Microsoft's New Cloud-Based Software
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Businesses Hit by Rising Gas Prices
Conflicts overseas have caused gas prices to rise, putting the squeeze on consumers and small businesses around the country. Read more
What the Stars Ate Last Night
How do you keep 1,500 power players well-fed and happy on Hollywood's biggest night? No one knows better than Wolfgang Puck, who has been catering the Gov... Read more
Spring Break for Chefs
At the annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami, guests were offered champagne, seared pork belly, and, well, dog food. Read more
Live from the South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Bobby Flay, Rachael Ray, Michael Symon, Ingrid Hoffman, Spike Mendelsohn, Masaharu Morimoto and more converge on Miami. Read more
Building a Successful Food Blog
With great recipes and a commitment to editorial integrity, Deb Perelman’s smittenkitchen.com has attracted a legion of fans. Here's how she did it. Read more
7 Tips on Boosting Post-Holiday Retail Sales
Small business owners give advice on how to keep sales up after the holiday buying wave has passed. Read more
Mobile Payment Firm Square Drops Transaction Fee
The company says dropping the credit card fee is part of its vision to "create zero friction and complexity" around payments. Will its competitors follow? Read more
An SBDC for First-Time Federal Contractors
The District of Columbia Small Business Development Center helps business owners save time and avoid frustration when applying for federal contracts. Read more
4 Tips on Shipping Your Product
Choosing your company's method of transportation is extremely important. Here are four tips on how to effectively ship your product. View slideshow
Turning Fierceness Into a Brand
Designer Christian Siriano of Project Runway fame takes time out from Fashion Week to talk about growing sales and falling models. Read more
What Makes a Great Restaurant Host
Front-of-house hiring tips from Marea's Michael White, Comme Ca's David Myers, and Blue Ribbons' Eric and Bruce Bromberg. Read more
Ownership Matters
Yesterday we informed our shareholders that Coca-Cola intends to exercise its right to buy the remainder of Honest Tea. While that development on its own ... Read more
AOL Buys Huffington Post
Arianna Huffington's news site reportedly fetched $315 million. Read more
Oregon's Electric Car Revolution
From Portland to Eugene, Oregon is becoming the electric-car manufacturing hub with it's tech know-how and ready consumers. Read more
How to Break Into the Green Energy Business
As the international race to efficiently use renewable energy escalates, more money is being thrown at making green energy widely available. Here's how to br... Read more
What's Wrong With How We Innovate?
Can we learn from China's R&D? Plus, Europe's start-up ecosystem is maturing, U.S. "buy local" efforts are working, and more of the day's news. Read more
How to Bring an Alcoholic Beverage to Market
Hey, home-brew whiz. So you have what it takes to get your intoxicating beverage behind bars and on liquor-store shelves? Read more
The Path to Smarter Logistics
Each year, billions of dollars are spent on moving products around the world. With smart logistics, you can move products fasterâ€"and save your company money. Read more
Manufacturers and Retailers Rebounded in December
Two industries battered during the recent recession are showing signs of renewed vitality—and fueling an economic recovery, the Fed reports. Read more
This Man Wants YOU to Export
Why don't more small businesses export? Suresh Kumar, who helps lead the U.S. National Export Initiative, intends to eliminate trade barriers of the psycholo... Read more
A Liability Case Reaches the Supreme Court
A New Jersey employee severed four fingers while using a device manufactured abroad. The Supreme Court will determine if a New Jersey court has jurisdiction ... Read more
Clothing Start-ups Seek Solutions as Cotton Prices Climb
Soaring cotton prices continue to present retailers with tough decisions: cut margins and risk profitability, or raise prices and risk sales? Read more
Cupcake Bakery Crumbs to Go Public
For the past three years, the seven-year-old chain has steadily climbed the Inc. 5000 rankings, generating more than $30 million in revenue last year. Read more
Cleaning Up—and Greening—the Jewelry Industry
In the wake of the blood diamond controversy, there's a growing niche for sustainable and ethically created fine jewelry. Small businesses are stepping in to... Read more
How to Start a Jewelry Making Business
Be it quartz or slightly quirky, jewelry is a hot market. Here is how to find your niche and get started selling gems. Read more
Getting Green Products on More Retail Shelves
Big retailers tend to be afraid of start-ups that make eco-friendly products.Here's a proposal on how to change that mindset. Read more
How to Know if Your Product Is Infomercial-Worthy
Sure, they can be cheesy. But they can also make you rich. Does your product have what it takes to make it in the world of direct-response TV? Read more
6 Top Performing Industries for 2011
Want to start a business in 2011? Market researcher IBISWorld has targeted six industries with high potential for growth in the year to come for small and me... View slideshow
Smartphones Make for Smart Shoppers
Retailers hate these apps. Plus, the anatomy of a holiday toy craze and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs. Read more
How to Bring an Eco-friendly Product to Market
With more sophisticated consumers and a stricter FTC, creating a green product is no longer a magic bullet to sales. But done right, it can still help you st... Read more
The Founders of Vineyard Vines on Building a Brand 
Vineyard Vines co-founders Ian and Shep Murray answer questions about building a successful apparel company. Watch video
Banking on the Bacon
Bacon has proven to be a viable hedge against the recession -- its frenzied popularity has migrated from the Internet into the products of innovative entrepr... Read more
A WikiLeaks Wake-Up Call
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: <... Read more
How to Support Global Online Sales
Here's how companies such as MotoSport and Zazzle are tackling global e-commerce. Read more
