Prepare Your Exit Strategy Now – Just in Case
Here are four things you can do now to increase the value of your business-and give you a smoother transition out when the time is right. Read more
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Facebook vs. Twitter: Old-School Business Models Still Rule
A new Gawker report shows Twitter lagging far behind Facebook in revenue. If the numbers are accurate, they show big trouble. Read more
5 Cues You're Pursuing A Bad Business Idea 
How to determine you're on a dead-end business path. Tips from Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, and Marc Barros, CEO of Contour hands... Watch video
Why My Exit Strategy Failed
In a business sense, I did everything right when I sold my company. But I forgot to ask myself one essential question. Read more
Facebook Unveils New Marketing Tactics For Brands
In a charm offensive to woo advertisers before its IPO, Facebook pitched brands new features to guarantee they reach fans' timelines and profile pages. Read more
How Ready Are You for Retirement?
A recent survey found more than half of small business owners are ill-prepared for retirement. Learn what the most common misconceptions are. Read more
Yelp Prices its IPO: 12 Things You Need to Know
Yelp, the user-generated review site based in San Francisco, priced shares of its IPO between $12 and $14, and seeks to raise nearly $100 million in its upco... Read more
Hack Days: Not Just for Facebookers
As part of Facebook's IPO filing, founder Mark Zuckerberg praised the concept of the "hackathon." Could something similar benefit your company, even if you'r... Read more
21 Gems of Facebook's S-1 That Will Boggle Your Mind
Private jets? $200 million paintings? Zuckerberg's salary? Here are few things the financial analysts won't be talking about this morning. Read more
Inside Facebook's S-1: What Investors Are Saying
We dug into the IPO filing. Is Facebook really worth $100 billion? What does it mean for capital markets? Is the social network just managing expectations? Read more
Looking To Raise Capital?
Pravina Raghavan, New York District Director of the Small Business Administration, recommends you take advantage of free resources. Watch video
Stonyfield Founder: I'm Not Retiring!
Gary Hirshberg talks to his wife, Inc. columnist Meg Cadoux Hirshberg, about his recent decision to step down as CEO of Stonyfield Yogurt. Read more
Groupon CEO: We Made a 'Bush-League Mistake'
Andrew Mason dishes on both the company's big financial goof & its successful email strategy. Read more
Entrepreneurs that Got Filthy Rich in 2011
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only entrepreneur good at making bank. Here’s a look at the 9 entrepreneurs and (and one investor) that got filthy, stupid, abs... View slideshow
3 Reasons Not to File an IPO
An IPO is no panacea: In some cases going public may even stifle the growth of your company. Find out why. Read more
No. 1 Reason Acquisitions Fail
Too often company executives driven by expanding their empire or blinded by a "quick fix" for entering a new market end up in an overpriced deal. Read more
The Crazy, Mixed-up IPO Market
More companies have filed for an initial public offering, but have not yet gone public this year than in more than a decade. Read more
Jive Software Moves Ahead With IPO
The social networking software company--a perennial on the Inc. 5000--is seeking to raise as much as $117 million. Read more
How You'll Know It's Time to Cash Out
What's the exact sale price for your business that will allow you to live worry-free off the proceeds for the rest of your life? Here's the answer. Read more
What's Your Exit Strategy?
Four-time entrepreneur Joe Apprendi talks about exiting three companies and how his latest--Collective, a New York online advertising firm--could be his home... Watch video
When to Throw in the Towel
How do you know when it's time to pack up your venture and start over? Plus, signs it's time to quit from small-business consultant Barry Moltz, author of
The Anomolous IPO: Angie's List
The first Inc. 500 company to go public since August exceeded its IPO expectations, despite that it doesn't look much like other companies going public this ... Read more
Mark Zuckerberg's Original Plans for Facebook
In a 2005 interview, the then 21-year-old founder is focused only on created a cool college directory. Read more
What You Can Learn From Groupon's IPO Missteps
It's been a rocky road to going public for Groupon, which has faced scrutiny from investors, analysts, and the SEC leading up to its October 24 IPO road show. Read more
The Don't-Do Lists
Don't underestimate the importance of what not to do in certain situations. Here, we compiled a list of 14 scenarios and asked business leaders and experts f... Read more
