Research and Development


Recent Research and Development Articles

How to Think Big: 3 Ways

Do all your ideas seem small and boring? Here's a different approach plus three tips that will get you to the BIG idea.  Read more

Outsourcing Is Overrated

Labor costs aren't everything. Just ask this Taiwanese entrepreneur--she built a thriving manufacturing business right here in the U.S.  Read more

One Practical Way to Upgrade Company Culture

For one day out of every month, don't focus on planning or executing anything. Focus on this instead.  Read more

Coming Soon: The Earth, Live From Space

Meet the scrappy young start-up aiming to be the first to offer streaming video of Earth from the International Space Station.  Read more

Surprising Way to Get Employees to Stay

How's this for counterintuitive? Maybe the best way to get employees to stick around is to encourage them to leave.  Read more

Why an IPO Can Kill Your Innovation

A Stanford study finds that tech companies undergo a major innovation slowdown after going public.  Read more

Train Yourself to Be an Optimist: 4 Steps

Optimistic people are happier, healthier, more successful, and have longer lives. You can be one of them.  Read more

Go From Employee to Entrepreneur: 4 Tips

Use the skills, industry knowledge, and contacts you have today to set your business up for success.  Read more

So You Want to Write a Business Book...

Inc.com columnist and five-time author Phil Simon reflects on five hard-won lessons every aspiring writer needs to know.  Read more

6 Steps to Productive Brainstorming

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

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

Hardware Wants to Be Free

Technology is getting cheap--so cheap, in fact, that gadgets alone may cease to be the moneymakers. Tech start-ups, take note.  Read more

Easiest Way to Win Friends and Influence People

Charm is good and cleverness never hurts. But there's one very simple thing you can do to create instant rapport with someone else.  Read more

Where to Invest Your Tech Budget

Before you decide how to spend your tech dollars, check out where other companies are investing.  Read more

3D Printing Has a Bright Future With Dark Problems

DIY gunsmithing is just one potential issue 3D printer companies must decide how to handle. But there are many more risks on the horizon.  Read more

Cars: The Next Big Advertising Platform?

Connected cars are taking mobile marketing to a whole new level. Here's what to expect.  Read more

3 Steps to Turn Around a Failing Company

"Turnaround King" Grant Cardone says you may think you know what's ailing your company--but you're almost certainly wrong.  Read more

7 Easily Avoidable Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Fail

You have no excuse not to see these potential hurdles coming--so don't let them trip you up.  Read more

4 Tips to Expand Your Niche Business

The potential opportunities might be much bigger and broader than you think. Think outside your niche with these tips.  Read more

Rise of the Microserver

Go ahead and keep your data in-house. Thanks to some of the macro names in computing, servers are going micro and getting more efficient.  Read more

Biggest Tech Trends of 2012

After a year's worth of hardware and software news, these six developments are the ones to remember.  Read more

Why Didn't Fred Wilson (& Other VCs) Invest in 2012?

A handful of prominent tech VCs didn't make any early-stage start-up investments in 2012. Is it time for founders to worry?  Read more

How Not to Do Target Marketing

Will women buy a toolbox just because it's pink? Don't assume you know anything about what your customers really want.  Read more

It's Not Rocket Science: Eliminate Stress

When it feels like everything is on the line and you just can't get a grip, try one of these ridiculously easy strategies to keep your cool.  Read more