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Report: High-Tech Future for Small Business

Traditionally late adopters of technology, small-business owners a decade from now will come to rely more on mobile networks and devices as central manage...  Read more

Hot Technologies to Watch in 2008

The year 2007 may be remembered for Web 2.0, the rise of social networks, and YouTube. But what new technologies will impact business in 2008? We spoke with ...  Read more

GuruWatch

An expert on business technologies answers questions about how some companies can improve their technology strategies.  Read more

The Upstarts Are Coming

In an excerpt from Upstarts! How GenY Entrepreneurs Are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit From Their Success , Donna Fenn explo...  Read more

Portrait of a Telecommuter

The consulting firm the Gartner Group offers some averages about telcommuters as well as some predictions.  Read more

The Push to "Pull" in Online Marketing

In the Internet age, businesses no longer need to focus on "pushing" marketing information to potential customers. But they had better know how to make sure ...  Read more

How Has Technology Changed the Way You Do Your Job?

Various businesspeople comment on their use of technology.  Read more

Inc. 500

Half-a-thousand reminders that business ingenuity and economic leadership still start with entrepreneurs.  Read more

Killer Tech Ideas to Watch

MMORPGs, robots and location-based advertising are three emerging technologies that may change the way businesses operate.  Read more

How Will the Business World Change in 2017?

New research shows women, immigrants, and young people fueling an entrepreneurial boom.  Read more

Not Dead Yet

Online intermediaries are finding new success by adding value to the products customers are buying.  Read more

Not Dead Yet

Online intermediaries are finding new success by adding value to the products customers are buying.  Read more

Everything Will Change

Perhaps the ultimate business tool is acceptance. Everything Will Change. Many of the changes will surprise you. If that sounds exciting, you're ready for th...  Read more

What Business Would You Start?

If you were to launch a business today, what would it be? That's the question Inc recently posed to some of the sharpest minds in the business world...  Read more

Upstarts: New-Biz Watch

A look at how Toby Lenk founded eToys.com, an online toy retailer that's taking lessons from Amazon.com. Plus, several shorter articles about the unlikely pr...  Read more

Intelligent Devices Help Smart Businesses

The use of 'smart' technologies -- such as sensors -- can help businesses keep better tabs on temperature, chemical composition, and other environmental fact...  Read more

Video Births the Internet Star

New technologies stand to make Internet video as useful and ubiquitous as the telephone. How will it work for your company?  Read more

Video Births the Internet Star

New technologies stand to make Internet video as useful and ubiquitous as the telephone. How will it work for your company?  Read more

The Hottest Entrepreneur In America

The entrepreneur of the year grossed less than $100,000 in 1986, has no full-time employees, and plans to expand her business from Cleveland to Washington, D...  Read more

Zero Defect Hiring

In an excerpt from his new book, "Hiring Smart!", Mornell describes how to predict the future performance of a job candidate. Includes preinterview strategie...  Read more