirers of 2012

Large companies spent a collective $84 billion to buy tech start-ups last year. Check out who made the most deals and what motivated them.  Read more