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Introducing TrendWatch, a weekly video series about the most important topics you need to know to run your small business now. This week: What Obama's jobs plan means for small business.
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Obama’s Big Gamble Over Small Business Job Growth
How can Obama have the biggest impact when he speaks to Congress about job creation Thursday evening?
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Growth Is in Overdrive on This Year’s Inc. 500
Companies that create jobs create the future, as Inc. 500 companies have been proving for 30 years. See these people here? Now it’s their turn.
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A Few Thousand Reasons to Be Optimistic
Despite one of the most stagnant economic periods in recent memory, Inc. 5000 companies continue to growâ€"with a surprise industry leading the charge.
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The Future of Venture for America
They're wide-eyed students interested in entrepreneurship, but they're eschewing incubators and sidestepping venture funding. What gives?
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Manufacturers and Retailers Rebounded in December
Two industries battered during the recent recession are showing signs of renewed vitality—and fueling an economic recovery, the Fed reports. Read more
In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism
We venture to the very heart of the hell that is Scandinavian socialism—and find out that it’s not so bad. Pricey, yes, but a good place to start and run... Read more
Best Industries for Starting a Business, 2011
Have an itch to start something? Look to barber shops, online dating, public relations, and--surprise--the auto industry. Read more
Is the "Check In" Era Nearly Over?
Who's ringing the death knell? Plus, San Francisco's start-up "gentrification" and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs. Read more
How to Prepare Your Business for Inflation
Norm Brodsky warns that a period of high inflation is coming and offers tips on what you need to do now. Read more
Case Study: How Timing Is Everything
These chocolatiers get a dream order they can't ignore—or can they? Read more
Clinton Corrals Start-ups for Job-Creation Talks
Yep, it's still the economy stupid, and the former president is talking small business and job creation at the Clinton Global Initiative this week. Read more
A Lesson From the World's Richest People
What strategies can you learn about running your business from Switzerland? Read more
Study: Start-ups Smaller, Creating Fewer Jobs
Kauffman Foundation analysis shows even successful small businesses aren't adding jobs at the rates they did in previous decades. Read more
How to Contest an Unemployment Claim
If you feel a former worker is filing an unemployment benefits claim that you should not have to pay, there are steps you can take to contest it. Read more
The Internet Never Forgets
The Web of regret. Memory in the age of omnipresent Internet is the subject of The New York Times Magazine's Read more
Entrepreneurs Think Like Consumers
The SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard results are in and they're revealing more of the sa... Read more
The 2010 Inc. 5000: Top 10 Job Creators
With unemployment statistics all over the media, the job market can feel all doom and gloom these days. But, these Inc. 5000 companies have been the bright s... View slideshow
The Clean-up Crew
Do you have high credit card bills or an unused timeshare? A number of today's fastest-growing companies are helping consumers to undo the bad choices they m... Read more
America's Fastest-Growing Real Estate Company
Bootstrapping CEO Scott DeNeve survived when the housing bubble burst by cramming into a small office and keeping debts to zero. Read more
Reader Mail: October 2010
Responses to Inc.’s plan for revitalizing the American dream. Read more
A Craft-Beer Stimulus Plan?
A tax cut for craft brewers aims to spur local employment. 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
6 Top Performing Industries for 2011
Want to start a business in 2011? Market researcher IBISWorld has targeted six industries with high potential for growth in the year to come for small and me... View slideshow
Three Small Business Owners Who Love Obama's Stimulus
Some Inc. 500|5000 CEOs are in the right industries to benefit from the President's emergency funds. Read more
Nation Could Lose Two Million More Jobs
The labor market won't improve in the near future, a business research firm says. Read more
Report: Small Businesses Slashing Jobs
Declines indicate that the recession is affecting employers of all sizes. Read more
How Important Are Startups to the Economy?
Without the jobs new companies create, yearly employment growth would be negative. Read more
Small Businesses Slash Jobs
But number of open positions suggests better times ahead. Read more
Auto Sales Bolster Overall Retail
Retail sales were on the rise for the second consecutive month in June, as a result of climbing automotive and gasoline sales. Read more
First-Time Claims for Jobless Benefits on the Rise
Numbers are bad news for retailers hoping for more consumer spending. Read more
How to Maximize Holiday Sales and Profits
Advice for small businesses on how to prepare for the holiday season by generating customer loyalty, implementing timely marketing, and determining inventory... Read more
Immigration, Valley Blues, and Easy Managing Tips
Immigration and innovation. In the New York Times, Thomas Friedman has a Read more
Advanta Cuts Its Credit Cards; A New Era in Antitrust
Europe fines Intel $1.45 billion in a record antitrust case. The EU released its scheduled verdict against Intel today and it was a resounding vict... Read more
The "Other" Entrepreneurship; Inside Intuit
Private companies still cutting back . A new employment report from ADP estimates that private companies Read more
How We Pick the Best Cities
This year's rankings continue the methodology used last year, which emphasizes the robustness of a region's growth and allows the rankings to include all ... Read more
Job Growth Weakens
Cuts at large corporations last month reversed modest employment gains at smaller firms, recent reports show. Read more
Retail Sales Hit Five-Year Low
A weaker holiday shopping season has many store owners rethinking pricing and marketing strategies. Read more
The Economy This Week
Small-business outlook continues to fade; job growth drops to four-month low. Read more
The Economy This Week
Small-business owners raise prices amid weaker sales; jobless claims fall. Read more
The Economy This Week
Housing market continues to slide; gas prices and jobless claims ease up. Read more
The Economy This Week
Small-business outlook fades; payroll gains mixed with rising jobless claims. Read more
Jobless Claims Surge
Despite job gains at smaller firms, more workers are filing for unemployment benefits. Read more
The Economy This Week
Leading economic indicators retreat; consumer prices continue to rise. Read more
The Economy This Week
Small-business optimism improves; jobless claims surge. Read more
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