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CAPITALISM ISN'T PATIENT

The Entrepreneurs Breaking Into Cuba's Long-Forbidden Market

3 diggs Inc Business World 11h

Less than 100 miles south of Key West sits a socialist country forbidden from doing business with the US for 57 years. Now it's on the brink of being opened to American entrepreneurs. Meet the ones hoping to cash in first.

GOOD FOR THEM

These Entrepreneurs Spotted The Housing Boom And Bust. Now They're Having Deja Vu

24 diggs Inc Business Economics Long Reads 1w

Independent real estate developers were almost wiped out by the Great Recession. These two entrepreneurs predicted it and thrived — and now they're betting big on what they say is an inevitable boom.

THIS IS WHAT'S IN THE BOX

How Watching Other People Unwrap Gadgets Became Big Business

11 diggs Inc Internet Technology 1 Dec 2016

Behind the rise of unboxing videos, the vanguard of consumer voyeurism.

FLATTERED TO DECEIVE

How A Serial Con Man Fooled Silicon Valley And Took An NFL Star's Millions

28 diggs Inc Crime 18 Nov 2016

You've probably never heard of Eren Niazi, but you've certainly heard of his friends.

LOGGING OFF

The Strange Disappearance Of A Coding Bootcamp Founder

17 diggs Inc Long Reads 17 Oct 2016

For months, Jim O'Kelly taught students how to code via Slack and video lectures. On September 27, he suddenly vanished. And with him, students say, was $100,000 in tuition money.

GLOW WITH THE FLOW

The Toilet Of The Future Is Weird And Awesome

13 diggs Inc Curious Business 2 Sep 2016

Illumibowl is flying off the shelves and lighting up toilets across the country.

FU-WHO?

The Rise And Fall Of America's One-Time Fastest-Growing Company

14 diggs Inc Business Technology 22 Aug 2016

Tablet maker Fuhu was No. 1 on the Inc. 500 two years in a row. Then it went bankrupt. Here's the exclusive inside story of what happened.

WHAT THE DUCK?

Why Thousands Are Buying This $100 Rubber Duck

11 diggs Inc Technology Business Curious 15 Aug 2016

Pi lab started out making traditional consumer electronics, but found its biggest hit with a high-tech spin on a classic children's toy.

THE FOUNTAIN FROM YOUTH

Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested In Young People's Blood

12 diggs Inc Curious 1 Aug 2016

More than anything, Peter Thiel, the billionaire technology investor and Donald Trump supporter, wants to find a way to escape death.

DAMN YOU, YAHOO

This Man Missed Owning The $3.7 Billion 'Pokémon Go' Phenomenon

8 diggs Inc Business Gaming 26 Jul 2016

In 2011, there was a game called Geomon, combining Pokémon and geo-location. Yahoo bought the company and shut it down in 2013.

RAY OF LIGHT

Need New Nightmare Fuel? Meet The First Artificial Animal

54 diggs Inc Technology Animals Science 13 Jul 2016

Scientists genetically engineered and 3-D-printed a biohybrid being, opening the door further for lifelike robots and artificial intelligence.

CAN THEY SENSE THAT WE'RE NOT THRILLED?

Ready Or Not, Companies Will Soon Be Tracking Your Emotions

10 diggs Inc Business Human Nature 22 Jun 2016

Lightwave is one of several companies furiously at work creating a new field — let's call it the emotion economy — focused on sensing and analyzing consumers' mental states

THE PUPIL BECOMES THE MASTER

The Fake Human Eyeball Company

8 diggs Inc Curious Business 10 May 2016

The mother-and-son team behind Erickson Labs Northwest create incredibly lifelike replicas for patients who have lost an eye.

NO RAZOR-THIN MARGINS

Why Harry's Made A $100 Million Gamble On A 100-Year-Old Factory

12 diggs Inc Business 3 May 2016

The co-founders of New York City's e-commerce startup Harry's are taking an unconventional path to category disruption--purchasing a nearly century-old factory in Germany.