Top 13 Startups That Killed It In 2013


While the year 2013 might already be starting to feel like a distant memory, it certainly gave us some exciting startup companies likely to disrupt the way we look at the world in 2014. Here are...
    






Mosaic Plans Overseas Expansion With Its Kickstarter-Style Solar Campaigns


Mosaic, a California startups that raises solar project investments through kickstarter-like campaigns, plans to expand overseas to communities with little or no access to electricity. The company...
    






Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel And The Antics Of A 23-Year-Old Novice


Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Mark Zuckerberg have proven that you can be in your early 20s and have the wisdom to run a transformative billion-dollar company. Snapchat CEO Even Spiegel seems intent...
    






Ryan Caldbeck’s CircleUp Democratizes Funding Process For Start-Ups and Investors


A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape: Ryan Caldbeck, Founder and CEO, CircleUp… “We’re an online investing marketplace that matches small investors...
    






The Media Startup Getting 20 Year Olds To Talk About More Than Cat Pictures


The newsroom of the future will probably resemble the three airy, wood-floored rooms PolicyMic rents in Midtown Manhattan. On the ninth floor of a nondescript office building, 14 editors and writers...
    






China Bites Into Bitcoin


Bitcoins were worth nothing in 2009, when the digital cryptocurrency was first minted on the computer of its mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, who claimed to live in Japan. Four years later the...
    






30 Under 30: The Best Of Art And Style


2014 30 under 30: Art & Style When my colleague Hannah Elliott and I started researching Forbes’ third annual 30 Under 30 list of up-and-coming superstars in the category of Art & Style, we...
    






Yota Phone Review: The Android Smartphone From Russia With Two Screens


Last year at CES, Russian manufacturer Yota demonstrated a prototype smartphone with two 4.3 inch displays, an LCD screen on one side and an e-Ink screen on the reverse. Now in production and...