innovation

Health care costs in the U.S. have been rising so steadily for so long that containment barely seems possible. Even optimists don’t dream of …

Whatever your views on the role of government, one thing is clear: There will be no way to pay for it if the economy …

Innovation can change the world… if the world lets it. Unfortunately, society’s gatekeepers make it a point to constrain, regulate, and control these ideas. But their power is limited, and the power of innovation is too great. Unfortunately for regulators, there are some technologies they can’t control.

American ingenuity. It’s the stuff of lore and legend, and it’s what drives the global economy. We literally bank on the next disruptive entrepreneur …

This technology is not simply for modeling and prototyping, either. TV personality Jay Leno uses a 3-D printer to make custom and hard-to-find parts from scratch for his collection of classic cars. Entrepreneurs have been using these printers in a myriad of ways, and the trend is speeding up.

The great inventors/businessmen of the First Industrial Revolution, such as James Watt and Matthew Boulton of steam-engine fame, were not just smart but privileged. …

On a Sunday afternoon swim, a 6-year-old boy was bugging me in a sweet sort of way. He rode up and down the handrail …

Two years ago, I spoke to a gentlemen who had started and sold four companies. He was currently working on a new project that …

What’s called the “music industry” — which really means the big players in recording and performance — just climbed over the mountain. Global sales …

For young people facing terrible job prospects and a generally bad economic environment going forward, starting a business sounds very appealing. It has advantages …