I have talked with hundreds of people about starting a business. People often tell me would love to start a business–then follow up with a list of reasons why they… Read more »

Pawel Kulon’s family was part of a movement in the late 1980s that led nearly one million Poles to immigrate to Chicago. Despite growing up in the U.S., Kulon recently… Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO/ FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Facebook faces substantial business risks from new European Union privacy rules set to take effect in May, a looming reality that came into stark relief… Read more »

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.—The cost of failure for drug development is rising. The productivity gains seem elusive. And of course there are the economics, a pressure on drug pricing that won’t… Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc faced new calls for regulation from within U.S. Congress and was hit with questions about personal data safeguards on Saturday after reports a political… Read more »

You may expect your life to magically change after a guest blog post or a few minutes on local TV news. Wrong!  Public relations efforts can help build awareness of and… Read more »

Sometimes, luck wins. “How to be successful” returns 843 million results on Google. “I will teach you to be rich” is an actual website. And we can’t go a day… Read more »

No company or entrepreneur gets it right every time. As an angel investor, I have found that people claiming a perfect record are either lying to themselves, or they are… Read more »

Google is helping the military use artificial intelligence to analyze video from drones to more quickly identify objects like trucks. The deal is part of the Defense Department’s Project Maven… Read more »

Scality will release a commercially supported version of its “multi-cloud data controller” Zenko at the end of March. The product from the object storage maker promises to allow customers increased… Read more »

Netflix’s shares crossed the $300 mark for the first time on Friday to reach a new record high. The video streaming video giant’s stock closed at $301.05, up 3.67%. Netflix’s… Read more »

(Reuters) – Music streaming service Spotify on Wednesday filed for a direct listing of its shares, laying out financial data for the first time that cheered some analysts but led… Read more »

“Iconic” is a word thrown around so much it can become meaningless, but it fits the legendary seaside resort, Hotel del Coronado, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, like… Read more »

An email from the CEO of a national parking operator has added some detail to the impact ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft are having on demand for parking. The… Read more »

Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.  For most of their lives, Americans don’t care about curling. On Friday… Read more »

Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk has big plans for its new Airbnb Plus program. On Thursday, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced the program at a media event in San Francisco, pitching… Read more »

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that Venezuela had received $735 million in the first day of a pre-sale of the country’s “petro” cryptocurrency, aimed at pulling the… Read more »

Why do so many business owners think that if you posting something on social media, people will flock to you, bang down your door, and buy everything you’re selling? Build… Read more »

The gap between someone’s expectations and reality is a persistent problem in the B2B sales world. Far too often, customers have a very different belief about what the product should… Read more »

The successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy earlier this month was a landmark technical achievement, but it has quickly come to be symbolized by something a bit sillier —… Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Russian influence operation designed to tamper with the 2016 U.S. presidential election used a combination of old-school espionage tactics and 21st-century technologies that will not… Read more »

PARIS (Reuters) – French start-up Sigfox, which builds networks to connect washing machines and other objects to the internet, says it is struggling to meet its growth targets due to… Read more »

For sale: orbiting space station. Room for eight. Fantastic views of Earth. Commercial opportunities for zero-g manufacturing, research lab, or floating hotel. Cost: $3 to 4 billion a year. Any… Read more »

You could argue that the door handle has had a disproportionate influence on modern robotics. It was the humanoids of the Darpa Robotics Challenge, after all, that were tasked with… Read more »

In mid-January, when markets were still relatively calm, we published an article about O’Reilly and how it could benefit from the widening price gap between used and new cars that… Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. business software developer Salesforce.com Inc (CRM.N) will pump $2 billion into its Canadian business over the next five years, it said on Thursday, the latest… Read more »

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing hard for Amazon to consider opening a second headquarters in Toronto. Trudeau bragged on Thursday during a press event in San Francisco about… Read more »

(Reuters) – Snapchat owner Snap Inc on Tuesday reported surging growth in users and revenue in its latest quarter, reviving hopes that it can survive competition with Facebook Inc’s Instagram… Read more »

In the wake of Sunday morning’s news about a fatal collision between Amtrak and CSX trains in South Carolina, you may have felt a sense of deja vu. That’s because… Read more »

Every company in the world now uses open-source software. Microsoft, once its greatest enemy, is now an enthusiastic open supporter. Even Windows is now built using open-source techniques. And if… Read more »