How to Think Like Zuckerberg
The author of a new book on the Facebook founder reveals some of the characteristics that makes Mark, Mark. Read story
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Expand Your Facebook Reach
Local businesses can now buy three kinds of Facebook ads to generate more likes. Read story
How We Started Small & Raised Money
Start-up NatureBox just raised $2 million in seed financing. Here's their story. Read story
5 Tips to Keep Your Home-Based Business Legal
It's that time of year when people think about starting a new home-based business. Here's how to find the right legal structure and stay-out of trouble. Read story
4 Ways to Take Advantage of Facebook Mobile Ads
You're a few clicks and a few dollars away from reaching customers on Facebook mobile. Here are four simple ways to do so. Read story
5 Steps to Social Media Strategy for Novices
Have you been avoiding social media because you don't know where to start? Here are five steps for a strategy in social. Read story
4 Tips for Pitching Your Business in 2 Minutes
Need to improve your two-minute investor pitch? Here are tips to hone your pitch and get the next meeting. Read story
Why Hiring Freelancers Works
There are more resources than ever to find freelancers. Is this the future of work? Read story
Managing Your Company's Facebook Page Just Got Easier
Based on feedback from business customers, Facebook announced a few new features, including its new Page Manager app. Read story
4 Reasons to Be More Visual
Human brains process visual information in very specific ways. Here's how to tap into brain science to get your message across. Read story
5 Things You Don't Know About Facebook Exposure
Is Facebook hiding posts from your page and making your business pay for the privilege of reaching your fans? The engineer behind Promoted Posts clears up th... Read story
B2B Marketing on Facebook, Simplified
Facebook isn't always top-of-mind for the business-to-business marketer, but companies are seeing both hard and soft returns by engaging with customers. Read story
Incubator Focuses on Founders First, Then Companies
Some incubators and accelerators focus on creating great companies. This one hones its energy on transforming the hobbyist entrepreneur into a strong founder. Read story
Build a Culture That Celebrates Mistakes
The CTOs of Etsy and BirchBox talk about start-up team-building, blame-free postmortems, and their worst mistakes ever. Read story
Foursquare CEO Details Stress, Chaos of Starting Up
No one goes to CEO School--founders learn on the job. Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley and his coach have a frank discussion about the secret uncertainty behind... Read story
These 2 Start-ups Rock at Strategic Partnerships
Start-ups can get a huge boost from partnering with larger companies. Bespoke Post and Parking Panda are growing thanks to key partners. Here's how they did it. Read story
Facebook's New Try at Wooing Small Businesses
Hey, small-business owners: Facebook really, really wants you. It's making a special pitch, and teaching how to best buy ads, use offers, optimise the timeli... Read story
Presentation Inspiration: Prezi vs. PowerPoint
When toy company Geared for Imagination needed a presentation for online, for at a trade show, and for internal training, it found Prezi, a fast-growing inte... Read story
When Pinterest Sharing is a Collaboration Tool
Sure, Pinterest is great for sharing your photos, hobbies, and work. But some creatives are rethinking its abilities, and created a social calendar, by worki... Read story
Do More in Less Time: Tips From an Efficiency Expert
Jason Womack's book Your Best Just Got Better explains how to keep from being interrupted. It also identifies the perfect time of day to make a diff... Read story
Building a Strong Business: Bob Vila
Bob Vila isn't just a brand, he's an entrepreneur reinventing himself in a new economic landscape. See what he's learned. Read story
Acquired Companies Can Retain Independence, Innovation
Here's how one Israeli company acquired a start-up company, and helped innovation, independence, and creativity flourish there. Read story
Stars of SXSW: Dave McClure on Lean Start-up Investing
Dave McClure, the brash-mouthed angel investor and entrepreneur-magnet, shares his lean start-up philosophy and his excitement about female entrepreneurs. Read story
Making Connections at SXSW: Startup America and Endeavor
Connections can be an entrepreneur's greatest resource. At a pre-SXSW event, Inc. caught up with Startup America and Endeavor about about start-up mentorship. Read story
How to Really Show Your Customers You Care
It's not all about you; it's all about them. Tara Hunt of Buyosphere and Lauren Thom of Fleurty Girl show how to really make an impression on your clients. Read story
6 Inspirations from GrowCo
Words of wisdom from Norm Brodsky, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Alexander Osterwalder, and the founder of Warby Parker. Read story
Facebook Unveils New Marketing Tactics For Brands
In a charm offensive to woo advertisers before its IPO, Facebook pitched brands new features to guarantee they reach fans' timelines and profile pages. Read story
Four Ways to Motivate Start-up Employees
Keeping motivation high in a start-up is important everyday, but it's especially crucial during crunch-time. Here's how to keep people going when the going g... Read story
Mobile Sales Lessons From Girl Scout Cookies
What does a pet product start-up have in common with a Girl Scout selling cookies? They can both teach you about mobile payments. Read story
Clean Up Your Logistics
Packing, labeling, shipping, handling: It's all really expensive. Here's how one designer tackled shipping costs...by continuing to outsource its logistics. Read story
Ta-da! Timing the Perfect Product Release
We're living in a world of beta tests and products that are released and then improved. How do you know when you're done and it's time to ship? Three entrepr... Read story
What's Your "Minimum Viable Concept?"
Can one investment fund use hard data to find better investments, and make start-ups more successful? CincyTech wants your "Minimum Viable Concept." Read story
4 Things Your Start-up Needs to Do This Year
If you're resolved to grow your business bigger and faster this year, take a lesson from my first entrepreneurial endeavor. Read story
How One Smart Infographic Saved a Company
What if you had to change your company name and URL and hope your customers would find you again? Here's how Formspring overcame its rebranding trouble. Read story
5 Things You Should Have Done Yesterday
Cover your legal and accounting must-dos and save yourself headaches in the new year. Read story
Helping Customers Help Themselves
Your online customers need help, not template e-mails. This automated support tool learns your replies and gets smarter over time. Read story
Get a Celebrity Endorsement
Lisa Price, the founder of Carol's Daughter, spoke about harnessing star-power of celebrities such as Jay-Z and Will Smith to build awareness of her brand. Read story
Sales Lessons From Barbara Corcoran and Sara Blakely
Barbara Corcoran and Sara Blakely, the founder of Spanx, spill their sales secrets at the Inc. Women's Summit. Read story
The Season to Pitch Friends and Family
Is gathering around turkey and yams the right time to ask for a friends and family investments? The case for taking advantage of the season of giving. Read story
Is the 54-Hour Start-up a Myth?
How does Startup Weekend turn strangers into teams into companies in less than three days? A review of the new book that documents the process. Read story
