Urban Communities

Starting a Business

Startup Spotlight: Lebanon-Headquartered Mruna Is Bringing Its Urban Resilience Solutions To The UAE

Mruna's most significant offering is BiomWeb, a decentralized nature-based wastewater treatment system, that operates using the design philosophy that "there is no waste in nature."

Growth Strategies

#5 Ways FMCG Brands Can Bypass Checkpoints In The New Rural Battlefield

Here are a few important aspects that brands should consider while they plan to venture into the unexplored interior parts of the country

Growth Strategies

The One Area Startups Should Look At for Growth

There's a huge room to build products in the rural regions, says Winny Patro, CEO of Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society

Thought Leaders

Detroit: The 21st Century Boomtown

The Motor City has epitomized both America's past industrial dominance and the despair of economic decline. It now is the epitome of urban resurgence.

Social Media

Building Up Without Base

How smart would be smart cities?

Growth Strategies

Why Own A Car When You Can Rent One

Steadily changing the way Indian consumers approach car ownership.

Growing a Business

New Report Labels Boston a Better Hub for Startups Than San Francisco

Quality of life and community connections matter more than the quantity of new companies in a given city, according to the study.

Thought Leaders

Entrepreneurship Pioneer Seeks Solutions for Flint and Other Troubled Cities

Following a successful tech career, Flint native David Tarver returned home with a zeal for solving social problems.

Innovation

Warning: If You Pee on These Walls, They'll Pee Back at You

随地小便了混乱,创新ative wall in San Francisco thanks to this wizz-repelling paint.

Business News

Google's New Startup for Cities Needs to Go Far Beyond Tech

If the Google-backed Sidewalk Labs just wants to build tech for 'smart cities,' it may not make a dent.

Growing a Business

Why This Entrepreneur Says Sustainability Is the No. 1 Business Opportunity

The exuberant and eco-friendly cleaning brand Method is set to unveil a first-of-its-kind manufacturing plant in inner city Chicago.

Business News

Cities Dream of a 'Smart' Sci-Fi Future

Cities are looking to technology to save electricity used by street lights, monitor water mains and reduce crime. But is the cost worth it?

Business News

Urban Planning in Boston Is Getting the Uber Bump

Anonymized trip data from the transportation giant will help metropolitan authorities make more informed planning decisions and better policy.

Science & Technology

Talking Lamp Posts Are Just the Beginning in Verizon's Vision of a Smart City

Given the costliness and fragmentation of the smart home market, Verizon Wireless has its sights set on a loftier prize.

Thought Leaders

Why Entrepreneurs Find the Opportunity to Reinvent Detroit So Compelling

The city has enormous woes but also substantial resources. Building a business here serves the greater good more than perhaps anywhere else in America.