Entrepreneur Crowned as GQ Russia's Man of the Year
Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh nabs the cover of GQ Russia as its Businessman and Man of the Year. Read more
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Teacher Makes $1 Million Selling Lesson Plans Online
Deanna Jump became a millionaire kindergarten teacher by selling her lesson plans on Teachers Pay Teachers. Read more
Wall Streeters Get Schooled in Start-Up Life
Start-ups can rarely match the salaries Wall Street offers, but for increasingly more finance types, they offer something more important. Read more
Quick! Get Apple a New Map--for Smart Crisis Control
A buggy product launch? That's familiar territory for most tech founders... but not for Apple. Here's how the company could have minimized the damage. Read more
Kickstarter's New Rules: 'We're Not a Store'
The crowdfunding website tightened its terms of service in order to increase transparency and manage backer expectations. Read more
Companies Look to Data & Personality Tests to Recruit
More businesses are using data software and tests to weed out applicants. Read more
Trulia's IPO Blows Past Expectations
Bucking recent IPO trends, the San Francisco-based real estate website went public Thursday in a strong debut. Read more
City Threatens Business Owner in Cleanup of Vacant Lot
After city officials refused to clean the vacant lot beside Ori Fiebush's coffee shop, he decided to take matters into his own hands. Oops. Read more
Latino Entrepreneurs Get New Support
A new joint program from the SBA and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce offers networking, lender connections, and business counseling. Read more
Report: 75% of Venture-backed Start-ups Fail
One Harvard Business School professor says that a high number of venture-backed start-ups kick the bucket, while the industry says otherwise. Read more
How Is Your Smartphone Like a Slot Machine?
A Stanford psychologist offers answers for those who want to resist the temptation of their gadgets. Read more
Where College Grads Want to Work
According to a recent survey, college graduates across all concentrations agree: Their first job better be at a "cool" company. Read more
Data Start-up Offers Complete Twitter Archive for Analysis
A social data start-up now offers companies the ability to dig through the complete history of Tweets--for a price. Read more
Media Moguls Launch New Publishing Venture
The new multi-platform publisher is backed by Barry Diller and Scott Rudin, and partnering with the Atavist. Read more
Silicon Valley Titans Join Internet Lobbying Group
Facebook, Zynga, eBay, Amazon and more join The Internet Association, which will lobby for web protection and progression in Washington. Read more
Shark Tank: Not for Every Entrepreneur
The reality-TV show apparently requires participants to give up equity or royalty on profits just to appear. Read more
Calling All Innovators: NASA Wants Your Help
The agency will award up to $1.5 million to start-ups with big ideas that will benefit future space missions. Read more
Fake Alert: Don't Believe Those Online 'Reviews'
A new Gartner forecast predicts a surge in the number of bogus ratings, reviews, "likes," and other online feedback. Read more
What Entrepreneurs Really Worry About
A recent survey found small business owners believe taxes and health care are the most important issues. Read more
Report: Mobile Boosts In-store Retail Sales
A new study shows that by 2016, retail apps could account for up to 21% of that retailer's in-store sales. Read more
Square Closes $200 Million Round to Go Global
With its latest round of funding, the mobile payments start-up will focus on international expansion. Read more
Google Buys Instagram Rival For Undisclosed Amount
Following in Facebook's footsteps, Google+ picked up a software company that makes a popular photo-editing app. Read more
B-School Applications Drop for Fourth Year in a Row
Turns out, it's another bad year for business schools in the U.S., as a new survey shows a decline in the number of applications. Read more
Crowdfunding: A Way to Pay Employee Medical Bills?
A New York City bar raised $17,500 via crowdfunding to cover the cost of an employee's facial reconstructive surgery. Read more
The Winklevoss Twins Try Social Networking One More Time
With Facebook behind them, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss invest in a social network for professional investors. Read more
Small Business Poll: Obama Closing Romney Lead?
A majority of small business owners say they will "definitely" vote for Mitt Romney in November. But a new survey shows a few surprises for Obama. Read more
Ex-McDonald's Exec Building Mini Health-Food Empire
He spent 30 years learning how the world's biggest burger chain works. Now the former McDonald's COO wants to build out a healthy fast-food chain. Read more
Quirky's Overnight Race to Design Cool iPhone 5 Products
Quirky teams up with Fab to develop a line of crowdsourced accessories for the iPhone 5 and other Apple products--in just 24 hours. Read more
$3 Million 'Scholarship' for Coding Classes
Treehouse wants to help 2,500 college students circumvent the high costs of higher education by letting them use its platform for free. Read more
Chobani Founder Now a Billionaire (Yes, the Yogurt Guy)
Turkish immigrant Hamdi Ulukaya, who began selling Chobani yogurt in 2007, is now worth $1.1 billion. Read more
The Lehman Hangover, 4 Years Later
Four years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, American small businesses are still dealing with the fallout. Inc.'s reporters and editors examine... Read more
New Way to Sell Stuff on Yelp
The social review platform will give business owners the option to offer gift certificates to users. Read more
Start-Up Sells Spots in Line for iPhone 5
San Francisco-based errand service TaskRabbit offers to complete the ultimate tech task... for a price. Read more
Start-ups to SEC: Move Faster on Crowdfunding
CircleUp, AngelList, and other start-ups presented testimony today urging lawmakers to get moving on crowdfunding legislation promised in the JOBS Act. Read more
Silicon Valley Guru Blasts Y Combinator Hype
Legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla says the accelerator boosts valuations too high for reasonable investments. Read more