Using technology to attack structural inefficiencies in the market for automobile transportation.
Start-Ups
Phone is My Copilot: Startup Zoetic Uses Smartphones to Make Drivers Smarter
Driver fatigue accounts for tens of thousands of crashes a year, and millions of drivers admit to dozing being the wheel on a regular basis. Still others are simply oblivious of their bad driving habits. They brake too hard, …
Teachers Get Techy: Education-Focused Startups Are Making In-Roads into Classrooms
Technology, once a distraction for students, is finding its way into classrooms in a way that is more seamless than ever.
Riunite On Ice, Version 2.0
Wine importer Banfi found critical mass with Riunite in the 1970s. Now it’s looking to win over the younger set with a new lineup of chilled sweet wines.
The Glorious End of Higher Education’s Monopoly on Credibility
In the past, the only way to get professional credibility was with a college degree. Now young people are using many different tools to gain a foothold in the business world.
In Inbox Hell? Time to Admit You’re an Email Sinner
A SaneBox executive outlines the seven deadly sins of email. Are you guilty?
Made for Digital: Believe Entertainment Group Is Bypassing Television
A new breed of media companies are trying to convince people to get their sitcom and drama fix directly from online original programming instead of television.
3 Simple Goals You Must Set for Your Business to Succeed
It’s been said that if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. That’s why goals are so important. And for hungry start-ups–the ones with a right-brain passion to create a world they want to live …
StartupBus: Building an App en Route to SXSW
Watch a group of would-be entrepreneurs during a marathon, 3-day business development and app-building session aboard a bus bound for the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin. A TIME video crew tagged along with one of about 50 teams competing for funding and a broader audience.
How to Be Happier at Work: 3 Tips
Working at a start-up can be stressful. Just ask Chade-Meng Tan, who as Google’s 107th employee, experienced the company back when it was a start-up instead of the behemoth it is today.
Tan was an engineer, and engineers at …