Allison Fass is the general manager of Inc.com. A longtime business journalist at Forbes and The New York Times, Fass has also held roles in venture capital and innovation at Hearst Interactive Media and digital strategy at a start-up consultancy. A graduate of Duke, Fass earned an MBA from Columbia where she was also a Knight-Bagehot fellow. @alliefass
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When Will Small Business Optimism Turn to Action?

SurePayroll's Michael Alter predicts how soon increased optimism will translate to a hiring boost.  Watch video

No Joke. BustedTees Drives Holiday Sales

CollegeHumor co-founder Josh Abramson gets serious about his next venture: funny t-shirts.  Watch video

Mark Suster: The End is Near for Angel Investors

The entrepreneur turned VC warns that there is too much money chasing too few marketable ideas. The crash, he says, is coming next year.  Read story

LinkedIn Wins Entrepreneur of the Year

LinkedIn execs Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner won Ernst & Young's 25th annual Entrepreneur-of-the-Year award.  Read story

Get Ready for Holiday Shopping Season

Forecasts predict modest growth this Christmas. Retail strategist Alison Levy recommends how independent retailers can stand out.  Watch video

Ideeli's HR Chief On How to Hire Well

Joel Greengrass, senior vice president of People at Ideeli, the daily-deals site, has hired 175 people in 18 months. Here's what he learned along the way.  Watch video

Daniel Gomez Iniguez, Co-founder of Solben

In order to get his high school diploma in 2008, Daniel Gomez Iniguez was required to complete a research project. He had no intention of creating ...  Read story

Sheena Lindahl, Arel Moodie, and Michael Simmons, Founders of Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour

Sheena Lindahl and Michael Simmons met their third day of college and started dating on their fourth. Both are business-oriented by nature; Li...  Read story

Former MySpace Exec Starting Facebook Competitor

A social network with more privacy controls, Mark Zuckerberg's latest passion, a new ranking of top VC firms, and the rest of the day's entrepreneur news.  Read story

Is the IPO Market Hot or Not?

Lower-than-expected public offerings, Ashton Kutcher strikes again, why every start-up needs a COO, and the rest of the day's entrepreneur news.  Read story

LinkedIn Goes Public

The LinkedIn IPO, Mark Pincus and Zynga, elevator pitch obsolescence, and more entrepreneur news.  Read story

Crowd-Funding Websites Eye Shift

The SEC reviews rules that ban social network sites from facilitating equity investments, Gilt is valued at $1 billion, and the rest of today's news.  Read story

Jobs Report Paints Complex Picture

An employment update, the app store wars, an unexpected way to a client's heart, and the rest of the day's news.  Read story

Bin Laden Dies, Stocks Set to Rise

The man who live-tweeted the bin Laden raid, Facebook's $100 billion IPO valuation, and the rest of the day's entrepreneur news.  Read story

How to Deliver a Speech that Gets a Standing Ovation

Take a cue from Rebecca MacDonald, executive chair of $2.3 billion Canadian firm Just Energy.  Read story

There Is No Stereotypical Entrepreneur

Since I live in New York and work in digital media I sometimes mistakenly feel like the entrepreneurial community is made up entirely of button-down weari...  Read story