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Small Businesses Define Success

More on Inc. Wire: San Franciscans Upset Over Start-up's Nightlife Cameras | Facebook Prices IPO at $38 | Obama Proposes Small Business Tax Credit. Read more

After Facebook: 6 IPOs to Put on Your Radar

Has Facebook reinvigorated the IPO market? Here are a few tech companies racing to go public--and what you should know about them. Read more

Help Your Employees Be Strategic Thinkers

Ongoing education is a core part of every great business. The investment is small, but the return can be a game changer. Read more

Master Networking: Tips from Introverts

Inc. readers give insightful tips for the introvert who is looking to build a valuable professional network. Read more

What's Your Leadership Position?

When management issues arise, it may be because the people on your team are playing the wrong roles. Read more

To Make Your Employees Feel Less Busy, Give Them More to Do?

Incredibly counter-intuitive research out of Harvard suggests a novel way to make your employees feel more free: Give them more to do. Huh? Read more

3 Ways to Annoy Your Customers

These boneheaded moves practically guarantee you'll become an irritant. We've got a few better suggestions. Read more

Rdio: Great Music, for a Price

The founders of Skype and Kazaa have moved onto their next digital venture: Rdio, a streaming music service. Will listeners subscribe? Read more

Hot Industry: Internet Publishing

All eyes are on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Zynga. Clearly it's the right time to start a website. The Internet publishing industry is expected to hit $72 billion in five years. Read more

Can Your Business Survive Without You?

What would happen to your business if you were called away on an emergency? Here are three tips to ensure it doesn't miss a beat. Read more

Do-It-Yourself Public Relations

Hiring a top PR firm is often out of the question for start-ups. Here are five tips for how to handle your own public relations. Read more

Inspire People to Follow: Practice Humility

Humble leaders are in charge, yet open to asking for help. They're human, but respected. Read more

Become An Online Personality

Be the online face of your company. Tips from Shira Lazar, co-founder of WhatsTrending.com, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Watch video

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

Tie Compensation to Firm-Wide Returns: 6 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

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 Build Customer Trust: 9 Rules

No one is going to buy from a person they don't trust. Here's how to build a better client relationships. Read more

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

Where Klout Came From

Joe Fernandez launched Klout the old-fashioned way: sleeping on couches, abandoning 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

Bono's Big Facebook Payoff

After a string of unsuccessful investments, the rock star finally got it right with Facebook--to the tune of $1.5 billion. 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

Facebook Predictions: 6 Things to Know Now

Back in early 2011, I predicted Facebook's $100 billion valuation. Here's what I think is coming next. 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