11 Social Entrepreneurs. A Ship. 13 Countries. 100 Days
Serial entrepreneur and mentor Jeff Hoffman writes about his experience aboard the floating accelerator Unreasonable at Sea. Read more
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How Real People Make It Big
Forget shiny objects and distractions. How people who grew up with nothing, people like you and me, build big-time success. Read more
Can Your Employees Push Back?
Are your employees afraid to disagree with you? Here's how to help them stand up for their opinions. Read more
Gauging the Health of Your Company's Growth
Inc. columnist Norm Brodsky talks about how you can interpret your company's growth performance. Read more
The Key to Getting Your Product into Whole Foods 
Naomi Whittel, the founder and CEO of Reserveage Organics, tells you what you really need to know to land Whole Foods' buy-in. Watch video
Working With a Goliath: 5 Tips
Partnering with a huge company can bring visibility and growth to your start-up. Here are five tips to help it go smoothly. Read more
The Ethics of 3D Printers--and the Guns They Can Produce
Yes, it's possible to make weapons with 3D printers. So should companies continue to sell them? Read more
Launch Your Business in a Day
The founders of Midnight Media Capture launched their business in a day. Here's what you can learn from them. Read more
How Disruptive Start-ups Can Prepare for a Lawsuit
Internet television streaming service Aereo isn't the first start-up to wage a high-profile lawsuit. Here's what the past can teach you. Read more
The Rise of Solo Manufacturing
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How to Build an Entrepreneurial Team
Building a business takes a village. But how can a growing business afford it? Read more
Oreck Founder: Private Equity Bankrupted My Company
Oreck used to be one of the biggest names in the vacuum cleaner business. Ten years after he sold his company, David Oreck reflects on what happened. Read more
Networking Is Crucial
Johnny Earle says the only way his clothing company Johnny Cupcakes could survive was by getting the name out there. Watch video
San Francisco's Real Start-up Secret Sauce
Everywhere from New York City to Omaha would like to be the next tech start-up capital. Here's what actually makes Silicon Valley and San Francisco hotbeds o... Read more
Shazi Visram: I Was Approached By My Dream Acquirer
The CEO of Happy Family talks about the recent acquisition by Danone, the company's future, and what it means for her role. Read more
The Common Start-up Mistake You Don't Want to Make
Most start-up founders accurately predict how they'll make money, and how much it will cost. But there's one thing they almost always get wrong. Read more
Entrepreneurship Changes You--and Not Always for the Better
"I thought I knew you." Have you ever heard that before? If you're a die-hard entrepreneur, you probably have...more than once. Read more
Danone Acquires Happy Family
The fast-growing organic baby food company hands over 90 percent in equity to Danone for hundreds of millions of dollars. Founder and CEO Shazi Visram couldn... Read more
Should You Use Guilt as a Sales Tactic?
As a last-ditch effort, giving a potential client the guilt-trip might work. But it also might not. Read more
Make This Tiny Change to Meet Your Biggest Goals
This year, when checking in with my New Year's resolutions, I changed one way I'd been thinking. It might make all the difference for your business. Read more
Innovative Rebel: High-Tech Camera Maker Jim Jannard
After founding Oakley--and selling it for $2.1 billion--Jim Jannard is taking on the film industry with Red, his high-tech-camera company. But playing the in... Read more
Make Room For Tech's Fastest Growing Minority
This group is uniquely positioned to provide an endless pool of talent, innovation, and insight to start-ups in the United States. This is where you come in. Read more
Funded: Inside AOL's New Web Show
Baratunde Thurston's series of short online episodes about crowdfunding explores a new breed of entrepreneurship. But a celebrity show, this is not. "The mai... Read more
Is Your Business Going to the Dogs?
Studies show that having dogs in the workplace reduce stress and increase satisfaction. Here are three things that workplaces that allow dogs do well. Read more
How to Turn a Doomed Business Around
Transforming a business is a step-by-step process that only looks good in retrospect--if it works. Read more
7 Employees You Should Fire Now
It's a crazy competitive world out there--you can't afford to have employees who aren't cutting it. Read more
Women Leaders: Stop Trying to Lead Like a Man
To be a true leader, you must establish trust and build bonds with your employees, says Simon Sinek. Read more
Company to Watch: Joor
Joor lets retailers order wholesale fashions with a click. Check out more about this start-up's stellar growth. Read more
4 Tax Code Changes To Inspire Business Confidence
Businesses want simplicity and lower tax rates. Here's how we should start. Read more
This New Rule Means More Government Contracts for Women
The government just eliminated a cap on contracts for women-owned small businesses. Here's what the change could mean for your business. Read more
How to Make the Most of Your "A" Players
"A" players are rare, hard to recruit, and completely necessary to a start-up. Make sure you use them to your--and their--best advantage. Read more
Fake Meat for the Masses?
Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown wants to completely rearrange the protein scene--without rocking the cultural boat. Here's his strategy. Read more
How We Got Funded: Qualtrics
Attracting capital is like getting married: Sometimes it helps to play hard to get. Read more
3 Rules for Doing Business Overseas
Every country has its own place-specific challenges, as last week's tragedy at a Bangladesh factory showed. Here's how to protect your company. Read more
The Only Question That Matters
What happens when a would-be customer knows all about your product, but isn't using it? Read more