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Why You Need to Tell Stories

By Janine Popick |  Oct 12, 2012

Using stories to describe your product helps employees, customers, and press understand how it works in the real world, not in a presentation deck.  Read more

Be Worthy of Your Customers' Attention

By Karl Stark and Bill Stewart |  Oct 11, 2012

Make sure that your product or service is worthy of receiving your customers' attention. Here's how to do it.  Read more

5 Best Resources for Selling a Small Business

By Mike Handelsman |  Oct 10, 2012

Don't kid yourself. You're going to need help to pull off the successful sale of your business. Here are five resources you'll need in today's marketplace.  Read more

3 Conference Networking Secrets

By Aaron Aders |  Oct 10, 2012

Here are three ways for you to squeeze the most networking opportunities out of business conferences.  Read more

Mark Kelly on Finding Courage & Making Good Decisions

By Leigh Buchanan |  Oct 10, 2012

Two women played a key role in teaching Captain Mark Kelly what it means to be courageous and resilient.  Read more

Grab Your Customer's Attention (& Keep It)

By Karl Stark and Bill Stewart |  Oct 9, 2012

Before you can help customers solve their problems, you have to prove that you deserve their attention. Here's how to craft a compelling unique value proposi...  Read more

Influence Your Company Culture (For the Better)

By Curt Richardson |  Oct 9, 2012

Benefits, perks and compensation may paint a rosy picture for recruitment, but it's these intangible elements that make for a happy and healthy company culture.  Read more

Why Your Exit Strategy is Flawed

By Bo Burlingham |  Oct 8, 2012

You may be planning to sell your business, but your business may not be sellable. These two rules can get you back on track.  Read more

Nick Woodman's 'Big World' of GoPro

By Leigh Buchanan |  Oct 8, 2012

The creator of what he calls "the world's most versatile camera," the GoPro, explains his lessons on bootstrapping a fast-growing company with adoring custom...  Read more

Run a Drama-Free Family Business

By Jeremy Quittner |  Oct 8, 2012

Nina Vaca, the founder and CEO of Pinnacle Technical Resources, says respect and perspective are keys to running a business with family members.  Read more

Using Social Media to Power Community

By Janine Popick |  Oct 8, 2012

Social media isn't just a communications tool. According to Doug Ulman of Livestrong, social media done right can propel a community forward.  Read more

What High-Growth CEOs Do Differently

By Eric Markowitz |  Oct 5, 2012

Want to build a fast-growth business? An expert explains the four aspects of your business you should be focusing on.  Read more

'I Didn't Believe in Social Media'

By Burt Helm |  Oct 5, 2012

Boy, was he wrong. Doug Ulman, CEO and President of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, talks about how to use your community to improve business.  Read more

Guy Kawasaki: Enchant Customers Like Apple, Zappos & Virgin

By Christine Lagorio |  Oct 5, 2012

Investor and author Guy Kawasaki says the business world needs more charm. Here's his 10-step formula to enchant customers--and build a great big company.  Read more

How to be Creative When You're Moving Fast

By Janine Popick |  Oct 5, 2012

Caterina Fake of Findery shares her ideas on how to be creative when you're a fast-growing, fast-moving company.  Read more

Secrets to Better (and Cheaper) Online Marketing

By Burt Helm |  Oct 5, 2012

Hubspot founder Brian Halligan says you can quintuple your website's traffic--without spending a ton on Google ads and email marketing. Here's how.  Read more

4 Tactics to Make Smarter Decisions

By Leigh Buchanan |  Oct 5, 2012

Should you trust your gut or your data? Bestselling authors Dan and Chip Heath say, neither. Here's what really goes into making sound decisions.  Read more

The Charity That's Reinventing the Nonprofit Business

By Lindsay Blakely |  Oct 5, 2012

When Scott Harrison asked Inc. 5000 entrepreneurs to help him solve the world's water crisis, they answered.  Read more

Why You Can't Do It All

By Langley Steinert |  Oct 5, 2012

The simple rule for start-up survival is to focus on the 80/20 rule-the 20% of tasks that generate 80% of the benefit.  Read more

7 Rules of a Successful Business Lunch

By Matthew Swyers |  Oct 5, 2012

A lot of deals have been made over a great meal. Here's seven ways to master the business lunch.  Read more

5 Easy Ways to Give Your Office a Makeover

By Janine Popick |  Oct 5, 2012

Think outside the box with these fun, creative ways to turn a cubicle office into a place your employees enjoy working in everyday.  Read more

Caterina Fake: Great Entrepreneurs Are Like Sandwiches

By Issie Lapowsky |  Oct 5, 2012

Want to be more efficient and more creative? Serial entrepreneur Caterina Fake explains what you can learn from a PB&J.  Read more

How to Do Social Media Right: 5 Tips

By Janine Popick |  Oct 5, 2012

Three Inc. 5000 companies reveal real-life stories about how they've successfully tackled social media.  Read more

Marie Tillman: Transforming Loss Into a Sense of Service

By April Joyner |  Oct 5, 2012

The widow of Arizona Cardinals player Pat Tillman says her former husband's sacrifice sparked her own commitment to service.  Read more

Business is War, Learn to Adapt

By Bobbie Gossage |  Oct 5, 2012

Inc. 5000 CEOs and the Pat Tillman Foundation offer invaluable tips to veteran entrepreneurs at the Inc. 5000 conference, about starting and growing a business.  Read more

'A GoPro Video Is Uploaded to YouTube Every Minute'

By Janine Popick |  Oct 4, 2012

GoPro co-founder and CEO Nick Woodman explains how GoPro started and became a viral phenomenon. Plus, how you can do it too.  Read more

Everything You Learned About Strategy Is Wrong

By Eric Markowitz |  Oct 4, 2012

What's the difference being sustainable and growing like crazy? Author Keith McFarland explains three things that hold back most companies.  Read more

Life Is Good Founder: 'Most Powerful Tool for Social Change? Capitalism'

By April Joyner |  Oct 4, 2012

Bert Jacobs, the founder of Life Is Good, explains how he stumbled on a winning business strategy. (No, he wasn't playing Ultimate Frisbee.)  Read more

Stop Trying So Hard & Follow Your Passion

By Nicole Carter |  Oct 4, 2012

GoPro founder Nick Woodman says passion is the path to success. Trust him. He built a company that grew 300% in one year.  Read more

Are You Leading Your People, or Just Running a Company?

By Allison Fass |  Oct 4, 2012

Best-selling leadership author Simon Sinek explains 5 ways to really look after your employees.  Read more

Where Great Entrepreneurs Come From

By Kimberly Weisul |  Oct 4, 2012

Cheer up, Buffalo, Indianapolis and Salt Lake: A new study of the Inc. 500 shows that fast-growing companies can come from just about anywhere.  Read more

Private Equity 101: New Platforms vs. Add-Ons

By Karl Stark and Bill Stewart |  Oct 4, 2012

Understanding the difference between a new "platform" and "add-on" investments is key to any business owners talking to private equity groups (PEGs).  Read more

Leading the Competition? Be Careful

By Curt Richardson |  Oct 3, 2012

Those at the top are targets for competitors, media and industry-watchers, but it's important to maintain focus on what's truly important.  Read more

How to Sell Your Business (& the Land It's On)

By Mike Handelsman |  Oct 3, 2012

When small business sellers own their buildings and land, they need to plan properly in order to successfully sell each.  Read more

5 Steps to Building a Million-Dollar App

By Aaron Aders |  Oct 3, 2012

Author Chad Mureta explains all you need to know to make your app a success.  Read more