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Pinterest Raises $100 Million in Funding Round

More on Inc. Wire: Small Business Getting Healthier | Jobless Claims Number Unchanged | P&G Taps Israel for Innovation Lab. Read more

Told You So! Early Facebook Doubters Eat Their Words

Who knew what Facebook would become when Mark Zuckerberg launched it in 2004? Not these guys. Read more

Email Doesn't Have to Suck

There's a better way to manage your inbox--let this clever tool do most of the work for you. Read more

Tie Compensation to Firm-Wide Returns: 7 Steps

Pay bonuses based on your company's overall financial success, and get your employees pulling in the same direction. Read more

A Leadership Checklist

In 2010, the Copiapó mine in Chile collapsed and trapped 33 miners. Wharton professor Michael Useem talks about leadership lessons from the crisis. Watch video

Why 5 CEOs Are Better Than 1

Sound like a management nightmare? The CEOs at this company says it's the ideal way to run a business. Here's why. Read more

Failure Is an Option--Take It

When you're building a start-up, wrong turns are to be expected--and embraced. Here's how to make the most of them. Read more

Accountability and Integrity: The Golden Rules of Business

Deciding to do the right thing seems like a simple rule of business but often it gets lost in the day-to-day grind. Read more

Get Ready for the Facebook Exodus

Facebook is making thousands of employees rich enough to bolt. The upside: They're ambitious, entrepreneurial, and ready to start their own companies. Read more

Jamie Dimon, Leadership, and the London Whale

The credibility of any leader depends on his or her ability to learn. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon isn't showing many signs of that. Read more

Paperless Post's Long, Hard Road to Raise Money

James Hirschfeld and his sister started Paperless Post to recreate invitations for the Web. But VCs wouldn't bite, and time was running out. Watch video

How to Get a Job at a Small Business

Working for an entrepreneur is the perfect training ground for would-be founders. Here's how to get hired. Read more

How Joe Fernandez Got His Klout

Joe Fernandez launched Klout the old-fashioned way: sleeping on couches, abandoning his friends, and risking his life's savings. Piece of cake. Read more

Need More Crowdfunders? Try These Lures

The projects that take off on crowdfunding platforms are the ones that offer great rewards. Here are a few ideas to try. Read more

The Fast Track to Start-Up Life

Have big dreams of tech entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley but no clue how to realize them? A Dev Bootcamp alum explains how he did it. Read more

Turn Criticism Into Money

Criticism...who needs it! Well, you do, if you truly want to understand your customers, take the bad with the good, and spin it into gold. Here's how. Read more

Vet a Potential Partner: 10 Questions

Partnerships can either be valuable or disastrous. Do the work early on to avoid the latter. Read more

Good Entrepreneurs Are Stubborn. Great Ones Also Listen

Entrepreneurs are naturally hardheaded people. And that's fine--until it isn't anymore. Read more

Memo to Mitt: Fix Your LinkedIn Page!

We asked 16 social media experts and LinkedIn gurus to size up the Romney campaign's organizational and candidate LinkedIn profiles. Here's their analysis. Read more

What Warren Buffett's CEOs Can Teach You

At the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, I had a chance to meet several leaders of Berkshire-owned companies. Here's what I learned. Read more

Problem-Solving Strategies

Advice from Christopher Kelly, co-founder of Sentry Centers meeting rooms, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Watch video

Would You Give Up Citizenship for $1 Billion?

Eduardo Saverin turned in his passport ahead of the Facebook IPO. Proof that entrepreneurs are fleeing because of high taxes? Read more

How to Ask Better Questions

You may have what sounds like the best idea in the world. But before you do anything else, try to poke as many holes in it as you can. Read more

6 Tips to Boost Your Web Presence

If these tactics worked for LanceArmstrong.com, they can work for your business. Read more

Leaders: Are You Trustworthy?

It's not fair to expect others to trust you if you can't trust yourself. But how do you know if you're trustworthy? It's more complicated than it might seem. Read more

Facebook IPO Got You Eyeing Entrepreneurship?

Some guidelines to help you decide if this is the time to jumpstart your new venture. Read more

See How Facebook Grew

Countdown to an IPO: Check out Facebook's growth ... in a Facebook timeline. Read more

Can This Start-up Shake Up the Art World?

Consumers can already rent dresses, cars, and DVDs by the day. So why not fine art? Read more

Getting to the 'Ahhh' Moment With Customers

What's better than data to a marketer? Getting a true emotional response from your audience. Here are the questions you need to ask first. Read more

Make Smarter Decisions: 3 Easy Steps

Want to be sure you're making the right decisions? Make sure you take time to go through these steps. Read more

Have an invention? Launch It With Quirky

A new product development platform known as Quirky allows inventors to share and get help with their inventions. Read more

How It Feels to Be an Overnight Success

This restaurant went from quiet nook to always-packed hot spot. Here's how the owner handled both the thrill and the downside. Read more

How I Rebuilt After Katrina

In 2005, New Orleans chef and restaurateur John Besh lost everything. He tells how he staged a comeback. Read more

Naming a Business Is a Competitive Sport

A naming professional reminds entrepreneurs to keep their competitors in mind when choosing a name for their company. Read more

Selling Your Business? Reel In a Buyer

One of the first steps to marketing your business for sale is creating a selling memo. Make sure you include this information. Read more

Best Industries 2012

Industries, such as residential construction and big data, and sectors focused on preserving the environment, will provide the best business opportunities. Read more

11 Best Business Opportunities for 2012

Industries such as residential construction, mobile games, and big data will provide the best business opportunities in 2012. Read more

4 Mental Tricks to Build Your Confidence

Use these four rules to make sure your next presentation, demo, or sales pitch is a success. Read more

How to Sell if You Hate Selling

Your success in business depends upon your ability to sell. It's time to get over your bad attitude. Read more

Retail Trick: How to Boost Revenue

With smart planning, you can create sales spikes throughout the year. Here's how one store does it. Read more

Double-check Your Marketing Materials

Make sure your promotional content is effective. Tips from Yael Cohen, founder of Fuck Cancer, an early-detection non-profit, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Watch video

7 Great Ways to Help Employees

What's a cheap, fast, and easy way to stoke employee productivity and interest? Tell them how they're doing. Read more

Zuckerberg's Reign: What to Expect

Graduating from founder to public CEO usually means giving up some control. But Mark Zuckerberg isn't your usual CEO. Read more

What Fast-Growth CEOs Really Think About the Economy

At a recent gathering, the founders and CEOs of fast-growth urban companies had surprisingly similar outlooks. Read more

What to Do if You're Failing

Start-up founders tend to say everything's great, all the time. So what happens when that's not even close to true? Read more

Find Growth Beyond Profits

New Orleans chef John Besh has found the secret to success: Give back. After Hurricane Katrina forced his city--and company--to rebuild, Besh made growing a community-focused company culture a top priority. Watch video

3 Ways Facebook Changed the IPO Roadshow

Goodbye, PowerPoint; hello, security guards: Facebook's investor meetings signal a big break from tradition. Here are a few takeaways. Read more

The Best (and Hardest) Way to Start a Company

How to live the entrepreneurial dream while minimizing your risks and maximizing your success. (Warning: This ain't easy.) Read more

Why Better Products Don't Always Win

You may have superior technology or a great feature set, but if your product doesn't create value for the customer, its chance of success is slim. Read more

'How I Rebuilt After Disaster'

Restaurateur John Besh lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. But hitting bottom shed light on a new path to success. Read more

Increase the Power of Your Sales Force: 3 Tips

The secret to increasing your sales is to win the hearts of your sales team. Read more