Advice has more value when it comes from the mouth of a billionaire. In this video, some of the wealthiest and most successful entrepreneurs who built their business empires from scratch—including Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Warren Buffett—share nuggets of wisdom for becoming successful in. Despite the adequate video quality, the messages from billionaire entrepreneurs are absolutely invaluable. The overall message? The key to a sustainable, long-lasting business is not just fixating on about the bottom line, but rather creating a people-driven culture with a hard set of values.

At its annual meeting on Friday, shareholders will vote on a proposal asking Wal-Mart to require vendors to publish annual reports on working conditions in their factories.

Everyone in the tech world talks about business models. But I’ll bet that if you quizzed a random sample of these people, you’d find that they really don’t know what a business model is. I did just that with my students at UC-Berkeley. Most raised their hands, and MBA student Blake Brundidge's attempt to answer the question was a valiant one—but none of them really had a clue. The only one who got the answer right was Lionel Vital, a Stanford student gatecrashing my iSchool class. The reality is that discussions of business models are like discussions of teenage sex: everyone talks about it...

This video is well done and informative. If you weren't sure about mobile devices as a possible channel for learning then maybe you should ...

Krochet Kids is a non-profit that employs Ugandan women to knit hats that you would happily wear even if they weren’t knit by Ugandan women.

For any entrepreneur, the challenge of taking an idea to launch can be a daunting and expensive journey. Fortunately, Adeo Ressi, founder of TheFunded and startup accelerator, Founder Institute, has a ten step plan. While there is no foolproof recipe for every launch, Ressi says his template will help any tech entrepreneur get a business off the ground for less than $2,000. The program, which Ressi recently presented at the Founder Institute's Boston location, is a bare bones guide to securing your startup's online identity, enhancing your appearance of legitimacy (through low-cost but well...