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Top 10 South Asian Entrepreneurs
From IT services to industrial supply, these are the top small businesses run by CEOs of South Asian heritage.
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A Dating Site Thrives in Delhi
What would you do if your online start-up found a huge audience... in India? For Ignighter co-founder Adam Sachs, the answer is to hop on a plane.
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Recent Articles about South Asia
Birth of an Urban Myth
I don't know how urban myths made it before the Internet. I can't think of anything that has flourished more from it. There's a story being widely reporte... Read more
Rethinking Overseas Outsourcing
Both China and India each have a new set of privacy laws expected to go into effect in the near future. In both cases, the new laws will turn ou... Read more
Thinking About Exporting Overseas?
For some small businesses, doing business abroad is helping get them through tough times at home. Read more
India's Twitter?
A clever intern shows us that ... Read more
The End of Outsourced Service Centers?
When outsourcing became popular, many American companies rushed to set up offshore service centers in countries like India. Read more
Adam Sachs, Kevin Owocki, and Dan Osit, Founders of Ignighter
In April, University of Pennsylvania hosted the 15th annual Wharton India Economic Forum, an elite conference on growth opportunities in India. Amo... Read more
All Hail These Cabbies
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: M... Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: World Centric
How a software engineer-turned-entrepreneur ended up running one of the hottest social enterprises in the country Read more
The Pivot (or How to Learn Humility in 4 Steps)
Start-up founders don't just wake up one day and decide to launch something entirely different. It's a gradual--and more grueling--process. Read more
Opportunities for Small Businesses In India?
President Bush spoke to young entrepreneurs today in Hyderabad's Indian Sch... Read more
The Silver Lining for Jobs
Each day, Inc .'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ... Read more
The Way I Work: Rashmi Sinha of SlideShare
A fan of quick meetings and rapid software development, SlideShare CEO Rashmi Sinha would rather make mistakes than overthink. Read more
India's Entrepreneurs Unleashed; Google's New Language
From the annals of world domination: Google launches its own programming language. One of the pillars of Google's success has been efficiency, whet... Read more
Rethinking Minority Business
Population trends and globalization are making the United States even more of a melting pot and putting the Inc. 500|5000 top 10 minority CEOs ahead of the c... Read more
The Dos and Don’ts of Foreign Business Etiquette
Knowledge of cross-cultural etiquette is a critical element in all international business negotiations. Here are 11 helpful tips to learn before traveling an... View slideshow
Is the U.S. Losing Its Economic Edge?
Not a chance, thanks to innovative entrepreneurs and curious consumers. Amar Bhidé on why the techno-nationalists have it all wrong. Read more
When to Go Unvirtual
Reluctantly turning telecommuters back into office workers Read more
The High Fives: The Top 5 Minority- and Woman-Run Companies
A look at some of the most interesting people and places on the Inc. 500 Read more
Our Far Flung Companies
For the first year ever we mapped out where Inc. 500 companies do business globally. Sure there are firms outsourcing to India and China, but they're als... Read more
Going Global, Part 18: My What Pretty Hair Extensions You Have
Looking for another reason why your small business is better than a corporate behemoth? As Riva Richmond Read more
Top 10 Global Companies
From London to the Congo, here’s where Inc. 500 companies are finding opportunity abroad. View slideshow
My Story: Krishnan Menon of Phenomenon
Why this advertising and marketing company, which develops marketing campaigns for entertainment networks, consumer companies, and inventors, stays out of view Read more
Case Study: Can Solar Power Pay?
A CEO has to weigh his ideals against financial reality Read more
Tips on Managing a Virtual Workforce
When there's no corner office, no conference room, and little face-time with employees, running a business can be tricky. Four smart CEOs share strategies fo... View slideshow
A New Gig for Larry King
From CNN host to bagel pitchman. Fresh off his announcement that he will be retiring from his long-running CNN talk show, Larry King has already mo... Read more
Where CRM Is Going
In two words; the answer is "social networking". But, it comes with the condition that there are firm metrics to prove that it's helping the bottomline. <... Read more
Dubai’s Meltdown; The Biz Behind This Year's Hottest Toy
Meltdown in Dubai? The boom that put indoor ski slopes in the desert and man-made islands in the Persian Gulf looks to be coming to an end. Over th... Read more
A Battle Over Pigs Raises A Stink; India's R&D Explosion
Lessons learned from a million-dollar mistake. Entrepreneurs are forever learning from their own mistakes, so once in a while it's nice to learn fr... Read more
30 Under 30 2011: Product Slideshow
The young entrepreneurs on our 30 Under 30 list make and sell some of the coolest products we've seen. At the same time, they're making a global social impac... View slideshow
How I Did It: Amy Rees Lewis, CEO, MediConnect Global
As told to Sarah Goldstein Industry: Business Services 2007 Inc. 500 Ranking: Read more
The Value of Hiring Experience
More often than not, choosing a candidate with less experience is a detriment, not an advantage, to your business. Read more
Best Courses 2011: Sustainable Product and Market Development for Subsistence Marketplaces
Learning how to serve customers in emerging markets Read more
VC Money Heads East; The Bar Code Turns 35
A dozen cleantech IPOs That's what we'll see over the next year, according to the fervently bullish Steve Westly, former eBay marketing director an... Read more
6 Reasons You Should Snap Up a .Co Domain Name Today
Okay, tell your IT person to do this TODAY. Go snap up a .co web address for your business. Top level domain names ending in .co are available on a first-... Read more
Hot: Virtual goods, Egypt; Not: The Economy
A roundup of today's entrepreneurial headlines: Only the beginning . Stocks may be responding well to the news of a possible Read more
The Case for Dreaming Big
American businesses need the next generation of innovators to step up in order to succeed. But how do we find them? Tuck School of Business professor Vijay G... Read more
Cheap Gifts and Craig Newmark Takes the Stand
Great electronic gifts for thrifty shoppers. Tech entrepreneur Anil Dash got the idea for Last Year's ModelRead more
The Smart Way to Grow Internationally
Entrepreneurial growth companies are becoming increasingly international in scope, with operations, customers, and partners situated around the world. Acc... Read more
Good News: World War III Has Not Begun. It's Just Spam, Again
Yes, it's true the saber-rattling out of Iran became a bit more chilling this w... Read more
This Man Wants YOU to Export
Why don't more small businesses export? Suresh Kumar, who helps lead the U.S. National Export Initiative, intends to eliminate trade barriers of the psycholo... Read more
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