Nicole Carter covers start-ups, small business and entrepreneurship for Inc. Nicole was previously a reporter and web editor at the New York Daily News, and her work has also appeared in Consumer Reports magazine. @ncarterinc
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Eye Roll: Fab Announces More 'Pivots'

Jason Goldberg ought to match storytelling about Fab.com, the design site he co-founded, to the site's popularity.  Read story

Start a Business on the Cheap: 10 Growth Industries

Here's the skinny on 10 industries primed for cash-strapped start-ups.  View slideshow

Stop Trying So Hard & Follow Your Passion

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

Wait, the IPO Party Is Just Getting Started!

An IPO could still be the right exit strategy--if your company fits the bill, or breaks the old rules.  Read story

Playing With Fire

Red Frog Events, No. 9  Read story

Netflix Makes Up 25% of All Internet Data Transfers in North America

You read that right. The video streaming service looks to be dominating the space, but has start-ups nipping at its heels.  Read story

Inc. 5000: 5 Stories of Grit & Resilience

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

Why I Wasted a Perfectly Good Doctorate

Patrick Mish quit his high-profile job at Northrop Grumman to start electronics accessories company M-Edge Accessories.  Read story

'Smart Watch' Maker Pebble Shows Off Interface

The devioe is still under development, but the company's chief engineer is giving fans a sneak peak.  Read story

3 Brilliant Mistakes That Built Companies

These entrepreneurs have gone to the brink of failure--and have turned things around. Here's how.  Read story

IPO Market Heating Up in July

Two months after Facebook's IPO disaster, a handful of companies surface with plans to test the market waters.  Read story

Meet the Scrappy Designers of the Olympic Torch

Here's how Barber Osgerby beat a thousand other companies to become the official designer of the 2012 Olympic torch.  Read story

An Olympian's Shoulder: Best Ad Space Ever?

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

Made in America: Outfitting Olympic Gymnasts

For over two decades, GK Elite has made bright, fun leotards for the world's top Olympic gymnasts.  Read story

A Lot More Sparkle Than Morgan Stanley

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

The Profitable Photo App That Didn't Sell for $1 Billion. Yet.

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

Meet the Innovators Who Shaped Wimbledon

A sports event steeped in tradition has gone 2.0. Here's a look at the pioneers turning Wimbledon high tech.  Read story

Snack Company on a Mission

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

Facebook Pulls Off Largest Tech IPO Ever

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

Told You So! Early Facebook Doubters Eat Their Words

Who knew what Facebook would become when Mark Zuckerberg launched it in 2004? Not these guys.  Read story

Facebook IPO: Mark Zuckerberg's Smartest Moves

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

TaskRabbit: From Start-up to Global Web Market for Odd Jobs

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

Warrior Sports Manufactures Lacrosse Gear Domestically

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

How Uber Taxi Rolls Out City by City

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

How to Run a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign

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

What the Jobs Act Means for Indiegogo, Crowdfunding & You

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

3 Awesome Teen Entrepreneurs Who Will Put You to Shame

What were you doing at 18 years old? Oh, playing video games? Well, here's what you could have accomplished.  Read story

For Entrepreneurship Education, Experts Turning to High Schools

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

The Photo App Facebook Didn't Buy: Hipstamatic

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

3 Simple Reasons Instagram Is Worth $1 Billion to Facebook

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

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

How Travis Kalanick Decided to Take On the Taxi Industry

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

Of a Kind Founders Decide Fast, Iterate Later

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

How Wine.com Came to Dominate its Market

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

How Behance Brings Order to Crazy Creatives

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

How Diapers.com Gets Customers Coming Back

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

6 Ways to Make Your Own Luck

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

Turns Shipping Containers into Med Clinics: G3Box

Through their young company, Gabrielle Palermo and her three co-founders are donating clinics to those in need.  Read story

Making Gift-Giving a Cinch: BetterBoo

University of Tampa senior Nick Chmura is turning his personal quest to be a better gift-giver into a profitable business.  Read story

Ben Huh's Secret to Building an Audience Online

Cheezburger Network CEO Ben Huh oversees 60 humor websites like the I Can Has Cheezburger cat blog. Forget viral hits. He says user loyalty--his net...  Watch video