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Scott Shane


Recent Articles about Scott Shane

Is Entrepreneurship in Your Genes?

By Josh Spiro |  Oct 20, 2009

Research suggests that entrepreneurial qualities are heritable, but does DNA determine your ability as an entrepreneur?  Read more

Starbucks Undercover; How to Kill a Great Idea

By Jason Del Rey |  Jul 17, 2009

The recession probably won't hurt your business. Say what? Scott Shane says there's a common curiosity about recessionary effects on start-ups, but...  Read more

An Upside to The Vuvuzela?

By Nitasha Tiku |  Jun 17, 2010

10 ways to boost productivity. What do Japanese author Haruki Murakami and Twitter creator Jack Dorsey have in common? They can teach you a thing o...  Read more

What Comes after Email and Best Industries for Startups

By Max Chafkin |  Oct 12, 2009

The end of email? The Wall Street Journal gets Read more

Your Stimulus, Oscar Gold, and Measuring Buzz

By Ryan McCarthy |  Feb 20, 2009

What's in the stimulus bill for you? Slow down -- the bill clocks in at 1,000 pages. The New York Times Read more

The Best Books for Business Owners, 2008

Jan 1, 2008

If your office is anything like Inc. 's, it's overflowing with business books covering topics ranging from marketing to innova...  View slideshow

Is the U.S. Entrepreneurial Self-Image Skewed?

By Josh Spiro |  Aug 19, 2009

Experts agree that the United States has a proportionally low number of small businesses and rate of self-employment, but they disagree as to why.  Read more

Flame Wars: Valleywag vs. Steve Jobs

By Nitasha Tiku |  May 17, 2010

Dear Steve . . . By now, emailing Steve Jobs might be its own Internet meme. But Valleywag blogger Ryan Tate took Jobs' recent bout of responsiven...  Read more

Report: Falling House Prices Hurt Small Business

By Courtney Rubin |  Dec 23, 2010

One in five small business owners borrow against their homes to fund their businesses.  Read more

Study: Entrepreneurs Find Edge in Tech, Science

By Melanie Brooks |  Mar 16, 2006

A new SBA report shows where fast-growing companies have an advantage over larger competitors.  Read more

Your Brain on Technology

By Christine Lagorio |  Jun 7, 2010

Missing a million-dollar e-mail. It's every multitasker's nightmare: losing crucial piece of data in the electronic flood. While shifting through o...  Read more

Entrepreneurs: Risk-Takers or Predators?

By Jason Del Rey |  Jan 14, 2010

Why founders matter . They make the kinds of decisions that professional managers--whose main concern is shareholder value--never could make, says F...  Read more

Apple Ousts Shady Developer; The Anti-Mario Barth

By Nitasha Tiku |  Aug 6, 2009

Inside the mysteries of Netflix's Chicago warehouse. Netflix has 58 warehouses nationwide, but only one serving greater Chicago's 10.6 million subs...  Read more

Look Before You Leap

By Timothy Bates |  Jul 1, 1995

A professor of economics looks at recent research concerning franchising, and offers tips about franchising.  Read more