This morning I was taking a break between meetings in San Antonio at TechStars Cloud  to check my email when I saw a note from my wife Amy with the header “ I just broke my wrist.” ” The email said “ Fell on stairs. At urgent care. Got x ray. Have “dinner fork” type fracture. Pam and Ryan will get me home. MORE >>

One of my favorite parts of my job is interviewing a huge variety of people about their habits, needs, attitudes, and reactions to designs. like the challenge of quickly getting strangers to talk freely and frankly about themselves MORE >>

In his wonderful book,  The Botany of Desire , Michael Pollan highlighted the perils of monoculture: "Very simply, a vast field of identical plants will always be exquisitely vulnerable to insects, weeds, and disease--to all the vicissitudes of nature." Home-grown companies are at the core of the idea of "economic gardening." Entrepreneurs U.S. MORE >>

It's not all about you; it's all about them. Tara Hunt of Buyosphere and Lauren Thom of Fleurty Girl show how to really make an impression on your clients. All businesses claim to be customer-centric. You'll see signs on the door that the customer is "the center of our business," or "always right," or maybe "our most important asset." MORE >>

There’s a glimmer of hope that Congress and the Administration might be able to agree on one piece of legislation this year— the JOBS Act introduced in the House last week by Majority Leader Eric Cantor—that could do something significant for startups, and in turn the broader economy. That is a legitimate worry. MORE >>