Business Plans Are a Waste of Time. Here's What to Do Instead
Throw your business plan in the recycling bin. Instead, focus on your team and on getting to market as quickly as you can. Read more
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How to Dramatically Improve SEO
Here's an easy way to determine what your customers want--and how to best meet their needs. Read more
Can Spotify Stem Its Losses?
Leaked financials suggest the start-up is unsustainable. Here are a few ideas on how Spotify can get in the black. Read more
How to Choose the Best Platform for Your App
Do you develop on Apple iOS, Google Android, or Windows? Or all of the above? Check out the pros and cons for the major platforms. Read more
Do One Thing & Do It Better Than Anyone Else
Become the best darn whatever-you-are that you can be. Set aside your other good ideas. The rest will follow. Read more
Simple Tips to Make Your Website Look More Credible
Credibility makes--and breaks--online businesses. Here's how a newcomer in a competitive industry can build trust with customers. Read more
The New Rules of Viral Videos
They're getting longer and funnier--and they're barely recognizable as advertisements. Read more
8 Ways to Improve Your 'About Us' Page
Chances are, it's one of the most-visited pages on your site. It's probably also the weakest. Here's how to fix it. Read more
7 Web Tools Every Start-Up Needs
Whether you're just starting up or need a way to manage existing operations, these tools have you covered. Read more
4 Secrets to Building an Online Community for Your Business
You don't need a storefront on Main Street to create a cozy community for your start-up; you can do it online. HootSuite's community manager explains. Read more
Future of Mobile Apps: 4 Predictions
More than 5,500 software developers were asked to look into their crystal balls. Here's what they saw. Read more
It's Baaack: Myspace Plots Another Relaunch
If at first you don't succeed, redesign, redesign again. This time, it just might work. Read more
Survival Skills Every Entrepreneur Needs
Technology can make your job easier. But when something goes wrong, you need basic business instincts to back you up. Read more
Why Apple's Maps Flap Could Make Your Life Harder
Don't think Apple's buggy new Maps app affects your business? Think again. Read more
Quick! Get Apple a New Map--for Smart Crisis Control
A buggy product launch? That's familiar territory for most tech founders... but not for Apple. Here's how the company could have minimized the damage. Read more
Want to Ride the iPhone 5 Wave? Get into Apple's Passbook
iPhone 5 customers will be able to store loyalty cards and coupons on their devices. Here's how to make sure they can access yours, too. Read more
Innovation Secrets From Apple, Priceline & Spotify
Find out why your customers come to you. And focus on making whatever that is faster and easier to get. Read more
Don't Skimp on This Tech Expense
When you're building your start-up, save money wherever you can. Just don't go cheap where it really matters. Read more
Inc. Alums Pivot at TechCrunch Disrupt
Last year, truRSVP's founders made Inc.'s list of Coolest College Start-ups. But a lot has happened since: Now the company has a new name and bigger ambitions. Read more
Eight Ball, Corner Pocket: Think 6 Steps Ahead of the Competition
Want explosive growth? Strategize like a world-renowned pool player. Read more
Don't Let Technology Slow You Down: 4 Tips
All of those whiz-bang gadgets and tools are great--until they get in the way of running your business. Here's how to make sure it doesn't happen. Read more
How to Make Conference Calls Fun (Sort of)
ÜberConference promises to solve all of the usual technological headaches and make phone meetings more enjoyable. Here's how it works. Read more
Google+ Gets Down to Business
If it can't lure more users away from Facebook, Google has another plan for its social network: go after business users. Read more
Better Social Media Strategy: Show, Don't Tell
There's a reason Pinterest and Instagram are so popular: People like pictures. Here's how to use them to your advantage. Read more
An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg
Inc.com columnist Phil Simon says Facebook could solve a few key problems with one simple solution: Charge users--they'll pay. Read more
An End to Silicon Valley? Not Even Close
One month after Microsoft acquired his company Yammer, David Sacks declares Silicon Valley near its deathbed. Here's why he's wrong. Read more
Best Reasons to Turn Down VC Funding
One start-up founder explains why not taking venture capital made his business stronger. Read more
Does Your Content Suck? Here's How to Tell
According to Twitter's co-founders, the Web is awash in bad content. Are you part of the problem? Read more
The Not-So-Lean Web Start-up
It's five years old and just closed another round of funding for a total of $22 million. And it hasn't even launched yet. Read more
Online Advertising: Surprising New Finding
Research suggests you might be using the wrong metric to measure the success of Web campaigns. Read more
5 Reasons People Unfollow You on Twitter
Curb these top five annoying Twitter habits. Your followers will thank you. Read more
2 Kinds of Start-ups That Get More Valuable Post-IPO
A new analysis by a Silicon Valley venture capital firm identifies two tech business models that tend to stay strong. Read more
11 Tips to Find the Best LinkedIn Groups
If you're using LinkedIn only to make connections, you're missing out. Read more
7 Tools to Get More Out of Pinterest
If you're going to use the photo-pinning platform, turn those "pins" into sales. Here are a few tools that can help. Read more
7 Great Tools for Building a Mobile App
Whether you're comfortable with HTML5 or don't know a single line of code, there's a tool for you. Read more
