Innovation


Recent Innovation Articles

One Company's Budget: Increasing Capital Investments in a Recession

Fusion Systems makes manufacturing equipment with a twist: they innovate new ways to make obsolete machines.  Read more

How to Outsource R&D

R&D isn't just for big corporations. Here's how you can use innovation to build your business, from selecting projects to tax advantages.  Read more

How to File for a Patent

This step-by-step guide describes the legal process of filing for a patent.  Read more

U.S. Commerce Secretary Announces Plan for Entrepreneurs

Initiative to empower innovative entrepreneurs, Secretary Locke tells Inc. 500|5000 Conference attendees.  Read more

They Make Money While You Sleep

Three young inventors dream up a smart alarm clock that helps people sleep better.  Read more

Four Companies Making iPhone Video Apps

The market for iPhone video apps is exploding. A look at some of the up-and-comers  Read more

How to Conduct Market Research

A guide to using market research to understand who your customers are and what they want  Read more

Crowdsourcing for Small Businesses

Using open innovation to solve targeted problems can help small companies compete with their larger competitors.  Read more

Lights Out For Incandescents?

Small businesses are trying to resuscitate the incandescent bulb, but can it compete with CFLs?  Read more

Crowdsourcing and One Exec's Case for Regulating Google

Start-up helps keep your, and Tom Brady's, private info private. After Sept. 11, the government launched a personal data-gathering campaign, unders...  Read more

A New Electric Motorcycle Hits the Road

A start-up company named Brammo introduces the Enertia, a battery-powered motorcycle  Read more

Innovation: A New Method of Irrigation

Absorbent Technologies creates Zeba, an agricultural superabsorbent that absorbs and releases water in soil  Read more

The Best New E-Book Readers

From the Kindle to Plastic Logic, the latest e-Book readers  Read more

The Business of the Museum

A look at companies that helped to create a dinosaur exhibit at Pittsburgh's natural history museum  Read more

The Return of the Walkman

Sony challenges the iPod Touch with its new X Series Walkman.  Read more

A Robot for the Office 

The Rovio Mobile Webcam is a remotely controlled robot that can check up on your office or home. It recharges itself and can be controlled by a computer o...  Watch video

A Start-up Takes on Wal-Mart

Recently-launched Alice.com is Brian Wiegand's fourth Internet start-up, but the first to take on the consumer-packaged goods industry.  Read more

Supreme Court Reexamines Patent Laws

A reversal of the earlier decision that business methods are not patentable could likely change the face of business.  Read more

Xbox Live Leaves Indie Developers in the Cold

Xbox will be even more socially connected, come autumn, but will smaller game developers be let in on the action? Probably not.  Read more

Ready, Set, Innovate

Six tips for turning employees into innovators  Read more

Managing: Unleashing Employee Creativity

How West Paw Design turned all of its employees into designers  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Owl Power Turns Restaurants Into Mini Power Plants

Can $500,000 energize the company?  Read more

Selling Quirky Products to Retailers

Mother Ink, maker of maternity tattoos, gets advice on retail displays and packaging  Read more

How Would You Sell a Virtual Makeover?

Where should ModiFace market its online makeover tools, including HairMixer and WeightMirror?  Read more

Biotech Start-up Wins Global Moot Corp

Novophage Theraputics from Boston University hopes to market technology that slows resistence to antibiotics.  Read more

Charles Jacobs Goes Inside the Entrepreneur's Brain

Leading corporate consultant, Charles Jacobs discusses how brain structure can impact business management.  Read more

Jim McCann of 1-800-Flowers on Strategic Partnerships

Q: How can I assess the viability, reputation, and ethics of a potential strategic partner without damaging the relationship?Read more

How to Bring Your Invention to Market

Here's a step-by-step process for turning a good idea for a new invention into a financial success.  Read more

How to Guard Against Patent Infringement

Once you've received patent protection, enforcing it is mostly your job. Here's how.  Read more

How to Protect Your Invention

Advice and tips on how to protect a new invention from copycats and competitors  Read more