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High Noon in Aisle Five

If Rupert Murdoch's boys rode into your company's territory, what would you do: run for the hills or stay and fight? In the tradition of Gary Cooper's greate...  Read more

The Next $1.65 Billion Start-Up?

Google's purchase of YouTube has reignited worries of another dot-com bust. We turned our questions to Geoff Cook, the 26-year-old founder of myYearbook.com,...  Read more

Great Partnerships, A MySpace Shakeup, and Free Tech Help

How to build great partnerships. The Washington Post has a fascinating series o...  Read more

MySpace to Launch Advertising Service

MySpace, a division of News Corp. (NYSE:NWS), has plans to launch a self-serve advertising service targeted at small and midsize businesses and anyone els...  Read more

The Ticker

Entrepreneurial comings and goings, featuring Sunset Tan, Bebo, and more.  Read more

Teens In Tech: They're Here; Get Used to It

You have nothing to fear from the youth of America. Google held it's annual Teens In Tech conference yesterday in San Francisco and more than 150 p...  Read more

How to: Trade Private Stock, Diversify, Save a Project

5 warning signs your project is in danger. Web Worker Daily<...  Read more

A Dark Day, MySpace Dirt, and a Novel Business Model

75,000 in one day. Monday was a dark day for American workers. U.S. employers Read more

Kerry-Edwards Supporters Strike Back At Lobbyists

July 10, 2004 -- Just days after three business lobbyist groups attacked Senator John Kerry's choice of Senator John Edwards for a runnin...  Read more

E-Billers Dirty Tricks and Google’s Shaming Tactics

Google's shaming tactics for entitled employees . After a devastating wave of layoffs last week, Google has seen a rush of resumes from ex-Yahoo eng...  Read more

Biz Tips from the Boston Celtics; When to Dump a Client

Filing for customer divorce. Some small business owners are finding it difficult (and expensive) to maintain relationships with delinquent or disco...  Read more

Letter from the Editor

Limited access to capital can actually make business owners smarter and their companies stronger. If you doubt this, read our cover story on Inc. 's ...  Read more

Catering to Those Who Want Their Gun TV

Perry Massie knows what real men want: guns and trucks.  Read more

MySpace Targets Small Business Ads

The social networking giant unveils a low-cost do-it-yourself advertising tool.  Read more

Can Hulu beat YouTube?

Online video is here to stay -- but the battle for online eyeballs has only just begun. YouTube, of course, made online video popular, and its success was...  Read more

Fax Service Finds New Calling on Internet

Ben Feder's start-up, .Comfax Inc., devised a service that allows small businesses to save money by sending faxes over the Internet.  Read more

MySpace Unveils Advertising Platform

The platform allows advertisers to build, maintain and customize brand profiles.  Read more

FCC Turns TV Off on Small Businesses

Hey, what about us? Regular readers of my column know I get really irked at how small business is overlooked by the government. Legislation and regulation...  Read more

Getting Over the Threshold

Many obstacles stand between a customer and a sale. Your job is to remove them.  Read more

Mash-Up Mania

The curious new business model that's attracting heaps of cash.  Read more

Five Traits that VCs Love

101 motivational quotes to keep spirits high . With much of the country enveloped in messy winter storms, not to mention the ever-present flurry of ...  Read more

Friendster Sells for $100 million

The long, painful start-up saga that was Friendster ended today, with a reported $100 million sale to a Malaysian finance company. The news was announced ...  Read more

What is Zagat's Worth?

Zagat's, the publishing company whose ubiquitous maroon books rate everything from barbecue joints to posh golf courses, is for sale, the New York Times r...  Read more

Cash and Controversy

A plan to let customers pay in pesos drew death threats. But it also had a surprising impact on sales.  Read more

The Great Communicator

Mark Zuckerberg created a virtual town square for Generation Y. Is his business really worth $2 billion?  Read more

The End of Free; Fred Wilson Takes a Leap

Fred Wilson on Leaps of Faith . If you want to understand how your potential investors think, you should be reading Fred Wilson's blog. If you want ...  Read more

What's Next: Beyond Facebook

There are people who have the answers you've been searching for. Here's how you'll find them.  Read more

Bad Boys of Capitalism

The story of how a start-up is making money for itself and its clients through NASDAQ's Small-Order Execution System.  Read more

Facing the Capital Gap

There's plenty of capital out there. So why are so many companies struggling to raise money?  Read more

Is Roberts Pro-Business?

While Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts' ideological beliefs can serve as a barometer to predict his future as a Supreme Court Justice, I'm hopeful th...  Read more

Honorable Mention: The $2.6 Billion Men

In 2002, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis launched Skype, a free Internet phone service. In September, they sold it--for a sum that still has Wall Street and...  Read more

Case Study: How Six Apart Tapped Social Networks

The company pioneered blog software. But with the advent of social networking, was it ready to branch out?  Read more

Cool, Determined & Under 30

They are collaborative, creative, and -- above all -- confident. And all of them were born after October 31, 1978.  Read more

Kevin Rose of Digg: The Most Famous Man on the Internet

Digg founder Kevin Rose is having so much fun, you could almost miss the fact that he's setting himself up to be an Internet-age media mogul.  Read more

Scare tactics, phantom laptops, and Andy Grove's plans for Intel

Fear Factor . Fortune polls presci...  Read more