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Facebook Tops Google in Directing Web Traffic
Do you still need a reason to come up with a social media strategy? New data shows an important shift in web traffic patterns. Read more
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"Fear and Doubt" in the Valley
How will the demise of Bear Stearns and the concomitant credit crunch affect the financing options of entrepreneurial growth companies? "[A] cash drought ... Read more
A Tinkerers' Ball
Inventors and hobbyists and entrepreneurs from all over will gather at Maker Faire at the San Mateo Fairgrounds this ... Read more
SF Entrepreneur Bolsters Stem Cell Initiative
Faced with opposition from the Bush administration, embryonic stem cell research remains hamstrung in this country even as advances are made elsewhere in ... Read more
Wanted: CEOs of Failed Start-ups
CEOs of failed start-ups are finding new lives at the helms of VC-backed businesses, writer Benjamin Pimenel wrote in a recent San Francisco Chronicle Read more
NetSuite To Go Public
NetSuite, the California-based Inc. 500 software company, is filing the paperwork to go public, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The company, whi... Read more
Outsourcing Ouch!
San Francisco Chronicle columnist David Lazurus has an article in the paper today about how Bank of America predicates severance for workers whose jobs ar... Read more
Social Media for Foodies
Four companies on the cutting edge of food and dining apps. Read more
Remembering Robert Mondavi, a Legendary Entrepreneur
Back in the 1960s, he was reportedly bounced out of his family's business for being too much of a maverick. He went on to start his own company and, in th... Read more
Facebook Surges Everywhere But in the U.S.
The social networking site's user base is evolving rapidly and becoming more global. Does that mean it's time to rethink your company's Facebook strategy? Read more
Going Global, Part 10: H-1B Visas
Two days. That's how long it took the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency to receive 133,000 applications for new H-1B visas. A random comput... Read more
How Facebook's New Features Could Help You
Facebook's latest offerings allow users to see what their friends like as the pals shop, read the news, and listen to music online -- all information you can... Read more
T&E or Tuition?
The travel manager at a Bay Area technology company allegedly charged $90,000 in personal expenses to a corporate credit card, the San Francisco Chronicle... Read more
News Round-up: Bobby Flay, Global Warming, Gay Marriage, and More
I was at the Aspen Food & Wine Classic this past weekend, and there were a number of entrepreneurial tidbits from the likes of Read more
Get Money Now and the Future of Skype
The business of pogo sticks . Looking for something to do this weekend? Try competitive pogoing. Over the past decade, there has been a burst of inn... Read more
Confessions of a Facebook Spammer; Starting Your Own Category
How Facebook spam works . Facebook just won a $711 million lawsuit against an email marketer who had Read more
Brondell's Swash Can Turn Almost Any Toilet Into a Bidet.
But will Americans leave toilet paper behind? Read more
Paper or Nothing?
The city of San Francisco took a step toward banning plastic shopping bags on Tuesday, weeks after it banned Styrofoam food containers--both of which were... Read more
Seasonal Businesses
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Up and Coming: Teddy Bears and Underwear--Caught in the World Wide Web
A quick look at several companies that are using technology and the World Wide Web as a marketing tool. Read more
Tesla Employees Killed In Silicon Valley Plane Crash
Three employees of electric car maker Tesla Motors were on board a plane that crashed in Palo Alto, California, killing all on board. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tol... Read more
Yelp's Legal Troubles Mount
A San Francisco furniture store this week added its name (and court papers) to the list of small businesses accusing Yelp of extortion. Read more
Attacks on Social Networks Increase By 70 Percent
A survey finds that 60 percent of executives view Facebook as a security threat. Meanwhile, experts see LinkedIn as a particular area of vulnerability. Read more
Even Billionaires are Pestered By Their Accountants
If you hit it big--really big--how would you spend your money? We've known for years that the answer for Oracle's Larry Ellison is "Lavishly." But new cou... Read more
How to Steal Back Your Time
How Steve Jobs does customer service . Personally—and wi... Read more
60-Second Business Plan: Circular Logic
You've got to be either crazy or brave to think you could make a buck in Internet advertising these days. But that's just what John Strisower has in mind. Read more
Start-ups Serving Start-ups
Who's really winning in the dot-com revival? Plus, a new eBay acquisition, how to hike prices, and the rest of the day's news. Read more
Pushing Products Through The Pipeline
Frank Brady combines marketing savvy and merchandising skills to move products off the shelves. Read more
The Pirate's Life for You
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today:
Bill Niman’s Next Move
The natural-meat pioneer strikes back with a new company, BN Ranch -- and something to prove Read more
The Takeover
The story of how you can lose your business the same way you build it--one day at a time. Read more
When The Magic Goes
The adoring crowd of 300 engineers executives, and reporters fell silent. They had gathered this Friday night in the bright new site of Sente Technologies... Read more
You've Been Yelped
Yelp, the rambunctious and burgeoning customer-review website, can make or break a small business. It can also drive a business owner slightly insane. Read more
Is BlackBerry Losing Ground?
Once the reigning champion among business handhelds, BlackBerry maker RIM is steadily losing market share. What happened? Read more
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