Lesson Plan: Making Money & Music
Elevator Pitch: Bandhappy connects music teachers with students seeking lessons. Will investors get in tune for $350,000? Read more
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Ad Campaign Smackdown: Facebook vs. Google
If you're still betting on display ads, here's where to go for more bang for your buck. Read more
How to Score a Job at a Tech Start-up
Can you handle long hours, low pay, and impossibly high expectations? The start-up life might be for you. Here's how to break in. Read more
Would You Give Up Citizenship for $1 Billion?
Eduardo Saverin turned in his passport ahead of the Facebook IPO. Proof that entrepreneurs are fleeing because of high taxes? Read more
6 Tips to Boost Your Web Presence
If these tactics worked for LanceArmstrong.com, they can work for your business. Read more
Can This Start-up Shake Up the Art World?
Consumers can already rent dresses, cars, and DVDs by the day. Why not fine art? Read more
Meet the Facebook Mafia
The upcoming Facebook IPO will make this group worth billions. How many Silicon Valley start-ups will they create? View slideshow
Effective Online Advertising: 7 Tips 
Don't be afraid to fail repeatedly, says HowAboutWe.com co-founder Brian Schechter. Watch video
10 Time-Saving Apps for Moms
Give yourself a gift this Mother's Day: more time. These tools can help. Read more
How to Find Your Next Great Idea
Sometimes it's smarter to ditch the dream of finding something brand new. Try riding someone else's wave instead. Read more
5 Ways to Build a Better Business Card Online
Create killer business cards online using these easy-to-use, affordable services. Read more
Best Industries 2012: Internet Publishing | 5 Powerhouse Start-ups to Watch
Industry-wide revenue for web publishers is projected to almost double in the next five years to almost $72 billion. Want to get in on the action? From Insta... View slideshow
Best Online Marketing Trick? Go Offline
An online dating service got more than 100,000 sign-ups using posters and fliers. Here's how they did it. Read more
6 Ways to Raise Your Klout Score
Just a silly social ranking system? Hardly. Here's why you should care about Klout--and how to get more of it. Read more
3 Ways to Create a Powerful Organic Growth Machine
Put your customers in control and you'll grow your business faster and more efficiently than ever before. Here's how. Read more
Set Up an Online Business in Hours
Equipping a website to process credit card payments is hassle. Or it was, until Stripe and its 20-something founders came along. Read more
Need Customer Service Help? There’s a Bot for That
Online customer service 24/7 can be hard to swing on a small business budget. But there is another solution. Read more
Tech Bubble? Why It’s Different This Time
There's no question that we're in a start-up boom. But the power dynamics look very different this time around. Read more
Modcloth: Getting Customers to Design Their Own Clothes
It seems like a lofty goal, but bringing fashion-design to the masses is the mission of Eric Koger and Susan Gregg Koger, the founders of ModCloth, an online... Read more
The Watch That Raised $8 Million on Kickstarter
Eric Migicovsky created Pebble, a watch that syncs with Android or iPhone apps, and crowdfunded more money from ordinary individuals than any other Kickstart... Watch video
What CISPA Could Mean for Start-ups (and You)
The proposed bill aims to fight cyber attacks by giving the government access to customer data. But at what cost? Read more
Not Getting Press? You're Doing It Wrong
Chances are, you're still trying to pitch the big 'home run' story. Ain't gonna happen. Try these angles instead. Read more
Leverage Big Data in Your Small Business: 5 Tips
Giant corporations use data analysis to fine-tune their marketing. So can you. Read more
Are You Still Using Spray and Pray Pricing?
Most retailers still advertise on price, without any data to back it up. That's a race to the bottom--and you're not likely to win. Read more
Should You Shack Up With Your Start-up Team?
You already spend all waking hours with your staff. Moving in together--if you can handle it--could save you serious cash. Read more
9 Deadliest Start-up Sins
These common assumptions can be toxic to the success of any new venture. Read more
Customer Service Victim Turned Entrepreneur
Remember the guy who created the "United breaks guitars" YouTube video? Now he's turned his experience into a start-up. Read more
Google Drive: A Box- and Dropbox-Killer?
Cloud start-ups have thrived because no major Big Tech company beat down their doors. That just changed. Read more
Why Execution (Not Ideas) Will Bring You Success
The reason so many would-be entrepreneurs fails is because they get too hung up on their ideas. Read more
Box: Can It Stop a Goliath Named Google?
If the rumors are true, Google will launch a cloud service that aims squarely at Box. Does the start-up have what it takes to survive? Read more
Is Your Marketing Too... Nice?
T-Mobile tries on a new, tougher image in its advertising. Will it work? A look at the challenges of re-making a brand identity. Read more
How to Create a Viral Campaign (Hint: You Can’t)
Whether or not your marketing takes off--and takes on a life of its own--isn't really up to you. But you can set yourself up for success. Read more
A Clever Way to Spy on Your Competitors
Get to know what your rivals are up to online. Don't worry--it's legal. Read more
Social Media Smackdown: LinkedIn vs. Twitter
Those Twitter 'influencers' you're chasing to help you spread the word? They might not be worth your time and effort. Read more
3 Cloud Services That Make Work Easier
Protect yourself against data loss, security blunders, and--that real productivity killer--inefficiency. Read more