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
Eric Markowitz
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
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 Manage Uber-Creative Employees
The Oscar-nominated founders of Moonbot Studios weigh in on managing talent, running a studio like a start-up, and why CEOs should take more business trips. 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
