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A Q&A with the director of Microsoft’s Envisioning Lab, where they’re working 10 years ahead, growing plants on the walls, and thinking about how your data will do your bidding in the future.

As predicted in "Mimsy Were the Borogoves," toys will change the world. Our kids, growing up with computers, game consoles, and endless visual delights, will have different minds than previous generations and their children will be even more unique. After all, our kids are about get get toy 3D printers and there's no telling what could come next. Origo is a concept product right now but it should be available soon. Clad in purple plastic, the system is a standard extruder-type 3D printer that can make various small objects out of a thin stream of plastic. The founders, Joris Peels and Artur...

The marshmallow test needs no introduction. Walter Mischel’s ingenious experiment – first conducted in 1968 – has entered the pop culture canon. The study has even spawned an adorable series of YouTube imitations, such as this clip featuring little kids wrestling with temptation: The experiment went like this: Mischel invited a four-year old student at […]

A grainy video, just over five minutes long, of a young Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh on January 24, 1984.

A simple example showing what happens when you only pay the minimun monthly payment on your credit card debt. I submitted this to Longshot magazine's issue on Debt but my graphic didn't make it in but you can take a look at the other submissions on their site.

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This is "Conscious Capitalism: Whole Foods' way" by Conscious Capitalism, Inc. on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

The company touts its environmental investing and shrinking carbon footprint and–oh yeah–how it’s working to fix the housing crisis it helped start.

Starting a business? You should write a business plan--even if you're not raising money any time soon.

"Mankiw's 10 principles of economics, translated for the uninitiated", by Yoram Bauman, http://www.standupeconomist.com . Presented at the AAAS humor session...

Bill Clark is the CEO of MicroAngel Capital Partners, a venture firm that gives more investors access to alternative investments. He also gives investors the ability to invest in startups online throu...

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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.

The owner of an established bicycle shop is having trouble obtaining a $1 million loan to refinance a mortgage, pay down debt and provide working capital.

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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.

When writing a business plan, here's how to run the numbers that matter without getting hung-up on those that don't.

Innovation and originality are close cousins. We think of creative innovators as people with new ideas. But to read Malcolm Gladwell on the subject is to be reminded of a distinction: An innovator may not be the one with the new idea — but with a new take on an old idea. Robert Siegel interviews Gladwell, who wrote "Creation Myth: Xerox PARC, Apple, and the truth about innovation" in the May 16th issue of The New Yorker.

The bold ideas and brilliant urbanites who are helping to build the cities of America’s future.

Keeping tabs on your competition is a great strategy for growing your business. Follow these tips, from fellow small business owners, on which tools are best and how to get started.

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