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Yelp Prices its IPO: 12 Things You Need to Know
Yelp, the user-generated review site based in San Francisco, priced shares of its IPO between $12 and $14, and seeks to raise nearly $100 million in its upco... Read story
Treasure Hunter: This Man's $3 Billion Deep-Sea Quest
Greg Brooks, founder of Sub Sea Research, a small business in Maine, is setting off on a journey to salvage a $3 billion underwater wreck. Read story
Ideas for Managing Your Cash Flow Without Outside Funding
Cash flow can be a real pain point for start-ups. These new solutions by young companies are helping start-ups scale quickly without cash infusions from inve... Read story
NextLot: $1 Billion in Auction Sales Online
Founder Scott Finkelstein is expanding NextLot, this week's Inc. 5000 applicant of the week, for the next generation of Web users. Read story
Immortality: The Next Great Investment Boom
As baby boomers age, they're looking for ways to turn back the clock. Savvy entrepreneurs, scientists, and venture capitalists are getting in on a burgeonin... Read story
Can Smaller Companies Score With Super Bowl Ads?
Is $3.5 million for 30 seconds of fame worth it? These businesses are putting it all on the line during Super Bowl XLVI. Read story
21 Gems of Facebook's S-1 That Will Boggle Your Mind
Private jets? $200 million paintings? Zuckerberg's salary? Here are few things the financial analysts won't be talking about this morning. Read story
Groundhog Day: This Warm Winter is Killing Businesses
So Punxsutawney Phil says there will be six more weeks of winter. Who cares? This weather has really messed up businesses all around the country. Read story
Exposing the Myths About American Manufacturing
American Giant, an apparel line launched today, signals that American manufacturing is making a comeback. Still, there are obstacles--and misconceptions--to ... Read story
How American Giant Hacked the Supply Chain
Here's a short video explaining how American Giant is cutting out the middlemen and leveraging the Web to deliver what its customers want. Read story
Inside Facebook's S-1: What Investors Are Saying
We dug into the IPO filing. Is Facebook really worth $100 billion? What does it mean for capital markets? Is the social network just managing expectations? Read story
7 Chinese Start-ups to Put on Your Radar for 2012
Chinese tech outfits are gaining steam against their Silicon Valley counterparts. Here's a look at a few rising start-ups you should know about. Read story
Make Sure You're Not Running a Sweatshop
You treat your direct employees fairly (heck, they have great benefits!) but your suppliers or manufacturers abroad might be another story. Here's what you c... Read story
CEOs' Burning Questions to the President
We asked members of the Inc. community what one question they want the president to address in Tuesday night's State of the Union. Here's what they had to say. Read story
SOPA: Shelved, But Not Dead
The lead sponsors of SOPA and PIPA have put the bills on hold, but the question remains: What happens next? Read story
All In! Start-ups Bet on Online Gambling Boom
Is 2012 the year for online poker start-ups? Some entrepreneurs are betting on it, even if they foresee a long road ahead. Read story
5 Myths About Being a Home-Based Business
Why pay the expense for an office (and make the commute) when you have all the tools you need at home to run your business? Read story
Who's Doing the SOPA Blackout in Style?
Going dark doesn't necessarily mean your brand needs to suffer. Here's a look at some of our favorite SOPA/PIPA "blacked out" protest sites. Read story
SOPA: Why the Internet Is Closing for Business
Wikipedia, Reddit, and a host of other popular sites are gearing up for a total blackout on January 18 in protest of the controversial anti-piracy legislation. Read story
How the Euro Crisis Could Be Good For You
Is the economic turmoil overseas a crisis--or an opportunity? Here's a look at a few savvy American companies reaping the benefits of European market instabi... Read story
Documenting Life in a Start-up
Ctrl+Alt+Compete, a new documentary that debuts later this year, explores start-up culture through the lens of five entrepreneurs. (And you can watch it for ... Read story
How to Squeeze Creativity From Your Employees
The makers of an Oscar-nominated short film app weigh in on managing uber-creative employees, running a studio like a start-up, and why CEOs should take more... Read story
11 Businesses You Can Start in Your Pajamas
Learn from these entrepreneurs that ditched the office to cut overhead expenses, be closer to family, and enjoy, as one entrepreneur put it, the "10-step com... View slideshow
5 Tricks from a LinkedIn Jedi
The man who wrote the book on LinkedIn shares his secrets to becoming an expert social networker. Read story
12 People to Follow on Twitter in 2012
Want to freshen up your stream? The Inc.com editors put together a list of some of our favorite entrepreneurial tweeters that we recommend you follow (if you... Read story
The 2-Month Extension Does Nothing for Small Business
The two-month payroll tax break extension perpetuates economic uncertainty for small business owners and creates logistical headaches for bookkeepers. Read story
Caught on Camera: World's Worst Employee?
FedEx's response to one of its employees chucking a customer's computer monitor over a six-foot fence shows how your company should respond to a PR disaster. Read story
Entrepreneurs that Got Filthy Rich in 2011
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only entrepreneur good at making bank. Here’s a look at the 9 entrepreneurs and (and one investor) that got filthy, stupid, abs... View slideshow
Report: Immigrants Found Nearly Half of Top Start-ups
A new report finds that immigrants are key to startup formation and job creation. So why does America make it so difficult for immigrant entrepreneurs to stay? Read story
Not Sure What Your Friends Want For Christmas? Ask the Internet
By leveraging data stored within your friends' social media accounts, social gifting start-ups can help you find the perfect gift. Read story
The $750 Million 'Mistake'
Wences Casares, the Argentina-born serial entrepreneur with more than a billion dollars in start-up exits, is not exactly proud of his biggest company sale. ... Read story
A Speed Bump in the Obamacare Lawsuit
The lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case against Obama's health care act filed for bankruptcy. That raises some thorny legal questions about the future o... Read story
Doing Business in Europe? You Should be Hedging
There is one way to prepare for a Euro zone meltdown. If you do business overseas, it's time to consider hedging. Read story
Why the Crowdfunding Bill is Good for Start-ups
New legislation that could free up start-ups to fundraise online is gaining steam. Here's how it could disrupt traditional capital formation. Read story
Networking Tips from the Inc. 5000
Want to be a power networker? We tapped 6 CEOs of the country’s fastest growing companies about how they’ve networked for success, and how you can too. View slideshow
How to Get the Government to Promote Your Start-up
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave Zaarly, a social commerce site, a pretty sweet shout-out. Which got us wondering, how can you get the government t... Read story
Beyond Badges: The New Rules of Gamification
Gamification isn't just about badges and trophies. Experts weigh in on what you need to make next-generation customer rewards really work for your business. Read story
Why Zuckerberg is Filthy, Stinking, Insanely Rich
Facebook will likely go public by next summer, making its founder Mark Zuckerberg (even more) stinking rich. Clearly, the 27-year-old has done a few things r... View slideshow
A Record-Setting Retail Weekend
Retailers cashed in on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, but experts caution against any premature victory dances. Read story
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