On 4/20, Why are Some Pot Activists Fighting Legalization?
On a day celebrated as a cannabis culture holiday, 4/20, pro-marijuana activists and owners of medical dispensaries are fighting legalization in Washington S... Read story
Eric Markowitz
Entrepreneurs, With Feelings Hurt, Take to the Streets
The first-ever Manhattan "Entrepreneur Walk," a charity-walk for business owners, can agree on one thing: They’re sick of being lumped into the media’s d... Read story
Are These the Seeds of an Entrepreneurship Bill?
In a year in which Washington seems fixated on small business--consider SOPA and the JOBS Act--another new piece of start-up legislation might be coming toge... Read story
Inside the New Forces Shaping Crowdfunding's Future
A surge of competition and a struggle for market share will likely define the next few years of crowdfunding. Read story
How Instagram Grew From Foursquare Knock-Off to $1 Billion Photo Empire
How do you make a billion dollars in two years? Here's a narrative look through the brief, hectic, (and lucky), 14 months of Kevin Systrom's life growing Ins... Read story
Deal of the Year: Facebook Buys Instagram
The scrappy San Francisco-based photo-sharing app company just raised a $50 million round, but now it's been acquired for $1 billion. Read story
From Start-up to Billion-Dollar Company
A new documentary, Crocodile in the Yangtze , explores the founding of Alibaba.com, China’s first successful Internet company, from tiny start-up t... Read story
Get Into a Start-up Incubator: Mastering the Video
Of the 1,500 who apply for TechStars; 1% gets in. If you want to crack the code of getting into an incubator, you’ll need to make "The Video." Here’s how... Read story
How This Gay Social Network Went Mainstream
Joel Simkhai founded the company behind an incredibly popular app called Grindr. But to take the service mainstream, he knew he had to pivot. Well, sort of. Read story
Made in USA (Again): Why Manufacturing Is Coming Home
Mismanaged supply chain decisions sent manufacturing overseas. But the industry has changed direction. Read story
Made in USA: 6 Companies That Came Home
Manufacturing in America is hardly on the way out. In fact, it's just beginning to come back. View slideshow
JOBS Act Approved by Senate
Despite delays and opposition from several Democrats, the Senate voted to move the JOBS Act forward on Wednesday morning. Read story
Fashion Start-up Takes Aim at $20 Billion Industry
Olga Vidisheva, founder of newly launched Shoptiques, an online boutique aggregator, explains how her start-up plans to disrupt the world of fashion. Read story
Notes from SXSW: Looking for Advisors?
Gary Vaynerchuk, Tim Ferriss, and others offer advice on landing celebrity advisors, how to offer them equity, and the best ways to leverage their clout. Read story
Why This 29-Year-Old's Company is Worth $400 Million
Drew Houston, founder of Dropbox, said no to offers from Google and Apple, and is running one of the world's fastest growing Web start-ups. Read story
2 Start-ups at SXSW Trying to Disrupt the Economy
Location-based apps are this year's SXSW GroupMe and Twitter. Zaarly and LocalMind are two to put on your radar. Read story
Don't Miss These 5 Things at SXSW
SXSW Interactive is one of the biggest tech and start-up conferences of the year. It's also overwhelming. Here are our must-see sessions. Read story
3 Tips to Growing Your Company In a Recession
Three CEOs of Inc. 5000 companies weigh in on what it takes to scale up and expand in a down economy. Read story
Robbie Vitrano: Why I Give Back to the Community
A New Orleans serial (social) entrepreneur, Robbie Vitrano, explains how Hurricane Katrina made him think differently about entrepreneurship. Read story
How Warby Parker Grew So Fast: 3 Reasons
Neil Blumenthal, founder of Warby Parker, explains how his company grew 500 percent in one year and beat its yearly sales projections in three weeks. Read story
Skateboard Empire: Stoked Skateboards
A California high school student turned a $1,000 loan into a $1 million skateboarding business. Read story
Taking on Tesla: Pulse Motors
Pulse Motors in Pittsburgh has built an electric vehicle that can drive 100 miles on just $0.25 of electricity. Read story
Flake-Proof Your Next Event: trueRSVP
Fei Xiao and Anna Sergeeva, two undergrads at the University of Southern California, are building a tool to help event planners get better attendance. Read story
What Does a Patent Office Mean For Detroit?
The first-ever satellite office for the United States Patent and Trademark Office will open in July. Here's what it means for Detroit. Read story
Guy Kawasaki's Social Media Secret
The founder of Alltop.com explains his social media strategy (and tells us why Google+ may overtake Facebook). Read story
Crafting the Perfect Acceptance Speech
The Academy Awards are a good reminder to keep your thank-you speeches heartfelt, poignant, and--most of all--short. Or...cue the music! Read story
CEO Responds to Kraftwerk Nightmare
Fans were fuming after trying to get tickets for Kraftwerk's New York City shows at MoMA. Here's how the CEO behind ShowClix's debacle handled customer outrage. Read story
Corporate Tax Overhaul: What It Means for Small Business
President Obama and the Treasury Department proposed a major overhaul to the corporate tax rate. Here's what it means for small business. Read story
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
