Entrepreneurs In Outer Space
Obama shifts funding for space exploration toward small business. Perhaps it has been the success of programs like the X Prize and Read story
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A Rare Glimpse Into the Mind of Steve Jobs
Why doesn't the SBA lend directly to small businesses? It's a reasonable question, according to a recent Read story
Business Lessons From Avatar
What you can learn from James Cameron and Avatar. With Avatar recently becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time, Hollywood is looking to lea... Read story
Should You Boycott The Tech Industry's Biggest Bully?
Jason Calacanis thinks Comscore needs to be stopped. The Mahalo founder calls analytics company Comscore Read story
Top 10 Awkward Social Media Moments
Inc. decided to rank the top 10 social media embarrassments of the year. Read story
Getting To Inbox Zero
How to stop drowning in e-mail. Spark Capital's Bijan Sabet doesn't blame you for tweeting when you get to inbox-zero. "It feels good getting to th... Read story
How To Network Online, Value Weirdness, and Prevent Stress
How weird are your employees on a scale of 1 to 10? Readers of Inc. likely already know the premium Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh puts on company ... Read story
AOL Rumored to Buy Mashable
Sources tell Valleywag that AOL is the middle of cl... Read story
The Secret to Boosting Your Google Ranking
Nexus One: Google to Sell 5 to 6 Million Superphones in 2010. Nexus One, the Google phone which GigaOm's calling the best android phone yet, launch... Read story
The $75 Tablet PC and Lame Duck VCs
Too many VCs spoil the broth. When syndicating a round of financing, an entrepreneur gets more shots at funding but also has the potential to loose... Read story
Behind-the-Scenes Influencers of Silicon Valley
Get your business a bar code. Everyone knows that Google helps customers find your business online, but today's tech-savvy window shoppers are now ... Read story
Google and Twitter Cozy Up to Local Businesses
Google and Twitter help companies manage their online presence. Sick of bending over backwards to Read story
How to Boost Sales with Mobile Coupons
Applications such as Yowza and Foursquare let you send coupons to customers' cell phones. Read story
Case Study: Lining Up Investors for a Turnaround
Dogswell's ambitious plans had flopped. Would its new investors give the company another chance? Read story
7 Things You Should Know Before Starting a Business
Drop the rose-colored glasses. Tired of hearing would-be entrepreneurs speak about how smoothly their startup is going to go, seasoned tech vet and... Read story
What To Do If Your Competitors' Ads Are Untrue
Should you sue a competitor that lies? Earlier this year, Pantene attacked Dove over ads claiming that Dove conditioner actually repairs hair bette... Read story
Why Won't VCs Tell You Why They Turned You Down?
Foursquare releases its API in the race to dominate location. Foursquare, the suddenly white hot location-based social network, released its API to... Read story
India's Entrepreneurs Unleashed; Google's New Language
From the annals of world domination: Google launches its own programming language. One of the pillars of Google's success has been efficiency, whet... Read story
Google to Acquire AdMob for $750 Million
The search giant acquires an ad network in the hopes of dominating the mobile market. Read story
The Truth about Cyber Monday; Tour the Gawker Offices
Tour a Start-up's Office: The Gawker edition. Gawker Media, the parent company behind blogs like Valleywag and io9, has been experiencing a growth ... Read story
Confessions of a Facebook Spammer; Starting Your Own Category
How Facebook spam works . Facebook just won a $711 million lawsuit against an email marketer who had Read story
Family Business Feuds; The Ideal Career Path
Should VCs and angels get a small business bailout too? As Obama moves into the small business phase of the stimulus plan, there's been more talk a... Read story
How Not to Get Duped by Invisible Display Ads
When an employer strikes . If you've ever thought of spying on an employee you suspect might be working with a competitor, the story of Kathy Lawlor... Read story
Abusive VCs and the Search for America's Next PedEgg
Open call at Telebrands for America's next PedEgg. If you've ever seen a commercial for Doggy Steps, EZ Combs, Windshield Wonder, or yes, that ines... Read story
How Mint Got $175 Million; Swine Flu Contingencies
Intuit buys Mint for $175 million. How do you navigate your company to a big sale when you're young, untested, and unprofitable? By being extraordi... Read story
Hiring Your Own Don Draper; Improving Your Online Rep
How much does it cost to hire real life Mad Men . As much as $964 an hour, according to Advertising Age, which Read story
Jamail Larkins, Aerospace Mogul in the Making
Jamail Larkins took his first flying lesson at age 12—and has been hooked ever since. Today, at 25, he runs a $5.8 million aviation firm. Read story
Tricks to a Billion Dollar Valuation; NewEgg IPO
Twitter "somewhere between" Google and Facebook. How do you get someone to value your unprofitable, revenue-challenged startup at $1 billion? You c... Read story
Fred Wilson: Entrepreneurs Are The New City Planners
Web Entrepreneurs redefine city life. Fred Wilson looks at a handful of startups that are, in one way or another, influencing the way people live i... Read story
Google Sells Display Ads, Techcrunch Startups Fire Back
In defense of not changing the world . We told you yesterday about complaints from some entrepreneurs that the new startups unveiled at the Techcrun... Read story
Lessons on Pricing from Menu Engineers
The behavioral economics behind pricing. Consumers rely on price cues to determine what they're willing to pay for a product. Enter the menu engine... Read story
State Tax Hike Targets Top Earners; A Smarter Work Week
(Not quite) total recall. Companies have to react swiftly and surely to the news that its products are faulty or flawed. But Read story
Web 1.0 Washups; IT Budgets; VCs and the SEC
Where Are They Now: Web 1.0 Edition. The New York Time... Read story
The Strangest Billion Dollar Company in the World
The strangest billion dollar company in the world. This month's Wired magazine includes a long meditation on the Read story
The Most Interesting Tech Startup of 2009?
A novel way to avoid sexual harassment in the office . Yesterday afternoon we received an unusual press release. "CEO Encourages Sexual Fantasy at t... Read story
Say Hello to America's Fastest-Growing Companies
The secrets of the Inc. 500. Some of them piggy-backed on the Oprah Effect , some got t... Read story
Apple Ousts Shady Developer; The Anti-Mario Barth
Inside the mysteries of Netflix's Chicago warehouse. Netflix has 58 warehouses nationwide, but only one serving greater Chicago's 10.6 million subs... Read story
Cash for Clunkers as Economic Stimulus; Startups Diversify
Cash for clunkers helps an unlikely industry . By all counts the "Cash for Clunkers" program has been a runaway success. The Wall Street Journal say... Read story
What Types of Startups Do VCs Want to Invest In?
Two types of companies VCs are praying you'll pitch them. Investor and entrepreneur Read story
The 4 Percent That Counts; Getting VCs' Attention
Yelp conspiracy theories. Slate's Paul Smalera as... Read story
