Archive for Business Week
Wringing Lessons From Microworkz’s Failure
Correct mistakes quickly, hire "hunters," and be willing to take no for an answer. The founder of the failed PC maker offers startup advice
Girish Navani: Examining a City’s Health
With a trove of electronic health data, his company EClinicalWorks aims to help communities and hospitals make better policy and treatment decisions
Apollo Jets: Jock Air
Convicted stock swindler Al Palagonia has reinvented himself as the private jet broker of choice for top athletes
Startups Party at the Patent Office
Startups once ignored intellectual-property issues; now they protect innovations early
Tech Entrepreneurs’ Culinary Second Act
Opening a restaurant might be the only pursuit riskier than tech startups
Hard Drives That Stretch to Infinity
Google finally offers cloud storage, but startups Dropbox and Box have momentum
Numero Group: Soul Revivers
How three record buffs who flout the rules of business turned their crate-digging skills into the profitable new music label Numero
Ronan and Colin Hannan’s Ka’ana Belize Resort
Two Irish brothers ditched their careers, moved to Belize, and opened a 17-room hotel
Grateful Dead Smiles and Aerosmith Testimonials: A Manufacturer’s YouTube Strategy
Guitar effects-pedal maker Pigtronix has built an effective marketing strategy around YouTube videos that cost it next to nothing
Regulators Eye a Maneuver Meant to Cut Health-Care Costs
Federal agencies are seeking information on a practice that some fear could undermine health reform