Innovation


Recent Innovation Articles

When Kickstarter Investors Want Their Money Back

Kickstarter has raised millions for designers and entrepreneurs. But what happens when no product materializes?  Read more

Why You Can't Innovate Alone

Sure, it's fun to come up with new ideas. But do you have a real innovation? No one at your company can tell you that.  Read more

Does Social Media Content Have Any Credibility?

High-tech innovation either works or it doesn't -- you can't fake it or dress it up. One big exception: social media content.  Read more

Nerdiest Start-up at CES

There's a lot of competition in Vegas for the prize of biggest tech geek. Here are the Boulder, Colorado, co-founders who think they win hands down.  Read more

How to Make $400 Million in 10 Years

5 ways to infuse your business with entrepreneurial spirit and encourage explosive growth, from Chattanooga incubator Lamp Post Group  Read more

3 Must-Have Goals at Tech Trade Show CES

Adjust your goals and strategies at industry trade shows as your company's needs change.  Read more

You Don't Have to Be a Start-up to Be Like One: 5 Ways

You can maintain your entrepreneurial culture--long after you raise funding, and start making money. Here's how.  Read more

10 Easy Ways to Get More Done

Take control of your work experience and notice how much more gets done.  Read more

6 Things Really Powerful Leaders Do

Not everyone is ready or willing to lead. Here are six things you'll need to master to move masses, inspired by Seth Godin's latest talk.  Read more

A High Tech Start-up Eyes Broadway

One of New York's hottest shows is also a small business. Here's how iLuminate came to wow audiences during the holidays.  Read more

4 Innovations Apple Should Tackle in 2013

Apple hasn't created an innovative product in years. Here are some ideas.  Read more

Hire Autistic People; Here's Why

People with autism are detail-oriented, fastidious, and reliable--and the largest generation is about to graduate high school.  Read more

6 Steps to Productive Brainstorming

Think big and follow these tips to make the most of your next brainstorming session.  Read more

12 Great Motivational Quotes for 2013

This set of inspirational thoughts for the new year will galvanize you into action.  Read more

17 Bold, Marginally Probable Business Predictions for 2013

Planning ahead? Here's what will definitely, maybe, probably-not-but-wouldn't-it-be-cool-if-it-did happen next year.  Read more

8 Major Tech Predictions for 2013

On tap for next year: Big changes are coming to everything from e-commerce and hardware to incubators and VC funds.  Read more

Case Study: Tea of a Kind

After spending three years and $10 million, Don Park didn't like where his business was headed. Was it too late to shift gears?  Read more

The One Innovation Your Competitors Can't Steal 

The founder of Shake Shack divulges how he's built a moat around his hospitality business, and prevents copy cats.  Watch video

Groovy: New Communes Cater to Entrepreneurs

Forget peace and love. These communes aim to see what happens when smart entrepreneurs spend every minute together.  Read more

One Test Every Entrepreneur Must Take

Why you decide to start a business of your own matters almost as much as what kind of business you start.  Read more

4 Ways to Protect Your Assets From Your Great Ideas

By all means, pour everything you have into that brilliant idea. But don't drain your assets.  Read more

Foursquare's Dennis Crowley: 'Our First Instinct Was That We Broke Something' 

The Foursquare co-founder describes how he adjusted the app in response to the way people used it (differently than he expected).  Watch video

Turning Screens Into a Television

Aereo, a New York City start-up, can broadcast live television to your iPad or a laptop. That is, unless a big lawsuit shuts the company down.  Read more

Make an Effective Mobile Web Site 

Don't just shrink your site for mobile viewers, says AnswerLab CEO Amy Buckner Chowdhry.  Watch video

Mashable's Pete Cashmore: 'I Obsessively Looked at the Numbers' 

Pete Cashmore founded Mashable in 2005, when he was 19 and lived in Scotland with his parents. Today, the social media news site is read by millions of peopl...  Watch video