Campus startups to watch in 2016
- Innovation on college campuses is only getting hotter. I took a look at some of the startups either born in or inspired by college life. Check out seven to watch in 2016, including ways to improve college gyms, an app for smarter cosmetics consumption and a startup to help college athletes get jobs at tech startups.
VideoBlocks inks major agreement with Discovery Channel
- Reston, Va.-based VideoBlocks has scored a major partnership with Discovery Channel. Chris Bing explains why this means VideoBlocks could destroy Shutterstock.
Beer for the holidays
- Winter is here and Ryan Ferguson is ready for seasonal beer. Check out what he learned from the local breweries about their winter plans and see what they have on tap this holiday season.
Nine startup exits to know
- 2015 had a lot of important IPOs and acquisitions. Chris Bing chronicles the nine most important exits of the year, where investors either cashed in or got burned badly.
SpaceX rockets to success
- Elon Musk and the SpaceX team had plenty to cheer about last night as the Falcon 9 rocket they launched successfully sent 11 satellites into space and then gently touched back down, softly enough that the rocket could be reused. This is the first time a rocket has been able to accomplish this (despite what Jeff Bezos may say) and puts SpaceX back on track for 2016 after the previous rocket launch ended in an explosive failure six months ago. With this success under their belt, the SpaceX team can now rightly claim that they'll soon be offering enormously cheaper trips into orbit, and that their outline for manned trips can now really start to take shape.
