Stephen Wolfram Promises A Universal API To The Internet Of Things

Posted on 09/01/2014 by forbes

At first glance, the Wolfram Connected Devices Project announced this week might not seem a big deal. But the database of ‘connected devices’ and their capabilities is only the first step in a much...

Vin Gupta’s InfoFree.com Reinvents CRM and Lead Gen Tools For Small Business

Posted on 08/01/2014 by forbes

A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape: Vinod Gupta, Founder and CEO, InfoFree.com… Legendary pioneer of database marketing and lead generation...

Seven Publicity Rules Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know

Posted on 07/01/2014 by forbes

What if you invented a revolutionary product that replaced narcotics to alleviate pain, but you fumbled the public relations (PR) effort and your news got lost in the media echo chamber? Startups...

Why You Should Care About The Quest To Put DNA Barcodes On Every Species

Posted on 06/01/2014 by forbes

At first glance, the rather grandiose-sounding International Barcode of Life (IBOL) project seems an arcane scientific exercise. But the database – which aims to create unique DNA identification “...

Salman Khan, The Most Influential Person In Education Technology

Posted on 06/01/2014 by forbes

I have had the good fortune of speaking with good number of the leaders in education technology today. Since so many of these players have emerged from academe, the competition between companies is...

6 tools used by startup investing insiders to identify — and invest in — the next Facebook

Posted on 06/01/2014 by forbes

When news hit in early 2011 that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) was giving its clients the opportunity to invest in (then private) Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) shares, investors knew something big was afoot. FB...

Former Football Coach’s DataStax Doubles As It Beats Oracle

Posted on 06/01/2014 by forbes

One of the oldest cliches in the book is that if you can win at team sports, you can win at business too. You don’t have to look much farther than the spectacular failure of former Red Sox pitcher...

There’s A Futuristic Rifle So Smart It Can’t Miss–But Profiting From It Is A Tricky Shot

Posted on 06/01/2014 by forbes

Customers who want to test-drive TrackingPoint’s Precision Guided Firearm often come to an outdoor firing range in Texas Hill Country with Chase Sutton. A bearded, 300-pound wildlife biologist and...

Why Leadership Is About Dignity

Posted on 06/01/2014 by forbes

“A bold new way of tackling poverty that’s about dignity, not dependence and choice, not charity.” When I first read that on Acumen.org, I thought beyond poverty. I asked myself, “If dignity is about...