Case Study: Josh Levy and Ross Cohen of BeenVerified
After 11 months and $550,000, they had gotten nowhere. Could they really gamble what was left on a hunch? Read more
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30 Under 30: 2011 Party 
This year's honorees celebrated their accomplishments and shared their experiences of making it onto the list. Watch video
Did Your Parents Make You an Entrepreneur?
This generation is mad about starting small companies. Could parenting be behind the entrepreneurial drive? Read more
Cool Start-up? Stay in School Anyway
Want to be the next Mark Zuckerberg? Here's one way you shouldn't follow in his footsteps, writes venture capitalist Brad Feld. Read more
Is the 54-Hour Start-up a Myth?
How does Startup Weekend turn strangers into teams into companies in less than three days? A review of the new book that documents the process. Read more
What to Do About a Negative Review
Main Street Hub, a start-up that wants to help you manage your reputation on social media, received $2.6 million in funding. Read more
Will GenY Entrepreneurship Be a Disaster?
How could anyone think that GenY's love of entrepreneurship is a bad thing? You'd be surprised. Read more
Reader Mail: October 2011
Readers respond to our our story about globetrotting 21-year-old Ankur Jain and our How I Did It feature package, along with columns by Jason Fried and Meg H... Read more
How Tasty Catering Became an Illinois Incubator
On the verge of losing the business, CEO Tom Walter looked to young employees to turn his business around, and then helped them fund their own. Read more
Made in Louisiana
Two New York fashionistas launch their fashion house Jolie & Elizabeth in New Orleans and lead the charge of bringing fashion back to the Garden District. Read more
Inc. 5000 Update: Electronic Payments
Michael Nardy started out trying to earn some beer money and ended up with a $42.7 million payment-processing business. Read more
Viewpoints: The Perks of Running a Successful Business
Johnny Earle, founder of Johnny Cupcakes, takes a victory lap. Read more
Meet the College Dropouts
The four young entrepreneurs who dropped out of school to take $100,000 in angel funding from Peter Thiel Read more
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? Read more
What You Missed at DreamIt Demo Day
A sampling of the unusual pitches at this year's showcase of 14 fund-seeking start-ups. Read more
The 'Teach for America' for Entrepreneurs?
Andrew Yang, through Venture for America, wants to send an army of new college grads out to start-ups in cities nationwide and help resuscitate their falteri... Read more
Rob Kalin Out as Etsy CEO
Etsy's CTO, Chad Dickerson, is taking the lead role at the online handmade and vintage marketplace from its 30-year-old founder. Read more
Brian Wong, Founder of Kiip.me
He is the founder of Kiip.me, a rewards network and the youngest person to receive funding by a venture capital firm. Watch video
How to Create an Investor Presentation
Making an investor presentation. A step-by-step guide to making a presentation that investors will love. Read more
Meet This Year's Top Young Entrepreneurs
They’re among the most intriguing young business owners in America—and they’ve barely gotten started. Read more
Jordan Goldman, Founder of Unigo
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Jordan Goldman, founder of Unigo, a website with student-generated college information. Read more
Adam Witty, Founder of Advantage Media Group
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Adam Witty, Founder of Advantage Media Group, a book publishing company. Read more
David Gorodyansky and Eugene Malobrodsky, Founders of AnchorFree
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: David Gorodyansky and Eugene Malobrodsky, Founders of AnchorFree, which provides secure Web access. Read more
Adam Goldstein and Steve Huffman, Founders of Hipmunk
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Adam Goldstein and Steve Huffman, founders of Hipmunk, a clean and simple flight and hotel search site. Read more
Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, Founders of Dropbox
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi founded file-syncing service Dropbox to stop digital chaos. Read more
Gianna Driver, Founder of Gianna Fair Trade
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Gianna Driver, Founder of Gianna Fair Trade, a website helping women gain economic independence. Read more
Jennifer Schnidman Medbery, Founder of Drop the Chalk
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Jennifer Schnidman Medbery, Founder of Drop the Chalk, educational software that helps teachers at New Orleans charter school. Read more
Matt Lauzon, Founder of Gemvara
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Matt Lauzon, Founder of Gemvara, a company that does mass customization of jewelry. Read more
Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp, Founders of Birchbox
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 List: Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp, Founders of Birchbox, send curated samples of beauty products to subscribers. Read more
Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser, Founders of Grasshopper
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser, Founders of Grasshopper, created a virtual system for entrepreneurs. Read more
Jason Ross, Founder of JackThreads
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Jason Ross, Founder of JackThreads.com, cool and edgy fashion for men on flash sale website. Read more
Hussein Fazal and Kristaps Ronka, Founders of AdParlor
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Hussein Fazal and Kristaps Ronka, Founders of AdParlor, Inc., a company that optimizes Facebook Ads. Read more
Matt Mickiewicz, Co-founder of 99designs
Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Matt Mickiewicz, Co-Founder of 99designs, provides crowd-sourced design services. Read more
Christopher Kelly and Ryan Simonetti, Founders of Sentry Centers
Two college buddies teamed up to take unused space in office buildings, renovate it, and transform it into off-site meeting destinations. Read more
Rochelle Behrens, Founder of The Shirt by Rochelle Behrens
When Rochelle Behrens was a lobbyist for a Washington, D.C., public affairs firm, she'd pin her conservative button-down shirts from the inside so ... Read more
