So says Robert Stephens, founder and “chief inspector” of the Geek Squad – and he ought to know. His well-known computer-repair service bears many hallmarks of a religious sect, including a mantra ...

As a teen, he created his own work-based learning by repairing neighbors’ TV sets. The younger brother of mechanics, he knew how to build things. Like the rafts on which he’d float down the Des ...

Last Thursday, a former University student returned to accept an award for Entrepreneur of the Year. Robert Stephens, founder and chief inspector of Geek Squad, a computer and home theater service ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The call, from a frantic University of Minnesota student, came at 1 a.m.: His computer had crashed a mere eight hours before his paper was due. Agent Luke Steiner threw on his ...

Geek Squad gives its technicians badges, calls them agents and dresses them in uniforms. Geek Squad employees from left, Drew Tufano, Keith Parkhurst, Tony Smith and Andy Tewes, stand in front of the ...

When Best Buy bought the Geek Squad five years ago, the two companies pledged to "protect the world from the assault of computerized technology." Geek Squad "agents" even wore badges and drove ...

Richfield-based electronics giant Best Buy Company announced Tuesday that its tech support division, Geek Squad, has launched a program that will target the small business market. Through its Geek ...

A Texas-based former Geek Squad agent is selling off his "Special Agent" badge to raise money for a startup tech-service business that will compete with the local ...

Jessica Harris speaks with Robert Stephens, founder of the tech support company Geek Squad. Stephens started making tech-support house calls while he was a college student at the University of ...

The often bow-tied conservative commentator Tucker Carlson will headline the Heating, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International’s annual HVAC market conference later this year. The ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Geek Squad is going where no geek has gone before. Best Buy's tech-support service is expanding to eBay and conducting trials at some Target stores as the world's largest ...

BROOKS, Ky.--At Geek Squad City, it's no accident that everywhere you look are well-groomed young people in dark pants, white shirts, and narrow black ties. Since its founding by Robert Stephens in ...