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There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who just might help you run a better business

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Recent Articles about Africa

Hard Times for Egypt's Entrepreneurs

What's it like to be a business owner in Egypt? For starters, you're drowning in red tape. You're struggling to raise capital in a culture that...  Read more

06.29.2011 | Inc.com Daily

Google+, Netflix for theaters, Egypt's new incubator, living on Groupon for a week, and more.  Read more

Hacking Trust

In the last two weeks days I have received dozens of e-mail messages purporting to be from the IT staff here at Inc. magazine . T...  Read more

Developing Effective Mission and Vision Statements

When used properly, mission and vision statements can be very powerful tools, especially for new and small firms.  Read more

Business Out of Africa

I'd imagine most Americans have grown up with the image of Africa as a place in need of tremendous aid - snapshots of children with distended bellies in f...  Read more

Does Aid Hurt Africa's Entrepreneurs?

In an intriguing Q&A in the German magazine Der Spiegel, a young Kenyan economist makes the case that the steady flow of Western aid to Africa actually hu...  Read more

Going Global, Part 13: Political Risk

In this blog, we've been talking a lot about the best places in the world for entrepreneurs. These countries are typically characterized by strong economi...  Read more

Hot: Virtual goods, Egypt; Not: The Economy

A roundup of today's entrepreneurial headlines: Only the beginning . Stocks may be responding well to the news of a possible Read more

An Entrepreneurial Safari

Each day,  Inc.'s  reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

A Chief Digital Officer for New York

City picks entrepreneur to lead digital efforts. Meet Rachel Sterne. The 27-year-old entrepreneur was tapped by New York City Mayor Michael Bloombe...  Read more

Into Africa

Yes, you can do business there.  Read more

Meet the Bill Gates of Ghana

Brash, ambitious, and optimistic, Herman Chinery-Hesse has already accomplished what many considered impossible -- building a thriving tech business in his n...  Read more

Feelin' Groovy?

Which nations have the happiest entrepreneurs and which have a problem.  Read more

Floating "Start-up America"

Behind the White House's efforts to boost entrepreneurship. Plus, Groupon's "daunting" ad buy, and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Forget Green: Google's Blue Energy Plan

It's one of those ideas that is just so crazy, that it just might work. I Read more

Google Intervenes in Japan

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. ...  Read more

Animal Chic

Putting a tiger in your tank is out. Renting one for your office is in. Marine World Africa U.S.A., a wildlife and theme park in Redwood City, Calif., cl...  Read more

Crisis at Facebook?

Facebook scrambles to respond to critics. Facebook has faced user uproar in the past, but nothing as deafening as in the past week. Ever since the ...  Read more

SBA Signs on to Promote Trade with Africa

July 23, 2004 -- Last week the U.S. Small Business Administration opened up its borders when it signed an alliance with the American and ...  Read more

SBA Heading to Africa

The Small Business Administration will be leading a forum in Ghana next week focusing on sub-Saharan Africa's small and midsize business sector, the agenc...  Read more

Google Takes Aim at Twitter

Google gunning for Twitter, Facebook . In a not-so-subtle attempt to put some pressure on social networking behemoths Facebook and Read more

Going Global, Part 4: And the Survey Says . . .

In January, we surveyed 449 companies about going global, including past Inc. 500 honorees and members of our reader panel, the Inner Circle. Sixty-two pe...  Read more

Cross-Cultural/International Communication

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How I Did It: Amy Rees Lewis, CEO, MediConnect Global

As told to Sarah Goldstein Industry: Business Services 2007 Inc. 500 Ranking: Read more

Jack Plunkett Interview: The Future of Technology & the World

This article is part one of a two part series.  In part two, we will look at what small businesses should know. Read more

The Believer

The Harvard M.B.A., the Fortune 500 experience, the connections that come with both--those are just some of the reasons Selena Cuffe can pretty much write he...  Read more

Getting To Inbox Zero

How to stop drowning in e-mail. Spark Capital's Bijan Sabet doesn't blame you for tweeting when you get to inbox-zero. "It feels good getting to th...  Read more

Emerging Markets: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Staying Sane, Safe, and Profitable

We at Kemin have been doing business internationally for more than three decades. A few years after our founding in 1961, a Chinese graduate student at Co...  Read more

The New New Orleans for $100,000?

What would you say to $100,000 in cash, plus another hundred grand in resources for your start-up—so long as your workforce was 23-35 year-olds? Oh,...  Read more

Giving Back

Some cynics might think Bill Gates' campaign against AIDS in Africa is just a PR effort on behalf of Microsoft. But, as Nicholas D. Kristof suggests in hi...  Read more

How to Be a Local, Anywhere

If you're a leader, lead. When my company explores a new market, I'm the first one off the plane.  Read more

5 Ways to Go Green on Your Next Business Trip

Swoop through security germ free with these all-purpose wipes from EO Products. The organic and biodegradable wipes, which are packe...  View slideshow

Blue is the New Green

Forget for a moment about carbon emissions. The world is facing a more immediate crisis -- it is running out of clean water. The prospect of widespread short...  Read more

Doing Company Community Service Abroad

Here's how Better World Books sends employees abroad to help its nonprofit partners. The experience combines social entrepreneurship with team building.  Read more

What I Want in an Email Client

First and foremost, since its the greatest source of disorganization and digital clutter in my worklife; I need an email program that steers me towards be...  Read more

Africa's New Entrepreneurial Hubs

The west African nation of Ghana is quickly becoming a hub of global business in a region long known for its economic, political, and social challenges. A...  Read more

Pat McGovern's Tips for Business Travelers

Make Packing a Reflex Action As much as possible, I pack the same items in the same way for each trip. I can pack my bags for a two...  Read more

San Fran Company Makes Inner City 100

The entire 2005 Inner City 100 list will be announced tonight at the 7th Annual Inner City Awards dinner being held Boston. But before the big announcemen...  Read more

Facebook's Role in Revolutions

The social networking site has kept a low profile amid uprisings in the Middle East. Plus, an employee strikes back and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Innovation Inspiration From Nonprofits

What can your business learn from the innovative ways nonprofits operate today? We've tapped the best ideas and business strategies from seven nonprofits.  View slideshow