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Eyeing Emerging Markets? Think Micro, Not Macro

About 440 cities are on track to deliver almost half of global GDP growth. Now's the time to get more granular with your emerging marketing strategy.  Read more

Getting to Market: 4 Crucial Steps

Coming up with a great idea is only the beginning. Bringing it to market successfully is a whole other challenge.  Read more

How to Build an Online 'Cult' of Customers

It's amazing what people will do for you--if you ask.  Read more

5 Keys to Recruiting the Best of the Best

Finding the right employees is a lynchpin of success. Here's what to look for.  Read more

3 Ways to Pitch Your Idea

Whether you're selling a suggestion internally or a new service to a potential customer, these techniques will help.  Read more

Still Partners (in Life and Business) After 20 Years

Thinking about starting a business with your significant other? Read this first.  Read more

How Behance Founder Scott Belsky Learned to Relinquish Control 

Scott Belsky talks his biggest challenges building design site Behance: admitting that other people sometimes know a lot more than he does.  Watch video

Reinvent Your Business Model: 5 Tips

How a company based on old-school DVD sales reinvented itself for a software-based future.  Read more

6 Non-Business Books That Will Make You Smarter

Need a new approach to how you view your business? Try reading the books most other businesspeople aren't reading.  Read more

4 Tricks Highly Effective Teams Use

A self-aware team is an effective team. These four steps will help you get there.  Read more

Don't Multitask: Your Brain Will Thank You

Chronic multitasking could be making you less productive. Why? Because your brain is on overload.  Read more

How to Validate Your Start-up Idea

Will that brilliant business idea really take off? Here are five ways to test it-- before you invest too much time and money.  Read more

Easy Ways to Up Your Social Media Game

Sprout Social CEO Justyn Howard explains what it takes to truly engage customers--and build better relationships via social media.  Read more

Forget the Phone, Facebook. Just Charge Users

Zuckerberg reveals the much-rumored Facebook phone. The problem? It's likely banking on the same old revenue strategy--ads.  Read more

Trouble With Telecommuting? Technology May Be to Blame

Sure, working remotely requires extra effort for employees to feel connected. But there are plenty of apps and gadgets to help you do it.  Read more

Crucial Part of a Productive Day? A Nap

You'll accomplish more if you give your body sufficient downtime.  Read more

Confessions of a Bad Delegator

If you want to make sure something gets done, do you do it yourself? Read on, fellow micro-managers: It's time to get a little help.  Read more

4 Ways to Get a New Employee Off to the Perfect Start

That interview you had right before you made the job offer? It's not enough. Here are four things you must do on a new hire's first day.  Read more

Forget Your Industry's Best Practices

While "best practices" sound ideal, they're not enough to make your business succeed. You need to innovate.  Read more

2 Best Words for a Start-up Job Description Ever

Next time you write a job description, take this hint from a U.S. Army Green Beret.  Read more

Dramatically Increase Your Revenue: 6 Tips

Want to find hidden opportunities? Ask your customers these questions--but only after you've made the sale.  Read more

9 Habits of People Who Build Extraordinary Relationships

The most extraordinary professional relationships are built by ordinary actions like these.  Read more

3 Ways You Need to Give Up Control

C'mon, control freaks: Your start-up needs fresh and innovative ideas. To get them, you're going to need to let go of the reins a bit.  Read more

'Getting Sued Was a Lucky Break'

When a giant like UPS sues you to stay away from its customers, what do you do? These founders learned--fast--how to pitch new customers.  Read more

Contest: Tell Us Your Bright Idea

How creative are you? Come up with an elegant solution to this real world problem and you could win a spot in Inc. Magazine  Read more

Reward vs. Punishment: What Motivates People More?

Turns out, your employees will work harder to avoid a loss than to seek a gain, according to research.  Read more

Tim Ferriss' 4-Hour Reality Check

Silicon Valley's productivity guru takes a month off in Bali. It might be the most demanding vacation ever.  Read more

This Start-up Wants to Get in Your Car

The team at Automatic promises its gadget can do everything from save you money on gas to dial 911 if you're in an accident.  Read more

If You Build It, Will They Come?

Here are three simple steps to see if there is a market for your new product or service.  Read more

And the Best Boss Ever Is...

Sure, you're the boss, but who's the best boss ever? The results of our March Madness Best Bosses Brackets.  Read more

'I Had to Check My Ego at the Door' 

Chinedu Echeruo talks about stepping down as HopStop CEO in 2009, four years after he founded the city transit directions app.  Watch video

Measure (and Reward) Ethical Behavior

You measure employee performance and sales. But you're forgetting to measure what matters most to overall success: ethical behavior.  Read more

3 Reasons the Experts Are Wrong About Email

Reading your email frequently will make you and your team more productive and efficient--not less.  Read more

Why Web Companies Have Trouble Making Money

Why can't some of the most popular start-ups on the Web translate users into dollars?  Read more

The Next 3 Biggest Things in Tech

The president of VC firm Intel Capital reveals the three biggest areas for growth and innovation in the technology industry.  Read more