As a three year oldwith a passion for stars he went on a tour of the Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium at Butler University in Indianapolis. This is the day his mother Kristin Barnett would never forget (via theIndyStar): “We were in the crowd, just sitting, listening to this guy ask the crowd if anyone knew why the moons going around Mars were potato-shaped and not round. Jacob raised his hand and said, ‘Excuse me, but what are the sizes of the moons around Mars?...

The Philadelphia-basedDreamIt Venturesopened its doors in New York City in May of 2011. Managing Director Mark Wachen chose just 15 teams out of 500 applications for this summer’s class, and those 15 teams have now spent one hot and sticky summer working tirelessly for everything that will come after today. In a vibe similar toY CombinatorandTech Stars, the DreamIt founders designed the accelerator to help talented teams with funding, development, mentoring and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors and venture capitalists....

For businesses and brands, social media is a relatively new marketing platform that’s grown exponentially over the past few years. It’s not all just poking and tweeting, but it’s a platform where brands can take advantage of realtime, engaged two-way conversation with their customers and industry peers. And investing intellectual and financial resources into social media has never been more important for brands, asexperts saysocial media is on target to be a $30 billion industry (per year) by 2015....

Meet the 4 scale-ups using data to save the planet PHYSEE: Give your building its own SmartSkin It all started in the desert. In 2014 Ferdinand Grapperhaus and his cofounder Willem Kesteloo took a trip to Burning Man, a last adventure before they each started lucrative careers in the corporate world. Being far away from the opinions of family and friends gave them time to really consider what they wanted for their futures....

For businesses and brands, social media is a relatively new marketing platform that’s grown exponentially over the past few years. It’s not all just poking and tweeting, but it’s a platform where brands can take advantage of realtime, engaged two-way conversation with their customers and industry peers. And investing intellectual and financial resources into social media has never been more important for brands, asexperts saysocial media is on target to be a $30 billion industry (per year) by 2015....