Sarah Kessler


Getting Your Resumé Ready for Google

Four start-ups seek to help people polish the online reputation.  Read story

Social Media for Foodies

Four companies on the cutting edge of food and dining apps.  Read story

Best Travel Speaker: Tunebug Portable iPod Speaker

The palm-size Tunebug Vibe can turn almost any flat surface into a speaker. The device, which weighs just 5.3 ounces, plugs into a headphone jack a...  Read story

Best Store for TSA-Friendly Toiletries: 3floz.com

This online store , which launched in February, sells a wide variety of travel-size lotions and potions from luxury brands such as Weleda, Ahava, an...  Read story

How to Get Certified as a Minority-Owned Business

Having a minority-owned business certification can help you tap into a bevy of public and private sector programs. Here’s how to apply.  Read story

4 Kinetic Energy Start-ups

What if you could recharge your iPhone simply by taking a walk or a ride on your bike? That's the pitch made by the start-ups that are creating new devices t...  View slideshow

How to Build a Wellness Program

Starting a wellness program doesn't always mean installing a fitness center and hiring a full-time wellness coach. Here's how to improve your employee's heal...  Read story

Can You Sell Anything?

Entrepreneur Annie Haven is trying to build a fast-growing business built on dried cow manure.  Read story

Take a Walk, Recharge Your iPhone

New devices that unlock kinetic energy and recharge your gadgets.  Read story

A Desktop Photo Studio

Is your product ready for its close-up?  Read story

The New Tunebug Vibe

A gadget that turns almost any surface into a speaker.  Read story

Travel Accessories Even the TSA Can Love

3floz.com caters to harried business travelers with high-end toiletries in carry-on sizes.  Read story

How to Conduct a Job Interview

Wasting time during an interview can cost you more money than you might think. Use this guide to improve your interviewing technique and avoid making hiring ...  Read story

How to Start a Mentoring Program

Mentoring uses the resources your company already has to improve employee satisfaction, develop leadership, and teach new skills. Here's how to start your co...  Read story

Headphones That Are Easier on the Ears

Yurtopia's Yurbuds are designed to hurt less and stay put better.  Read story

The Race for E-textbook Readers

Carrying hefty textbooks may soon be history.  Read story

How to Plan a Company Retreat

If you have a project that's too big to fit into a two-hour meeting slot, a retreat might be just the tool you need to hash it out. Here's how to make sure y...  Read story

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Smashing Ideas

How three cartoon animators built an interactive branding company from their basements that's growing over 50 percent annually.  Read story

How to Write Off Travel and Entertainment Expenses

Are you perplexed by the 13-page IRS guidelines for deducting travel and entertainment expenses? Inc.com's shorter (less complicated) guide will help you fin...  Read story

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Twenty20

How a pair of skiers made it easy to shoot HD video from helmets, goggles, handlebars, and motorcyclesâ€"and how they tripled their business in a year doing it.  Read story

15 Ways to Be More Efficient

What does it take to be superefficient? We interviewed successful entrepreneurs in various industries around the country, including Mark Cuban, Caterina Fake...  View slideshow

A Military-Tough Flash Drive

Why the TAC Drive is tough enough for any business purpose  Read story

Start-up Trend: Local Sportscasts on the Web

A college wrestler grapples with opportunity in the local sports market.  Read story

How to Improve Your Presentation Skills

Your presentations skills are just as important as the information you are presenting. This guide will help you prepare for a presentation and polish your sp...  Read story

2009 College Start-ups: Where Are They Now?

Last year we profiled a handful of the coolest start-ups on college campus. This month--after a year of change, growth, and (in some cases) starting complet...  View slideshow

Should Your Lawyer Specialize in Entrepreneurship?

Law schools will begin offering a specialized degree in entrepreneurship next year. But will the owners of start-ups consider this specialty essential when h...  Read story

How to Write an Offer Letter

An offer letter communicates to a potential employee the terms of employment and can head off arguments—or even losing that employee who you spent so much ...  Read story

Regret that Tattoo? No Problem

More entrepreneurs are making money on unwanted body art.  Read story

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Booksfree.com

With a 7,500 square-foot warehouse in Vienna, Virginia filled with three million titles, entrepreneur Doug Ross runs a Netflix for book lovers.  Read story

Coworking Spaces Grow in Popularity

How shared working spaces are facilitating start-ups.  Read story

The Baker

Chrissie Harsh, a 21-year-old junior at the University of Texas at Austin, founded Chrissie's Cookies in 2006.  Read story

The Organizer

Joe Davy, a 20-year-old junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, started EvoApp, an online organizational system, in 2009.  Read story