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The Homemade Gadget

A year ago, I wrote about a little New Zealand company called Read more

Another Revolt at Digg

Grab yer pitchforks: There's a user Read more

In Katrina's Wake, Disaster Prep Company Born

Where many could only find tragedy, entrepreneurs Nicholas Connor and Dennis Bertken found an untapped market and a chance to help.  Read more

Google Adds Phone Service

Now, I don't normally gush about such things, but the new Gmail-Google Voice integration, which allows you to make and receive calls directly from Gmail f...  Read more

How to Retire Rich

Tony Wright, the CEO of Rescue Time (very cool product, by the way), Read more

I Want My iTV

Here's some news that should be enough to make a fanboy's head explode: Kevin Rose Read more

The Entrepreneur's New Clothes

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

Don't Fear the Apps

Wired is worried. The magazine has published two long essays that proclaim the ...  Read more

Shaking America By Storm

The man who invented the Shake Weight talks about bringing a successful product to market, sexual innuendo, and Michelle Obama's arms.  Read more

Is Outsourcing Dead?

Each day,  Inc.'s  reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today:<...  Read more

How to Bring Your Concept to Market

Once you know your customers intimately—who they are and what they want—you are ready to roll out your great new product or service.  Read more

Demand Media's Curious IPO

Let's say you're an investor in media companies. Would you rather own Demand Media, the red-hot media start-up that pays below-market wages and makes mone...  Read more

Social CRM versus Real Customer Service

Gartner analyst Michael ...  Read more

The Start-Up Life

Conventional wisdom says that working at a start-up wreaks havoc on one's personal life, but that's not always the case. Alexis Ohanian, the co-fo...  Read more

Robots in the Office?

CNN checks in with Trevor Blackwell, the founder of Anybots, a company that is attempting to help CEOs micromanage, even when they're nowhere near the off...  Read more

What's a Real Company?

At Y Combinator's AngelConf yesterday, Michael Arrington bemoaned the proliferation of, as he called t...  Read more

6 Cool Crowdsourcing Business Tools

The founders of Crowdflower and Samasource explain how to leverage the power of distributing large amounts of simple work through the cloud.  View slideshow

Is Intellectual Ventures Foundering?

I really enjoyed this  profile<...  Read more

Jailbreak this Phone

The U.S. Copyright Office says that jailbreaking one's iPhone--that is, hacking into the operating system to add software applications not authorized by A...  Read more

A Strong Sense of Community

Many of the young entrepreneurs who appear on Inc.com's 2010 30 Under 30 list embody their generational fascination with all things social.  Read more

Sean Whalen, Founder of AlterG 

AlterG founder Sean Whalen brought to market an anti-gravity treadmill used by top athletes. Now he's going after the medical market.  Watch video

Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Founders of Venmo 

Square has drawn a lot of buzz to the mobile-payments business. Venmo's founders hope to draw on that as they build their company.  Watch video

Tim O'Shaughnessy and Eddie Frederick, Founders of LivingSocial 

With the acquisition of a little company called Buy a Friend a Drink, the online-bargain site LivingSocial came together in its present form.  Watch video

Garry Tan and Sachin Agarwal, Founders of Posterous 

Posterous takes all the fuss out of posting content online.  Watch video

Sarah Prevette, Founder of Sprouter 

Sarah Prevette has created a service that entrepreneurs can use to socialize, share tips, and ask questions in a rapid-fire, short-attention-span fashion.  Watch video

Jennifer Hyman and Jenny Fleiss, Founders of Rent the Runway 

Bringing the Carrie Bradshaw experience to budget fashionistas  Watch video

Chris Easter and Bob Horner, Founders of The Man Registry 

Extending the definition of a wedding gift to include sports apparel, grilling accessories, and the always popular remote control beer cooler.  Watch video

Ashleigh Hansberger, Founder of Motto Agency 

To help companies launch, grow, and reinvent their brands through good, old-fashioned storytelling and innovative use of social media, Hansberger, 28, launc...  Watch video

Amos Winbush III, Founder of CyberSynchs 

Amos Winbush III has partnered with Sun to build an app used on 500,000 phones. “We’re taking the company global,” he says. “I’m super stoked.”  Watch video

Alexa von Tobel, Founder of LearnVest 

Backed by Goldman Sachs and some successful executives, LearnVest founder Alexa von Tobel seeks to give young women personal finance advice.  Watch video

Joshua Dziabiak, Founder of ShowClix 

ShowClix helps small venues distribute tickets entirely over text message and e-mail.  Watch video

Michelle You, Ian Hogarth, and Pete Smith, Founders of Songkick 

By meticulously compiling upcoming concert listings, the founders of Songkick have amassed an audience of one million fans—and the backing of Y Combinator,...  Watch video

Maia Josebachvili and Bram Levy, Owners of Urban Escapes 

A love of skydiving led Maia Josebachvili to launch Urban Escapes, a business that gives yuppies an adrenaline rush.  Watch video

Facebook: The Movie

Looks painfully cheesy to me. But also kind of fun. Enjoy.   Read more

Calling the Carried Interest Bluff

The National Venture Capital Association just released a Read more