Philadelphia entrepreneur Jon Hauptman started an unusual business — holster making — in a most unorthodox way: He disclosed virtually all his trade secrets in YouTube videos. That his divulge-all strategy has led to sales success so far is not necessarily surprising, said Seok-Woo Kwon, an assistant professor at Temple's Fox School of Business. "By running a very transparent process and revealing almost a trade secret in a way, it's giving up something, but at the same time he's earning trust from potential customers," Kwon said.

How to end the obesity epidemic? One city at a time. That's the approach Michelle Obama took Wednesday as she appeared with 11 mayors in Philadelphia to discuss the latest iteration of her Let's Move! campaign. Gary Foster, director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple, believes the initiative will help “point people in the right direction."

Substituting almonds for less healthy foods could help dieters stick to a calorie-controlled diet, and lower their cholesterol at the same time, says a new study. "Nuts, and in this case almonds, shouldn't be on the ‘do not eat' list, they can be effectively incorporated in a weight loss plan, with the caveat that they have to be portion controlled," said Gary Foster, who led the study at Temple’s Center for Obesity Education and Research.

It's that time of year when countless people are enjoying summer rentals down at the shore. Forrest Huffman, a real estate expert with Temple's Fox School of Business, says rental nightmares can be avoided by going through a real estate agent, taking photos of a property and not accepting anything less than promised. "You want to protect yourself as a tenant from those things, things that you may not be able to forecast ahead of time," he said.