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Rd Partnerships Come Of Age

They may never replace traditional venture capital, but for some companies these deals are a better way to raise money.  Read more

The Three Criteria for a Successful New Business

A veteran entrepreneur explains why you need more than a revolutionary product to have a successful start-up.  Read more

Guest Speaker: The Truth About Investment Bubbles

Yes, you can get hurt when they burst. But you can also make a bundle.  Read more

14 Inventors We Love

Many inventors--the Edisons and Bells of the world--command our respect. But here is a look at 14 inventors, only some of whom are well known, that command s...  View slideshow

Watt's New: Edison Updated

Consider, if you will, the history of the light bulb. In 1879, Thomas Alva Edison introduced a clear glass bulb that ended the days of gas and kerosene la...  Read more

This Is a Test

The methods of screening job candidates and the laws that cover them.  Read more

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?

Book Review: American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technical Enthusiasm 1870-1970. (Viking 1989)  Read more

The Most Creative Product Ever

A noteworthy business author explains why it's not what you make, it's the way and the why you do what you do.  Read more

Push 'Em Back

A look at the early history of pushtechnology that started with stock market ticker tape machines.  Read more

Safeguarding Intellectual Property

Trademarks, copyrights and patents aren't just for big corporations. Everything from your company's name to its management style is worth protecti...  Read more

How To Uncover Employee Potential

People designated as leaders because of their actions, rather than title alone, know that their success is measured by the success of their employees. Suc...  Read more

Agenda 3/06

Caesar would have done well to beware the Ides of March (the 15th). You should be on guard too: It's tax day.  Read more

Greatest Fictional Inventors

Real-life inventors have dreamed up fantastic technologies, but these imaginary ones have the wildest creations imaginable and are not constrained by reality...  View slideshow

Feel the Failure

"I have not failed," Thomas Edison declared during his search for a workable filament for the electric lightbulb. "I have successfully discovered 1,200 ma...  Read more

The Great Leaders Series: Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company

Not only did he build one of the largest automobile manufacturers, he set in motion a series of changes that would change society as a whole.  Read more

Lights Out For Incandescents?

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

Better Boat Building;

She was the luxury liner everybody wanted, one of the flagships of America's new industrial fleet. When General Motors Corp. launched a national lottery ...  Read more

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Creativity

Innovation isn't beyond the ability of everyday companies. You just need to know how to go about it.  Read more

Hall of Fame Profile: Ross O. Youngs

On how an invention becomes (or sometimes doesn't become) a business.  Read more

Reading, Writing, Running a Company

This month, a program called EntrepreneurshipWeek USA will extol the virtues of business ownership in schools across the country.  Read more

How Do You Sell A Light Bulb That Never Burns Out?

Kevin Keating figured he had a sure thing. So why didn't it walk off the shelves?  Read more

Product Development

Related Terms: Prototypes Product development may be unde...  Read more

The New Role Models

Which states are the real innovators in economic policy?  Read more

Napoleon Who?

There is no shortage on the market of you-too-can-succeed books; they range from Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People (50 years old las...  Read more

The ADD Dilemma

Some eight million Americans have attention deficit disorder. One of them may work for you. Or be you.  Read more

The ADD Dilemma

Some eight million Americans have attention deficit disorder. One of them may work for you. Or be you.  Read more

Case Study: Was Outsourcing to India the Right Move?

With revenue flattening, David Galbenski needed a bold new plan.  Read more

Revolutionary Roads: Mapping America's Innovation Capitals

30 tales of following where the spirit leads  Read more

So You Want To Go Into Politics?

A growing number of entrepreneurs are abandoning the privacy and freedom of business for the perils of public office.  Read more

Back to the Future

Akron has revitalized its local economy with small companies operating in big markets.  Read more

The Heart of a Company

The birth of a seriously ill child set Kenny Kramm on a course from ordinary guy to extraordinary entrepreneur.  Read more

The Wisdom of Peter Drucker from A to Z

Known widely as the father of management, Peter Drucker formulated many concepts about business that we now take for granted. On the 100th anniversary of his...  Read more

The Change Makers

The Change Makers by Maury Klein Times Books 320 pages $26.00 Say Good-Bye to the Robber Barons<...  Read more

Present At The Creation

James Toreson's Microcomputer Systems Corp. spawns new high-technology companies as well as healthy profits. Now eager venture capitalists are lining up outs...  Read more

An Ache In The Heartland

In midwestern "rustbowl" states, bold planning and brassy ad campaigns must do battle with a legacy of bureaucratic neglect and corroded morale.  Read more

The Time Machine

Company finds a niche by getting a product to customers faster than its competitors.  Read more

Relax. Let Your Guard Down

Why patents, trademarks, and other intellectual property protections are bad--that's right, bad --for business.  Read more

Patent No. 5,524,641: An Inventor's Story

That's Arthur Battaglia's patent number. He applied for it eight years ago, got it six years ago, and has been pushing his idea ever since. So far, no takers.  Read more

Research and Development

Research and development (R&D) is a process intended to create new or improved technology that can provide a competitive advantage at the business, indust...  Read more

How-to Benefit from R&D

Small businesses may see as much as a three percent increase in market value for every 10 percent hike in investment in research and development (R&D), ac...  Read more

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