More Cash for Start-ups?
New legislation could expand crowdfunding options through websites such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. Read more
Politics, Economics, and Current Events
Recent Politics, Economics, and Current Events Articles
How Your Customers Will Spend Money This Holiday Season
What portion of consumers plan to use coupons this year? Who is spending more than last year? We crunched the numbers. Read more
The Crazy, Mixed-up IPO Market
More companies have filed for an initial public offering, but have not yet gone public this year than in more than a decade. Read more
How Many of Your Employees Aren't Satisfied?
What portion of employees are looking for a new job? How many say they feel unappreciated at work? We crunched the numbers. Read more
Breaking Down how Americans Really Use Their Cell Phones
How do Americans spend their time online when using a mobile phone? We crunched the numbers. Read more
Millennials are Born Entrepreneurs. Wait, Really?
Commentators are claiming that Gen Y-ers and Millennials are start-up naturals, and great salespeople. Or are they just victims of circumstance? Read more
How to Run an "Illegal" Start-up
As tech-sector regulations pile on for start-ups, here's how to keep innovating while weathering the legal storm. Read more
5 Predictions for the Future of Your Business
Brooklyn's business leaders ponder the future of hacking, crowdfunding, and your customers' shopping habits in the second TEDxBrooklyn. Read more
Start-ups Enter the Irrational Exuberance Phase
Congress is beginning to view entrepreneurship by 20-somethings as a low-cost fix for all that ails the economy. A little realism, please? Read more
A Record-Setting Retail Weekend
Retailers cashed in on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, but experts caution against any premature victory dances. Read more
Selena Gomez Invests in Los Angeles Start-up
Justin Bieber's singer-actress girlfriend became a celebrity investor by putting her stamp of approval on a postcard start-up. Read more
What's Going on With SOPA?
The Stop Online Piracy Act could allow the government and corporations to create website blacklists. That's enraging tech's best and brightest. Read more
Why Start-ups Are Scared of SOPA
Big Technology has come out against the anti-piracy legislation as censorship. Entrepreneurs have a whole different bag of worries. Read more
Why SOPA Would Hurt Start-ups, Not Pirates
It's not at all clear that the bill would even succeed in catching online piracy. But it could significantly harm innovation on the Web. Read more
Reflections from Occupy Wall Street
As the tents are carted away from Zuccotti Park this morning, just blocks away from Inc. Magazine's headquarters, I've been reflecting on the "Occupy" movement. Read more
Understanding the Euro Crisis: A Family Business Fable
The European crisis enters a scary new phase as Italian debt approaches the point of no return. To grasp what's happening, and what it means to you, picture ... Read more
American Express to Invest $100M in Start-ups
Got an idea involving loyalty or rewards, mobile and online payment management, or security and fraud detection? AmEx may want to talk to you. Read more
Why You Shouldn't Care About Small Business Pessimism
Sure, Congress is ineffective, the Fed can't help you, and optimism is still weak. But there are plenty of reasons to feel good about being a small business ... Read more
Dippin' Dots Files for Bankruptcy
The Inc. 500 honoree lost its patent and has suffered in the current economic climate. Read more
The Case for Letting Your Employees Protest
Your employees are smart, passionate, and vocal. They're also part of the 99 percent. Here's how to keep Occupy Wall Street from becoming an HR quagmire. Read more
Your European Debt Crisis Cheat Sheet
What's Greece got to do with your business? How worried should you be? And what's the silver lining? It's all here. Read more
Mark Zuckerberg's Original Plans for Facebook
In a 2005 interview, the then 21-year-old founder is focused only on created a cool college directory. Read more
Are Republicans Bad at Social Media?
Each candidate has his or her own strategy; some work, others fail. Here's what you can learn from the social media accounts of the 2012 presidential candida... Read more
Data Bank: Where Owners Are Hiring (And Not)
What areas of the country are gaining jobs at small companies, and which are losing them? Read more
Data Bank: Mixing Business and Politics
Small business and politics are as intertwined as ever. What are entrepreneurs' top priorities for Washington? Read more
Data Bank: What Your Customers Do When They're Mad
How many more people will your customer tell about a bad experience versus a good one? Read more
Data Bank: How Much Angel Money is There Really?
In uncertain economic times like these, angels tend to guard their cash carefully. How much did they actually invest last year? Read more
Congress Targets Online Ad Tracking
Will Do Not Track legislation hurt small businesses? Read more
House Considers Removing Obstacles to Raising Funds
Four bills are up for consideration, including ones that allow up to $2 million from crowd-funding sites. Read more
A Break for Young Entrepreneurs
A new White House initiative hopes to alleviate the pressure student debt places on recent grads. Will it do enough? Read more
Why the Next Steve Jobs Will be Asian
As Washington maneuvers on skilled immigration reform, the United States is losing its near-monopoly on entrepreneurship by forcing its educated Indian and C... Read more
CouponCabin Raises $54 Million
Investors are hot on coupons. The site is the second of its type to announce whopping success with fundraising in recent months. Read more
Does the GOP Really Love You?
Republicans claim to be the party of entrepreneurs. Here's how it could prove it really means it. Read more
How Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan Could Slam Small Business
It may be time to take Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax scheme seriously, and that's a scary thought for U.S. small business. Read more
Steve Case Spurs Entrepreneurship 
Tomorrow AOL co-founder Steve Case will meet with Obama and his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Watch the video for a preview of his job-creation recomm... Watch video
