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Watch Those VCs Smile

The top 10 venture capital firms of 1993.  Read story

CEOs Gossip About the VCs

The 1,500 entrepreneurs who rank VCs at The Funded have expressed some very strong opinions. Inc. does not endorse these views but is happy to quote...  Read story

Private Equity Fundraising Stays Strong in Q3

October 19, 2005 --Private equity firms reported a healthy influx of new investment in the third quarter, according to a quarterly report ...  Read story

Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 - John Bicket and Sanjit Biswas, Meraki

#22 John Bicket #23 Sanjit Biswas Meraki Age: 28 (Bicket) and 26 (Bi...  Read story

Peaks And Valleys

Venture capitalist Don Valentine scaled the entrepreneurial heights as a key investor in Apple Computer, Altos Computer Systems, and Tandem. Now, amidst unce...  Read story

Any Given Start-Up

In years past, only a Super Bowl ring could light up the eyes of a burly football player. Now he's just as likely to perk up over a new dot-com. Pro athletes...  Read story

The Connector

Social networking has changed the way people communicate online. Sam Altman decided to take that concept and get people out into the real world.  Read story

Venture Capital After The Fall

How the dealmakers see it  Read story

The Zappos Way of Managing

How Tony Hsieh uses relentless innovation, stellar customer service, and a staff of believers to make Zappos.com an e-commerce juggernaut -- and one of the m...  Read story

The Classroom vs. the Real World

For years, business schools have been criticized for focusing too much on analysis and not enough on practical experience. But as more and more students turn...  Read story

Find the Fox

Someone on your target's team wants to help you.  Read story

VCs are Thinking Small

VC's are learning that tiny deals can go a long way.  Read story

Boing! Whiz! Bang! Dunk!

Dancing chefs and blue martinis -- iLounge sounds like a rowdy day of fun and games. But despite its hilarity, iLounge offers some hard-core business lessons...  Read story

Fiscal Therapy

At a two-day "boot camp" for high-tech start-ups, CEOs thought they'd be learning how to attract Silicon Valley investors. What they got was even more import...  Read story

Electric sports cars. Solar power. Space travel.

Finally, an entrepreneur who's not afraid to think really, really big.  Read story

Entrepreneur of the Year: Elon Musk

Electric sports cars. Solar power. Space travel. Finally, an entrepreneur who's not afraid to think really, really big.  Read story

A Notorious Icon of the First Dotcom Bubble Returns, inc5000 Article - Inc. Article

Phil Kaplan isn't a forgotten footnote to the dotcom bust -- in case you were hoping. He's back and doing very well, thanks. Kaplan became notoriou...  Read story

Cool, Determined & Under 30

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

Who’s Behind TheFunded.com?

A mysterious new website lets entrepreneurs talk trash about their VCs.  Read story

Dear John

What happens when the venture capitalists find profit in your company -- but don't see profit in you?  Read story

The Start-up Guru

Paul Graham's business school and investment fund, Y Combinator, has launched 145 companies -- for a lot less money than you would think  Read story

Upstarts: Rookie Venture Capital

A look at how three businessmen with no venture capital experience started Redleaf Venture Management. Plus, several shorter articles about why so many green...  Read story

What Business Would You Start?

Nearly 50 business luminaries, ranging from H. Ross Perot to Ed McMahon, are asked what businesses to start.  Read story

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