Entrepreneurship

People, particularly American people, spend plenty of time in cars. And whether you listen to an iTunes version of a mix tape or a satellite station beamed down with your taste in hip-hop or garage rock, that time is Sirius money. Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) wants to own a piece of your heart in drive...

Entrepreneurs are living through a critical time of transition in technology, business and globalization, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) Executive Chairman Jack Ma said Wednesday in Detroit. The companies that use the internet well in the coming years “will win,” Ma told an...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) chose the right city in which to engage American small business, Martha Stewart said at the Gateway '17 conference Wednesday. The 75-year-old publisher, entrepreneur and TV star is the founder of the Martha Stewart Living empire. “I applaud Jack...

This is the next Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB). We think that we’ll exit within one to three years. This is a surefire winner. In fact, these are surefire phrases to turn HOF Capital Managing Partner David Teten away from your investment opportunity. “These are all signs of typically an...

The most important factor in business is trust, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) Executive Chairman Jack Ma said in a conversation with journalist Charlie Rose Tuesday. The 52-year-old billionaire said he strives to hire employees who are smarter than him — and they are best managed via...

Gateway '17, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA)’s first conference of this kind in the United States, opened in Detroit Tuesday with a message of globalization — and growth. The company that’s transformed the concept of retail came to the Motor City to connect small...

Dipping, dodging, banking, bumping and the prickly personalities of the ground-bound pilots are featured in the most-ambitious season yet of the startup Drone Racing League, which already finished its second year in reality but is just getting started on Walt Disney Co's (NYSE: DIS) ESPN....

Doug Clinton of Loup Ventures says Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Chairman Eric Schmidt is wrong when he says automation won’t wipe out the majority of jobs now performed by inferior humans. “The five-year picture of automation isn’t going to result in mass job loss,...

For more than 80 years now, underground weed producers have recurred to brokers to orchestrate sales, in an effort to minimize their exposure. Not being involved with the buyer seems to be the preferred strategy when conducting an illegal transaction. Interestingly, cannabis legalization has not...

While working for a big-box company, Clarence Bethea needed service on his laptop, but he’d lost his receipt, and his warranty was nowhere to be found. Frustrated, he founded Upsie. The Minneapolis-based warranty company now protects thousands of customers and millions of dollars of...

The United States’ $1.3 trillion in student loan debt isn't just a problem of the present, nor is it burdensome exclusively to borrowers. “This problem is actually impacting so many financial institution models, so people are not putting money in their 401K,” Justin Fischer,...

Over the course of last week Benzinga’s downtown Detroit newsroom played host to entrepreneurial incubator Village Capital’s 2017 Fintech Program. The event, which lasted from June 6-9, included financial technology startups from across the U.S. covering applications and services...

Effectively marketing your brand on Instagram is within your reach if you’re willing to put in time and effort. Once you carry out adequate research, you’ll find that it’s usually the little details most marketers fail to pay attention to that make the difference. Let’s take...

Christopher Keshian, Managing Partner at Neural Capital, contributed to this story Getting your first yeses from investors when fundraising is tough. The pressure builds with each passing day, especially if your startup is short on cash. Once you start getting yeses, a virtuous cycle begins...

Do you know what Tom Szaky thinks of everything you own, eat, wear, poop and drive, from the plastic container that contains your hair product to the pricey phone you tuck into your back pocket to the discount drone you use to wage drunken dogfights with your next-door neighbor? It’s garbage...