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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

The IPO market has all but disappeared, and lofty merger and acquisition deals are unthinkable. So entrepreneurs, as well as their employees and investors...  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

The Best Industries for Starting a Business Right Now

Here's a look at some of the fastest-growing industries today -- and where some of the best industries to start a business may be.  View slideshow

Business for Sale: A Motorcycle-Seat Manufacturer

Mike Corbin sold his first handmade motorcycle seat, for $40, back in 1965 at a rally in Grafton, New Hampshire. He went on to found Corbin-Pacific...  Read more

Business For Sale: A Tennessee Sawmill

Tim and Kim Hanback own and operate Berry Brothers Sawmill, whose primary business is making wooden crossties for the railroad industry. The busine...  Read more

How to Close the Deal When Buying a Business

Tips on how to perform due diligence on a business you want to buy. Plus: What it takes to close the deal.  Read more

Business for Sale Update

A sale and a career change wait for better times  Read more

Business for Sale Update

An all-cash deal and a cross-country move  Read more

Horse Race: The Whiteboard Jungle

Schools nationwide have been replacing their blackboards with digital whiteboards or "smartboards". Here's a look at the players in the industry.  Read more

Business for Sale: Pocket Change?

A Washington, D.C.-area pool table retail chain priced at $5 million.  Read more

What's Your Company Worth? Ask an Algorithm.

A start-up called YouNoodle is developing an algorithm that, it claims, can precisely calculate the value of a business.  Read more

A Hot New Outdoor-Apparel Brand Took Off Like a Rocket, Then Crashed and Burned.

Should nau's creators walk away or try again?  Read more

Business for Sale: For the Seasoned Buyer

A manufacturer of frozen pizza in Pompano Beach, Florida, for $1.2 million  Read more

Horse Race: Putting the App in Apple

Now that it's officially sanctioned, companies are rushing to develop games and widgets for the iPhone  Read more

Fewer Small Businesses for Sale

Owners are waiting for the economy to improve before putting their companies on the market, BizBuySell reports.  Read more

Business for Sale: Deep in the Heart of Texas

A 12-room country inn priced at $4.6 million.  Read more

Update

Rock 'n' Roll, Part 2 Mindy Harvey's rock 'n' roll fantasy came true in August when her company, Ultimate Ears ("Read more

Secrets of a $110 Million Man

There are no guarantees when it comes to running a business. But the best entrepreneurs I know follow these guidelines.  Read more