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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

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, who built his custom motorcycle seat business from scratch over four decades, is ready to cash out. Will he get $11.5 million?  Read more

Business For Sale: A Tennessee Sawmill

The owner of a Tennessee sawmill wants to sell his business for $850,000 in order to become a minister  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

How to Find a Business to Buy

An overview of how to determine what business suits you, what you can afford, and how to perform due diligence.  Read more

Business for Sale: A Louisiana Racetrack for $6.75 Million

The owner of a Louisiana racetrack hopes to sell his two racetracks and surrounding land for $6.75 million.  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

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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

CEO Survey: The Magic Number

Sixty-one percent of the CEOs who responded to our survey have more than half of their net worth wrapped up in their companies; 26 percent have more than thr...  Read more

Business For Sale: A Foam-based Business

A Southern California fire-safety company for $8.5 million  Read more

Finance: Elevator Pitch

PODO helps shoppers find sneakers and shampoo. Can it find $8 million?  Read more

Business for Sale: Grounds for Optimism

A group of specialty coffee bars in Idaho, starting at $5 million  Read more

How to Assemble a Board of Advisers

How to set up a board of advisers to help you run your small business  Read more

Horse Race: Searching for the Next Digg

Start-ups jockey for position to be the authority of what's hot on the Web.  Read more

Business For Sale: Net Income

A tennis club in Boone, North Carolina, for $2.85 million   Read more