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6 Big Tech Debuts in 2013
Did you see all of these coming? Keep an eye out for several major hardware and software developments next year--some of them may surprise you. View slideshow
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Silicon Valley is hot on the trail of the next billion-dollar idea. Here are a few of the top contenders. Read more
6 Marketing Techniques for Every Entrepreneur 
Tools and advice from Neil Patel, co-founder of KISSmetrics, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Watch video
Get Website Users to Stay Longer: 7 Tips
Advice from Emerson Spartz, founder of Spartz Media, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Watch video
Why You Should Care About Marketing Attribution
Marketing attribution tracks user behavior before an online sale, allowing each channel that played a role in influencing the consumer to get credit for the ... Read more
How to Host A Successful Webinar
Engage your audience and win new customers. Here's how, including tips from Shama Kabani, president of the Marketing Zen Group. Watch video
How to Increase Your Online Ad Conversion Rate
Find out why Matt Mickiewicz, co-founder of 99Designs, a graphic design marketplace, recommends website live chats. Watch video
Mobile Sales Lessons From Girl Scout Cookies
What does a pet product start-up have in common with a Girl Scout selling cookies? They can both teach you about mobile payments. Read more
How to Crowdfund to Raise Money
Here's 4 tips to take advantage of social networks to raise money from investors. You'll also hear from Daniel Epstein, CEO of the Unreasonable Institute, wh... Watch video
Why Aren't You Using Google AdWords?
Is this digital version of the Yellow Pages too powerful to pass up? Or is Google AdWords a total waste of time? Read more
Can This Start-up Eliminate Social Media Overload?
Think of it as Siri for your social life. Using artificial intelligence, Bottlenose reads and interprets messages--so you don't have to. Read more
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TicketLeap, an online ticket exchange, helps local haunts go hi-tech. Read more
5 Back-Office Tech Innovations
These new tech tools can improve the flow of your business operations, help you attract new customers or develop new loyalty programs, and directly impact yo... View slideshow
7 Ways to Work From Anywhere
Author John Warrillow shares the tech tools he uses to run his start-up remotely while traveling through Europe. Read more
InterSys Consulting Interview: Great SaaS Solutions
InterSys Consulting keeps its operations lean by outsourcing and working in the cloud.&nbs... Read more
How You Can Use Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Business
Perfect for tedious tasks, Amazon's Mechanical Turk may be the perfect alternative to hiring temporary workers for singular projects. Read more
CisionPoint: Software Profile
This article is specifically geared to my PR industry readers. I have a question: do you use Read more
So You Got a Google+ Invite...
...now what? What's behind Google's slow-launch approach, plus, what's irking the Twitterati about the search giant's social network (hint: everything). Read more
30 Under 30 2011: Cool Companies' Apps
Mobile devices now touch every aspect of our lives, helping us connect our digital world to the physical one. Our cool companies' apps do everything from sho... View slideshow
Enloop: The Turbo Tax of Business Plans
For businesses just starting out (and even for businesses that are already established), writing a business plan that bankers and investors can understand... Read more
The New Generation of Cloud Storage Tools
Cloud storage and file back-up is getting better with age. The services are now attracting a legion of small business owners enraptured by the ease of access... Read more
Hiring by Video
With a new crop of online video services conducting job interviews becomes a much smoother and faster process. Read more
How to Self-Publish Your Book
So you're interested in self-publishing your book? Here are 10 things to consider before you go the indie publishing route. Read more
Funny Business on April Fools
Google kills it again with digi-hoaxes, as others try to get in on the gag action. Plus, the rest of the day's (real) news for entrepreneurs. Read more
An Easier Way to Apply for Loans
A service that streamlines the loan application process for businesses Read more
Travel Tips You Can Trust
A service that makes it easier to ask people in your social networks for trip advice Read more
An Easier Way to Book Rental Cars
Too busy to search for the best car rental rates? Let AutoSlash do the work for you. Read more
My Favorite Tool for Avoiding Data Overload
Erik Kullenberg explains how he uses Threadsy to organize his e-mail and social networking accounts. Read more
How to Use IndieGoGo to Fund Your Innovation
This crowdfunding site is rivaling Kickstarter as a place for entrepreneurs to get a funding boost—and create a built-in fan base. Read more
Jared Hecht of GroupMe
Jared Hecht is the co-founder of the mobile messaging app GroupMe. Watch video
Get Rid of Paper Bills with Manilla
I get a ton of paper snail mail. For the snail mail that comes to the office? It could be unavoidable since I'm the CEO of Read more
How to Create a Productive Work Environment (Clue: Don't Ignore Your Health)—Part 2
While trying to get out of my office and take a nice stroll around my office building, I noticed that I was hit with unwanted noise. I found my ears... Read more
Creepy Happenings with Voyurl
Some people are very concerned about our privacy and rightly so. They have strict privacy settings on their Facebook profile and are careful about n... Read more
Simplified, Speedy File-sharing
Min.us, the minimalist online sharing platform co-created by John Xie, a Babson senior who's a serial entrepreneur, is one of the 2,000 most trafficked sites... Read more
