Tag: business
Backers with Benefits: Why Companies Are Outsourcing to Kickstarter
- By Jessica Leber
- 02/11/2013
Besides raising cash, crowdfunding can be a way to test product ideas and build relationships with future customers.
Pharmaceutical Firms Widen Search for Medicines
- By Susan Young
- 09/28/2012
Desperate to find new drugs, some pharmaceutical firms are outsourcing nearly half of their R&D budgets.
The Impresario Who Sells Prizes
- By Antonio Regalado
- 09/26/2012
Peter Diamandis runs flashy, big-budget technology competitions. He says they create innovation that otherwise wouldn't happen.
AT&T Looks to Outside Developers for Innovation
- By Jessica Leber
- 09/24/2012
- 1 Comment
To compete in the app economy, the giant telecommunications company is opening up its data to outside software developers.
Innovation in Manufacturing Takes a Village
- By David Talbot
- 09/21/2012
For expensive manufacturing research on solar panels and 3-D printing, a new push toward shared pilot production facilities.
Silicon Valley Dynasty Adapts to Fast-and-Cheap Startups
- By Jessica Leber
- 09/19/2012
Adam Draper is part of venture capital's greatest family. Can he find a niche inside Silicon Valley's changing funding scene?
What Technologies Will Crowdfunding Create?
- By Antonio Regalado
- 09/17/2012
- 1 Comment
Super-users, hobbyists, and gadget fans are investing in innovations they want, and creating a new generation of entrepreneurs along the way.
Singapore Seeks a Breakthrough to Call Its Own
- By Dawn Lim
- 09/14/2012
The Asian nation has spent billions on R&D and lured technology superstars. So why does it lag in innovation?
Nathan Myhrvold: The Wealthy Should Fund Innovation
- By Nathan Myhrvold
- 09/12/2012
- 1 Comment
The former chief technology officer of Microsoft on why he's backing the nuclear energy startup TerraPower.
Should the Government Support Applied Research?
- By Martin LaMonica
- 09/10/2012
The ARPA-E research agency funds R&D that is not advanced enough for the private sector to take on. Now its focus on alternative energy puts it in the political crosshairs.
Fred Wilson on Why the Collapse of Venture Capital is Good
- By Rachel Metz
- 09/07/2012
The well-known investor behind the likes of Twitter and Foursquare says venture capital funds have gotten too big.
The Narrowing Ambitions of Venture Capital
- By Josh Lerner
- 09/06/2012
Venture capital was supposed to be the financial engine of American innovation.
Instead, it’s become a reflection of its own limitations.
Money Seeks Idea
- By Antonio Regalado
- 09/05/2012
Businesses are adapting their R&D spending to the idea that innovation can come from anywhere.
How to Spot the Next Big Banking Scandal
- By Jessica Leber
- 08/08/2012
A company says it can help financial institutions spot fraud by analyzing terabytes of internal e-mails.
Human Workers, Managed by an Algorithm
- By Antonio Regalado
- 07/31/2012
Foreign recruits are the newest cogs in the crowdsourcing machine.
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