Innovation


Recent Innovation Videos

How to Be Your Own PR Rep 

You don't need to hire a firm to handle public relations. You can do it yourself. Here's how from Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, an...  Watch video

Make Your Meetings More Effective 

Here's tips on how to keep groups focused and not waste time from Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, and Adam Toren, co-founder of Smal...  Watch video

How To Go Up Against Apple and Microsoft 

In the race to get Internet TV shows and movies into the living room, Boxee co-founder Idan Cohen notices unanticipated advantages of being the (much) smalle...  Watch video

How Spanx Got Started 

Sara Blakely on how she came up with the idea for Spanx footless pantyhose.  Watch video

Differentiating Her Business Idea 

The founder of Spanx developed her idea for a year before she mentioned it to friends or family.  Watch video

Sara Blakely Dared To Ask, "Why Not?" 

How Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, took $5,000 and an idea for footless pantyhose, and turned it into a multi-million dollar women's undergarment business.  Watch video

This Investment Advisory Upstart Manages $20 Billion 

Elliot Weissbluth, CEO of HighTower Advisors, has raised $165 million to pluck high-end investment advisors from established brokerage firms--and away from i...  Watch video

Competition for AOL's Local News Site, Patch 

Jane Bryant Quinn and Carll Tucker, the married founders of Main Street Connect, operate 52 community news sites in three states, and are looking to roll out...  Watch video

More Reasons to Try Google+ 

Find out from the source; Inc.com's Eric Markowitz interviews Christian Oestlien, Google’s chief of social advertising products.  Watch video

Get Ready for Holiday Shopping Season 

Forecasts predict modest growth this Christmas. Retail strategist Alison Levy recommends how independent retailers can stand out.  Watch video

What Makes a "Cool" Office? 

Inc.com's Christine Lagorio talks with Marc Kushner of Architizer about the 2011 World's Coolest Offices.  Watch video

Tour a Conference Room That Looks Like a Spaceship 

The architect behind Andrew Davidson and Co.'s New York City office takes you behind the scenes of what went into creating the firm's innovative space.  Watch video

TrendWatch: U.S. Patent Reform 

How could upcoming patent law changes impact your small business?  Watch video

Lessons Learned: Seeing What Sticks 

Someecards co-founder and CEO Duncan Mitchell talks about how he and his team decide which of 20 ideas are worth trying.  Watch video

How I Did It: Lessons Learned: When Things Go Viral 

BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti talks about how an e-mail exchange with Nike led to his idea for promoting social content across the Web.  Watch video

Success Stories: Learning on Someone Else's Dime 

Rumia Ambrose-Burbank, president of Vendor Managed Solutions in Troy, MI, which buys maintenance supplies for other companies, recalls how she spun her firm ...  Watch video

Howard Greenstein, Inc.com Blogger and Social Media Strategist 

He is the President of Harbrooke Group, which helps companies communicate to customers with the latest Web technologies.  Watch video

Cal McAllister and Ian Cohen, Founders of Wexley School for Girls 

Cal McAllister and Ian Cohen are the founders of the advertising agency, Wexley School for Girls.  Watch video

Sean Whalen, Founder of AlterG 

AlterG founder Sean Whalen brought to market an anti-gravity treadmill used by top athletes. Now he's going after the medical market.  Watch video

Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Founders of Venmo 

Square has drawn a lot of buzz to the mobile-payments business. Venmo's founders hope to draw on that as they build their company.  Watch video

Tim O'Shaughnessy and Eddie Frederick, Founders of LivingSocial 

With the acquisition of a little company called Buy a Friend a Drink, the online-bargain site LivingSocial came together in its present form.  Watch video

Garry Tan and Sachin Agarwal, Founders of Posterous 

Posterous takes all the fuss out of posting content online.  Watch video

Sarah Prevette, Founder of Sprouter 

Sarah Prevette has created a service that entrepreneurs can use to socialize, share tips, and ask questions in a rapid-fire, short-attention-span fashion.  Watch video

Jennifer Hyman and Jenny Fleiss, Founders of Rent the Runway 

Bringing the Carrie Bradshaw experience to budget fashionistas  Watch video

Chris Easter and Bob Horner, Founders of The Man Registry 

Extending the definition of a wedding gift to include sports apparel, grilling accessories, and the always popular remote control beer cooler.  Watch video

Ashleigh Hansberger, Founder of Motto Agency 

To help companies launch, grow, and reinvent their brands through good, old-fashioned storytelling and innovative use of social media, Hansberger, 28, launc...  Watch video

Amos Winbush III, Founder of CyberSynchs 

Amos Winbush III has partnered with Sun to build an app used on 500,000 phones. “We’re taking the company global,” he says. “I’m super stoked.”  Watch video

Alexa von Tobel, Founder of LearnVest 

Backed by Goldman Sachs and some successful executives, LearnVest founder Alexa von Tobel seeks to give young women personal finance advice.  Watch video

Joshua Dziabiak, Founder of ShowClix 

ShowClix helps small venues distribute tickets entirely over text message and e-mail.  Watch video

Michelle You, Ian Hogarth, and Pete Smith, Founders of Songkick 

By meticulously compiling upcoming concert listings, the founders of Songkick have amassed an audience of one million fans—and the backing of Y Combinator,...  Watch video