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America's Fastest-Growing Retailer
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Mash-Up Mania
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Matt Mickiewicz, Co-founder of 99designs
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Internet Leaders Create Investment Fund
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A $3 Billion Valuation for Groupon?
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Women in Technology Face an Uphill Battle
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Alexa von Tobel, Founder of LearnVest
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How Groupon Handles Copycats Overseas
How the daily-deal site defends itself in global markets. Read more
Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, Founders of Dropbox
At a Boston bus station in early 2007, Drew Houston opened his laptop to finish some work while waiting for his bus. As he turned on his computer, ... Read more
How One Company Got Very Hot, Very Briefly
Andrey Ternovskiy founded Chatroulette from his bedroom in Moscow. It became infamous; he became suspicious. Read more
The IT Talent Shortage
The dearth of American IT professionals has given high-tech workers the leverage to command premium salaries and perks from companies desperate to attract... Read more
The IT Talent Shortage
The dearth of American IT professionals has given high-tech workers the leverage to command premium salaries and perks from companies desperate to attract... Read more
The Ripple Effect
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Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp, Founders of Birchbox
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Seven Steps to Heaven
Funding for entrepreneurial businesses has completely dried up, right? Wrong. Angel investors -- long a tried-and-true source of capital for young businesses... Read more
Can Rob Kalin Scale Etsy?
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Myth 3: Smart Money Makes You Smart
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Update: A Dating Site Picks a Marketing Strategy
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Myth 3: Smart Money Makes You Smart
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What's Your Company Worth? Ask an Algorithm.
A start-up called YouNoodle is developing an algorithm that, it claims, can precisely calculate the value of a business. Read more
National Venture Capital Association Chooses New Chairman
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The New Entrepreneurial Elite
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Any Given Start-Up
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CEO's Notebook
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Cheap Talk
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CEO's Notebook
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Smartphones Make for Smart Shoppers
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It's Midnight. Do You Know Where Your Tech Support Is?
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