3 Ways Facebook Changed the IPO Roadshow
Facebook's tour to meet with investors before its initial public offering was like no other IPO roadshow. Here's what you can learn from it. Read more
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Sheryl Sandberg: Is She the Real Brains at Facebook?
After the Instagram megadeal and "hoodiegate," Facebook investors may be taking comfort from the COO's leadership. Read more
Facebook Advertising: 5 Things You Don't Know (& Should)
You may have used Google AdWords, but a whole new set of rules apply on the giant social network. Read more
Facebook IPO: Mark Zuckerberg's Smartest Moves
Facebook is about to go public, and clearly, the 27-year-old has done a few things right. Here’s a look at his best moves, and what any entrepreneur can le... View slideshow
Put a Price on Anything: 5 Tips
Who'd put a price tag on the White House? Truth is, you can figure out a fair market value of just about anything. Try it with these tips. Read more
Facebook's New Try at Wooing Small Businesses
Hey, small-business owners: Facebook really, really wants you. It's making a special pitch, and teaching how to best buy ads, use offers, optimise the timeli... Read more
Facebook’s Lobbying Operations 'Built for Battle'
The social media giant has a clever plan to make friends and influence people in the nation's capital. We dig inside the operation's five-point strategy. Read more
3 Things That Could Kill Facebook
Facebook's success as a public company is anything but guaranteed. Read more
Instagram-Shminstagram: How do I sell my brick and mortar products over the internet?
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By the Numbers: Instagram's Growth, Funding, and Biggest Fans
Chart alert! With revenue flat, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger managed to raise three rounds of funding and amass 30 million users. Here's how. Read more
How Instagram Grew From Foursquare Knock-Off to $1 Billion Photo Empire
How do you make a billion dollars in two years? Here's a narrative look through the brief, hectic, (and lucky), 14 months of Kevin Systrom's life growing Ins... Read more
Who's The Next Hot Deal?
After Facebook's acquisition of Instagram, it's natural to wonder who's next. Hint: The next deal -- not necessarily this one -- is the one to watch. Read more
The Team Facebook Bought for $1 Billion
Facebook acquired some indisputable talent with Instagram. Will they use it? View slideshow
There's No Way Instagram Is Worth $1 Billion
The start-up may have pulled down a billion-dollar payday, but that doesn't mean it was worth it. Read more
3 Simple Reasons Instagram Is Worth $1 Billion to Facebook
There's plenty of reasons Facebook would want to buy the photo-sharing app. But the most important of them boil down to one thing: User experience. Read more
Facebook-Instagram Deal: How Google Should Respond
Google needs to do something bold now that Facebook has a killer photo app. Here's one suggestion. Read more
How to Build the Next Instagram
To make sure your mobile app is a hit, you must focus on these three aspects of user experience. Read more
Facebook & Instagram: Why You Should Care
What does the $1 billion acquisition have to do with you? A look at the dangers of hitching your company to one particular platform. Read more
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Founders of Instagram
Two Stanford fellows built a pared-down photo app into a $1 billion idea. Here's the original story on Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger's early struggles. Read more
Deal of the Year: Facebook Buys Instagram
The scrappy San Francisco-based photo-sharing app company just raised a $50 million round, but now it's been acquired for $1 billion. Read more
Sheryl Sandberg Leaves Work at 5:30. Why Can't You?
Facebook's COO comes out as a proud believer in leaving the office on time, and creating balance in your life. Read more
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
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
