Rick Rubin started DefJam in his NYU dorm. Steve and I built TSR in Curtis Hall, and I went on to build my publishing business in my wife’s dorm at NYU. It happens more than you might guess, and the reason it works is something you can use, even if you’re not in college or living in a dorm…

More than a year ago, Sonia Simone wrote the defining piece on the subject ? a summary of what it takes to write a meaningful marketing story that people can?t ignore.

The rich are getting richer among European venture-backed startups.
Meanwhile, younger companies raised less cash this past quarter than the same period last year, according to data released Monday from Dow Jones VentureSource.

Peter Boyce II, an associate with General Catalyst Partners, and co-founder of Rough Draft Ventures, was recently interviewed by OneWire CEO Skiddy von Stade.

I started working in venture capital three months before Lehman imploded. After the bankruptcy, the fundraising market contracted as investors internalized the new normal of the public markets. Over the past six years, the fundraising markets flipped from quite bearish to mildly bullish to extremely bullish. Or at least, that?s the way it feels to me.

I?ve been applying for online news jobs the past few months, which means evaluating a lot of news sites and mobile products. And I think I?ve put my finger on what separates the smartest digital news companies from the ones trying to learn from them.

Traditionally offered in print, the American College of Radiology?s (ACR) Continuous Professional Improvement (CPI) self-assessment program is now available in a convenient online format. The new online format is suited for Mac or PCs, iPads and other mobile devices.

The American Psychological Association has approved continuing education credits for The American Meditation Institute?s (AMI) sixth annual mind/body medicine CME conference November 5-9, 2014 at the Cranwell Resort and Spa in Lenox, Massachusetts. Entitled The Heart and Science of Yoga, this 30 CE and CME mind/body medicine training for psychologists, physicians and nurses is accredited through the Albany Medical College Office of Continuing Medical Education.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week started training volunteer health workers heading to Africa to help fight the epidemic.

he funding from an anonymous donor was announced Wednesday by the Ann Arbor school’s Health System.