Entrepreneurship

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced Friday that it will increase global prices for all grades of ibuprofen by an estimated 15% effective immediately, or as contracts allow.

If your company "pivots" to "disrupt" an industry, you need a new strategy. Oh sure, you might have heard that Company X made a billion dollars by doing that. But when the lingo of a few billionaires becomes the lingo of thousands of entrepreneurs, the overused words begin to lose their meaning...

South Korea's Samsung Electronics (SSNLF) increased its share of China's smartphone market in the first quarter of 2012, according to Woori Investment and Securities. As reported by Yonhap News Agency, Samsung's lead increased from 24% to 28% during January to March, with sales of 9 million units...

“DIIME is a medical device company working to address issues of maternal and infant health specific to low resource settings,” explains Theresa Fisher, Co-Founder of Design Innovations for Infants and Mothers Everywhere (DIIME). Fisher says the firm arose after its founders visited Ghana to do...

Voyager Mobile, which resells airtime on the Sprint (NYSE: S) network, finally launched Sunday after last weeks reported "malicious attack" on the company's web site. The company is offering an unlimited talk and text plan for $19 per month, with no contract. Phones are priced from $119 for a basic...

The Associated Press had an interesting article published on May 12, 2012 discussing global disappointment in Barack Obama's presidency. From the article: "In a world weary of war and economic crises, and concerned about global climate change, the consensus is that Obama has not lived up to the...

The International Man of Mystery might be popular, but he can't help entrepreneurs promote their startups. That, however, did not stop one man from trying to enlist in the help of a bare-chested Austin Powers. "It's a long story, but we were introduced to a venture capitalist by a mutual friend...

Anant K. Sundaram, business valuation expert and faculty on the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College is one of a few people that aren't buying into the tremendous Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) hype ahead of the company's IPO. Professor Sundaram joined a select group that already includes Warren...

According to an article on Tuesday from the Weekly Standard's Michael Warren, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is having a difficult time dealing with the Obama-era economy. Citing a study from pro-market think tank Public Notice and Race Fans 4 Freedom, Warren wrote...

These 10 tips could prevent your startup from facing certain doom. "You can go it alone for a while, but eventually team is everything," advises Scott Bell, CEO of the wealth management firm MyGDP. Second, Bell told Benzinga that you should "read James Altucher's How to Have a BIG Idea. And then...