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Where might you get the biggest payday, if you decide to sell your tech firm? Look no further. Read story
Jason Goldberg ought to match storytelling about Fab.com, the design site he co-founded, to the site's popularity. Read story
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GoPro founder Nick Woodman says passion is the path to success. Trust him. He built a company that grew 300% in one year. Read story
An IPO could still be the right exit strategy--if your company fits the bill, or breaks the old rules. Read story
You read that right. The video streaming service looks to be dominating the space, but has start-ups nipping at its heels. Read story
When you look beyond the numbers of the Inc. 5000, you'll find some big stories of small business success. Meet a few companies that have shown some serious ... View slideshow
Patrick Mish quit his high-profile job at Northrop Grumman to start electronics accessories company M-Edge Accessories. Read story
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These entrepreneurs have gone to the brink of failure--and have turned things around. Here's how. Read story
Two months after Facebook's IPO disaster, a handful of companies surface with plans to test the market waters. Read story
Here's how Barber Osgerby beat a thousand other companies to become the official designer of the 2012 Olympic torch. Read story
A small marketing firm paid $11,000 to put its Twitter handle on pro runner Nick Symmonds's left shoulder. Crazy or brilliant? Read story
For over two decades, GK Elite has made bright, fun leotards for the world's top Olympic gymnasts. Read story
Groomed for high-powered careers on Wall Street, Amy Jain and Daniella Yacobovsky chose instead to shake up the market for designer jewelry. Read story
It's not Instagram, but never mind. In Hipstamatic, Lucas Buick and Ryan Dorshorst created an elegant photo app that actually makes a profit. Read story
A sports event steeped in tradition has gone 2.0. Here's a look at the pioneers turning Wimbledon high tech. Read story
This young investment banker teamed up with a family friend to build Two Degrees Food, which gives a meal to a hungry child for every fruit bar it sells. Read story
Ring the bells: It's a landmark day for Wall Street and Silicon Valley as the world's biggest social network becomes a public company. Read story
Who knew what Facebook would become when Mark Zuckerberg launched it in 2004? Not these guys. Read story
Facebook is about to go public, and clearly, the 27-year-old has done a few things right. Here’s a look at his best moves, and what any entrepreneur can le... View slideshow
Last year TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque raised $17.8 million in Series B financing. Now she's looking to scale up rapidly in the U.S. and abroad. Watch video
Dave Morrow, a former college lacrosse player and founder of $200 million (sales) Warrior Sports lacrosse gear, says making products in China can compromise ... Watch video
Travis Kalanick, co-founder of Uber, explains the local market approach he took to grow his car service in seven U.S. cities, Paris, and Toronto. Up next? Asia. Watch video
Thanks to the JOBS Act, ordinary people will be able to invest in start-ups. Slava Rubin, co-founder of Indiegogo, a crowdfunding website, explains exactly w... Watch video
Slava Rubin, co-founder of Indiegogo, a website where anyone can raise money, talks about the impact recent crowdfunding legislation will have on his firm an... Watch video
What were you doing at 18 years old? Oh, playing video games? Well, here's what you could have accomplished. Read story
Looking to business schools for talent? Bah. Nowadays, educators, business leaders, and investors are looking to elite high schools for teaching the next gen... Read story
Facebook may not have paid $1 billion for the Hipstamatic photo app this week, but it has had a profitable business model for years. Read story
There's plenty of reasons Facebook would want to buy the photo-sharing app. But the most important of them boil down to one thing: User experience. Read story
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
Travis Kalanick, the founder of Uber, talks about the day he knew his luxury cab service was a disruptive technology company that needed a fearless leader. Watch video
Soon after Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo launched Of a Kind, a fashion website, in 2010, they realized their initial web site ideas would always be wrong, an... Watch video
Since Mike Osborn founded Wine.com in 1998, he has tackled a complex web of state-by-state regulations, and effectively shut out competitors. Wine.com sales ... Watch video
Behance founders Scott Belsky and Matias Corea want to fulfill a broad creative industry need--for better organization--with web tools, events, even notebooks. Read story
Marc Lore and Vinit Bharara lure moms to their websites to buy diapers, soaps, and other essentials. Quick delivery, simple experience, and good customer ser... Watch video
While luck isn't an exact science, there are certainly ways to make yourself more open to opportunity. Here are six easy ways. Read story
Through their young company, Gabrielle Palermo and her three co-founders are donating clinics to those in need. Read story
University of Tampa senior Nick Chmura is turning his personal quest to be a better gift-giver into a profitable business. Read story
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