Jane Webb was tired of sacrificing lingerie to her suitcase. Every trip seemed to ring up an extra little bill when she'd untangle a crumpled bra from clothes that had shifted in cargo.She searched stores and phoned lingerie companies hoping to find something that would do the trick, but a...

Joshua Boltuch, Elias Roman, and Elliott Breece were seniors at Brown University with more than just friendship in common: all three shared a dread of getting "real" jobs after graduation.As the end of their final semester approached in Spring 2006, they hatched a plan that would keep them...

Mike Samson and Ross Kimbarovsky came from very different careers, but shared a mutual interest in a "hotbed" issue on the Internet: how people protect their content -- sometimes known as "intellectual property" -- online.That shared interest soon grew into the foundation for their company...