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Business for Sale: An Equipment Maker for $3 Million

This maker of anti-erosion gear is poised to benefit from an uptick in government spending on infrastructure.  Read more

Elevator Pitch: eDivvy

eDivvy helps people buy group gifts online. Can it get investors to pitch in $1.5 million?  Read more

Start-up Trend: Local Sportscasts on the Web

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

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 more

Ben & Jerry's Fair Trade Fanfare Belies Struggle With Corporate Parent

In a sweet victory for the ethical ice cream company's founders, Ben & Jerry's corporate parent agrees to make a commitment to use only fair trade-certified ...  Read more

Welcome to the NFL: Winning a Super Bowl Contract

"Don't expect to get rich," the NFL warns potential contractors--at least not from the contract itself.  Read more

Regret that Tattoo? No Problem

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

Elevator Pitch: Prime Time Boxing

Prime Time Boxing helps people channel their inner Rocky Balboa. Can $500,000 take it another round?  Read more

How to Make Money From Distracted Driving

A look at companies that are creating text-blocking technology.  Read more

Coconut Water: A New Drink Fad?

Is coconut water just another trend in the healthy beverage market?  Read more

The Best and Worst Industries of the Next Decade

A new analysis predicts which industries will experience the best and worst revenue growth over the next ten years.  Read more

Business for Sale: A Coaching Firm for $1.25 Million

A successful coaching firm may provide strategic growth for a larger buyer hoping to expand its Fortune 500 client list  Read more

A Start-up Recycles Cell Phones

New ATM-like machines offer consumers cash for their old cell phones  Read more

The Business of the Bridge

A look at companies that keep a Delaware River bridge afloat  Read more

Trading Lawn Mowers For Goats

Goat and sheep mowing businesses thrive as organizations choose to mow their acreage with beasts instead of machines.  Read more

Business for Sale: An Indiana Machine Shop

An independent machine shop may be a great buy for someone with industry experience  Read more

Start-Up Trends: Food Trucks 

Upscale food trucks are one of the hottest businesses these days. Here, three entrepreneurs share what it takes to run a restaurant on wheels.  Watch video

Business for Sale: A California Ski Resort

Rick Metcalf is selling his Mount Waterman ski resort for $1.65 million  Read more

The Rule of Three

Anticipating the torpedoes that can sink a deal  Read more

Business for Sale: An Arizona Winery

An 83-year-old winemaker is ready to hand off his 10-acre Arizona vineyard. The plot is priced at $465,000  Read more

Business for Sale: A Minnesota Bowling Alley

This 24-lane bowling center in Duluth, Minnesota, is priced at $2.4 million  Read more

A Buyer's Market: What Is Your Business Worth Now?

As part of Inc.'s 2009 guide to business valuations, we look at why now is a great time to buy a business  Read more

A New Way to Cash Out

Private companies or their employees now have a new way to sell shares  Read more

For sale: An inn on a Maine island

The owners of a 32-room hotel on Mohegan Island off the coast of Maine are putting their hotel up for sale for $4.3 million  Read more

Horse Race: Branded Entertainment

Four start-ups vie for leadership in the lucrative new space of branded entertainment  Read more