Collaborative Creation and Crowdsourcing in the Music Industry
Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre leads a virtual choir at TED, showing just how collaborative creation and crowdsourcing or radically altering the way pe... Read more
Innovation
Recent Innovation Articles
When the Body Rejects Technology
In November, I wrote about an NYU professor implanting a camera in the ba... Read more
Innovation: YouTube’s Technique
The pressure is on for businesses to foster innovation. Google does this by allowing their engineers 20% of their work time for exploring new ideas.... Read more
20 Essential Tools for Project Management
Every tool you need to take you from brainstorming to launch of any project Read more
Discovering the Best Business Ideas
Andy Boynton and Bill Fischer, authors of The Idea Hunter, talk about the keys to successful innovation. Read more
The Next Billion-dollar Start-up?
Could Spotify really be worth a billion bucks? Plus, Amazon's answer to Netflix, and the rest of the day's news. Read more
More Time for Work? Let the Car Drive Itself
If only we could get work done on the way to work! In the next decade, the idea might become a reality. In business, the opportunity to let the car do the dr... Read more
The Shared Experience
In the old days, businesses would blast a single message through newspapers, radio, and TV. Interaction was reduced to snail mail, phone calls, and ... Read more
An SBDC Focused on University Research
The North Central Indiana Small Business Development Center focused on spurring innovation by helping university researchers bring their ideas to market. Read more
Detroit's New Innovation Engine
Patent (office) pending. Plus, the return of start-up valuation backlash just as a social-media company plans a $500 million IPO. Read more
President Obama in the Valley
What exactly happened at the president's CEO huddle? Plus, Apple's App Store investigated and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs. Read more
The Case for Dreaming Big
American businesses need the next generation of innovators to step up in order to succeed. But how do we find them? Tuck School of Business professor Vijay G... Read more
Product Review: Motorola S10-HD Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headphones
I am often seen walking around the office with my BlueAnt in my ear, holding phone conversations at... Read more
The Art of Team Building
How do you encourage your employees to work together? Two executives examine the idea of collective leadership in their new book, As One . Read more
When Hackers Become Makers
How the practice of hacking is going mainstream and creating good. Read more
Improve Your Sleep with Zeo
For many of us, a good night's sleep can be elusive. This is why products like the Zeo Personal Slee... Read more
Cutbacks Headed to SBA?
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ... Read more
Pandora Wonder
If you are an old geezer like me and want to find new music that youngsters listen to, here's how: Open Read more
Star Trek Musings: I Want a Tricorder
Have you ever wished that all the cool devices they had on 'Star Trek' were real? I have. The fictional gadget I want to have in real life is ... Read more
A Real-Life Jetpack
Martin Aircraft founder Glenn Martin was inspired to build a jetpack after watching Lost in Space as a child. Read more
Communicate Via Brainwaves
NeuroSky is developing ways for people to communicate using only their thoughts, kind of like the aliens in the upcoming sci-fi movie Battle: Los Angeles... Read more
A Computer Controlled by Hand Gestures
After serving as a science adviser on Minority Report, John Underkoffler set out to make a real version of the gesture interface he mocked up for th... Read more
Scale Tall Buildings
Batman served as inspiration for Nathan Ball, the creator of the Atlas Power Ascender. Read more
More Advanced Iris Scanner
The InSight VM by AOptix is much more advanced than the iris recognition device in The Simpsons Movie. Read more
Star Trek-Style Communicator Badge
Vocera is outfitting hospital workers with personal communicators like the ones used by Captain Kirk and his crew. Read more
Underwater Car
Inspired by James Bond's amphibious vehicle in The Spy Who Loved Me, Frank Rinderknecht created a car that drives underwater. Read more
Innovation: A Plant That Can Handle Salt
Ceres has developed a genetic trait that allows certain plants to tolerate high levels of salt. Read more
Oregon's Electric Car Revolution
From Portland to Eugene, Oregon is becoming the electric-car manufacturing hub with it's tech know-how and ready consumers. Read more
Sales Strategy Checkup
How to make customers realize they need your product Read more
Google Translate: The Real Life Version of Star Trek’s Universal Translator
Remember the Universal Translator from Star Trek? Google Translate is not that different. Read more
Hollywood Innovations Made Real
Meet the entrepreneurs who are making Hollywood's futuristic gadgets a reality. Read more
Ready for Liftoff?
We've all seen futuristic gadgets in movies and TV shows and wished we had one. These entrepreneurs have gone a step further, developing real-life versions o... View slideshow
How I Did It: Eileen Gittins, Founder of Blurb
In spite of digital platforms, Blurb has found success letting customers design and publish professional-quality books. Read more
How to Conduct Field Research
Do you want to know what your customers really think of your company? Observe how they use your product or service in their own home or work environment to g... Read more
How to Foster Innovation Through Diverse Workgroups
Diverse teams can produce better results for your company. Here's how to incorporate diversity—and individuality—to create a more innovative business. Read more
