Articles From 2012 In July
Fri Jul 12 2012
- Clean Energy: This Huge Growth Industry's New Potential - Billy Parish
- Square to Alleged Mobile Payment Copycat: Back Off - Abigail Tracy
- Under Armour's 4 Tips for Building a Mighty Brand - Caitlin Berens
- Why Small Businesses Should Never Outsource Sales - Vanessa Merit Nornberg
- Start-up Offers Workers $7,500 to Take a Break - Caitlin Berens
- Business-Card App Hashable Dies: 4 Reasons Why - Minda Zetlin
- Why the Crowdsourcing Trend Is Misguided - Jon Burgstone and Bill Murphy Jr.
- Serial Entrepreneurs: What They Can't Resist - Daniel Wolfman and Chris Beier
- Your Most Important Small Business Investment - Jeff Haden
- Secrets of a Master Negotiator - Matthew Swyers
- Angry Birds Maker Rovio Launches New Game, Amazing Alex - Jillian D'Onfro
- Surprising Ways to Find Great Start-up Ideas - Penelope Trunk
- Michael Moritz Gives $116 Million to Oxford - John McDermott
- Selfish Mistake That's Hurting Your Team - Jessica Stillman
- Leadership Lessons from 1960s Sitcom The Andy Griffith Show - John Baldoni
- 3 Steps to Innovate Like Google - Karl Stark and Bill Stewart
- How to Design Better Products: Look to Customers for Clues - Erik Sherman
- Make a Great First Impression: 7 Smart Tricks - Geoffrey James
- 5 Start-ups Keeping Home-Cooling Costs Low - Eric Markowitz
- IDEO Launches Start-up in Residence Program - Maeghan Ouimet
Thu Jul 11 2012
- Game Console-Maker Ouya Breaks Kickstarter Record - Maeghan Ouimet
- Company Culture: Business Values Lead to Profits? Let's Prove It - Paul Spiegelman
- Job Market: Job Openings Up as Hiring Slows - John McDermott
- 6 Big Tech Debuts in 2013 - John Brandon
- Social Media Marketing Mistake Every Small Business Makes - Jeff Haden
- Run a Successful & Productive Remote Team - Jessica Stillman
- Makers Mark: A Kentucky Family Business, an Iconic Seal & a Lawsuit - Eric Markowitz
- How to Leave Your Small Business & Take Vacation (Translation: You Don't Have to) - Gene Marks
- Selling Your Business? How to Negotiate a Purchase Offer - Mike Handelsman
- IPO Market Heating Up in July - Nicole Carter
- Getting to Scale: 4 Essentials - Alan Ying
- Immortality Possible in Just 30 Years? - Kevin Bailey
- Start-up Founders: How to Boost Your Self-Confidence - Tara Hunt
- Biggest Obstacle to Business Growth - Tom Searcy
- 5 Tools for HR, Hiring & Project Management - John Brandon
- London's Small Businesses Get Creative to Survive the Olympic Games - Tim Donnelly
- How Not to Run a Business Meeting: 9 Tips - Jeff Haden
- Licensing: What You Need to Know - Laura Smoliar
- Wall Street Advice: Lie to Customers - Geoffrey James
- Bitly Gets $15 Million in Funding Led by Khosla Ventures - Jillian D'Onfro
- 'Silicon Valley' Reality Show Starts Filming - Maeghan Ouimet
- Uber Fights Washington, D.C., Amendment--and Wins - Maeghan Ouimet
- Christie Rampone's 5 Rules for No-Nonsense Leadership - Christie Rampone
- Lessons from Basketball's Olympic 'Dream Team' - Caroline Limpert
- What Do Olympians and Entrepreneurs Have in Common? Obsession - Penelope Trunk
- Success Strategy: 5 Ways to Beat Mediocrity - Les McKeown
- An Olympian's Shoulder: Best Ad Space Ever? - Nicole Carter
- Made in America: Outfitting Olympic Gymnasts - Nicole Carter
- Elemental Technologies: Bringing the Olympics to Your iPhone - Eric Markowitz
- Meet the Scrappy Design Firm Behind the Olympic Torch - Nicole Carter
Wed Jul 10 2012
- Kickstarter Expanding to U.K. - Caitlin Berens
- Customer Service: Secrets to Making it Great - Scott Gerber
- 6 Steps to Making Your New Product a Success - Peter Cohan
- 7 Social Media Tips to Turn You Into a Rockstar Speaker - Eric Holtzclaw
- Venture Capital Firm Kleiner Perkins Loses Round in Case Against Ellen Pao - John McDermott
- Taking the Mystery Out of Mergers - David Lonsdale
- Knowing When It's Time to Pivot - Karl Stark and Bill Stewart
- 5 Tips for Managing a Decentralized Workforce - Michael A. Olguin
- When Smart People Get Stupid - Tom Searcy
- The Case for Keeping a Fluid Employee Structure - Curt Richardson
- Make People Happy at Work: 3 Strategies - Margaret Heffernan
- Clif Bar's Kevin Cleary: Secret to Success? Passionate Employees - Inc. staff
- Building a Better Company Culture - Inc. staff
- Google to Pay $22.5M Penalty for Privacy Violations - Abigail Tracy
- You Need to Look Beyond the Numbers - Inc. staff
- Here's a Business Model that Works - Inc. staff
- Clif Bar's Strategy: 5 Bottom Lines - Inc. staff
- My Employees Are Happy. Are Yours? - Inc. staff
- Why Engagement Drives Results - Inc. staff
- The Bird, the Bike & the Blue Behind Warby Parker's Brand
- 'Zombies' Are Costing Your Business - Jessica Stillman
- How to Be More Charismatic: 10 Tips - Jeff Haden
- How to Sell: 10 Essential Rules for Sales Calls - Barry Farber
- Competitive Advantage: Why Scarcity Works - Jon Burgstone
- Firing Employees: Worst Story. Ever. - Jeff Haden
- 3 Who Turned Tragedy Into Success - Geoffrey James
- The Best Entrepreneurship Book Ever Has Nothing to Do With Business - Bill Murphy Jr.
- My 'First Day' at Work - Steve Cody
- Small Business Optimism Down in June - Jillian D'Onfro
- Report: 70 Is the New 65 - Maeghan Ouimet
- How to Retain Your Best Employees - Mayra Jimenez
- Merchants May Get Credit Card Surcharge Rights - Maeghan Ouimet
Tue Jul 09 2012
- Recruiting & Growth: Hire Fewer, More Expensive People - Frank Addante
- Chobani vs. PepsiCo: Yogurt Start-up to Face New Goliath - Caitlin Berens
- Performance Reviews: What Your Employees Are Really Thinking - Jeff Haden
- 6 Online Legal & Business Tools for Forming a Company - John Brandon
- Ajay Agarwal: Next Big Opportunity Is Big Data for Marketing - Minda Zetlin
- Big Idea: City Bikes by Subscription - Ryan Underwood
- PR Crisis Management: 3 Things You Must Do - Jeff Haden
- Become the Next McDonald's: 3 Steps - Karl Stark and Bill Stewart
- Hiring & Recruiting | Hire Right the First Time: 5 Steps - Vanessa Merit Nornberg
- Entice Mobile Users to Open Your Emails: 3 Tips - Janine Popick
- More Recruiters Using LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter - Jillian D'Onfro
- Guilt Can Make You a Better Leader - J.J. McCorvey
- Following the VC Money: WhoGotFunded.com - Darren Dahl
- Kayak Set for IPO - John McDermott
- Shy? 3 Neat Tricks for Overcoming Social Anxiety - Jessica Stillman
- 7 Traits of Truly Inspiring Leaders - Geoffrey James
- Convincing Diners to Go for Greek Wines - Clarissa Cruz
- How to Generate More Sales Prospects--No Hard Sell Required - Scott Steinberg
- B2B Marketing on Facebook, Simplified - Howard Greenstein
- Make Failure Good for You - Marla Tabaka
- 4 Steps to Go From Founder to CEO - Les McKeown
- Digital Payments: Still Too Costly for Small Businesses - Maeghan Ouimet
- What You Missed This Weekend | July 9, 2012 - Abigail Tracy
Mon Jul 08 2012
- Tech Camps Aim to Cultivate Teen Entrepreneurs - Maeghan Ouimet
Sun Jul 07 2012
- Buffett, Zuckerberg & the Meeting of Billionaires - Caitlin Berens
Sat Jul 06 2012
- Founder Resentment: How to Avoid It - Mark Peter Davis
- Why Tech Founders Are the Best CEOs - Jillian D'Onfro
- Win Your Digital Strategy Across Platforms: 5 Steps - Amy Buckner Chowdhry
- Selling Your Business: Gain the Buyer's Trust - Mike Handelsman
- YBUY: Killer Retail Strategy Finally Comes to Tech - Erik Sherman
- Business Strategy: Be an Opportunist or Opportunistic? - Jeff Haden
- Grow Your Business by Buying Domain Names - Phil Simon
- Grow Bigger, Better, Faster: 6 Lessons - Karl Stark and Bill Stewart
- A Category With Economic Growth? Entrepreneurs - Allison Fass
- Being CEO Makes Me a Better Mother - Shazi Visram
- The Reality of Protecting Your Company's Secrets - Chas Rampenthal
- Unemployment Remains Flat at 8.2% Despite Private Sector Growth - John McDermott
- Why Mark Zuckerberg Is a Terrible Role Model - Jessica Stillman
- Customer Retention: The Real Way to Keep Customers From Leaving - Geoffrey James
- Best Advice I Ever Got: Heidi Allstop - Young Entrepreneur Council
- Start-ups Tackle Carpooling & Car-sharing - Caitlin Berens
- Study: Office Dogs Reduce Work-Related Stress, Increase Productivity and Cooperation - John McDermott
- Employee Wellness Programs Pay Off - Maeghan Ouimet
Fri Jul 05 2012
- Gold-Medal Ambitions - Ryan Underwood
- Classic Brand Struggles to Balance Old & New - Issie Lapowsky
- Elevator Pitch: WeddingLovely Helps Plan the Big Day - J.J. McCorvey
- Apple to Release a Mini-iPad? - Abigail Tracy
- Will a Revamped Education Platform Give Google an Edge? - Jillian D'Onfro
- 7 Habits of Web-Savvy Entrepreneurs - Ilya Pozin
- New Data Shows Promising Signs For the Job Market - John McDermott
- Prepare for Obamacare: 4 Tips - Tom Searcy
- Inspire Your Workforce: 3 Tips - Matthew Swyers
- Bob Diamond Didn't Know What Was Going on at Barclays? - Margaret Heffernan
- How to Boost Creativity & Innovation in 10 Minutes - Jeff Haden
- Solve Your Business Problems By Asking Why - Karl Stark and Bill Stewart
- Intuit's Scott Cook on Failed Global Expansion - Daniel Wolfman and Chris Beier
- Health Care Reform: 11 Business Opportunities & Ways to Profit - Gene Marks
- Top 3 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make - Minda Zetlin
- Why Leadership Is so Hard - Brian Evje
- America's Schools: Innovation Killers? - Jessica Stillman
- Cold Calling: How to Get Past 'No' - Geoffrey James
- Facebook Snaps Up Apps in Its Own Backyard - Jillian D'Onfro
- Don't Do Office Politics? Then You Don't Do Leadership. - Samuel Bacharach
- Translation Services: Bullet-Proof Business? - Maeghan Ouimet
Thu Jul 04 2012
- In Inbox Hell? Time to Admit You're an Email Sinner - Jessica Stillman
- Things I Can't Live Without: Mally Roncal - Judith Ohikuare
- Smarter Online Marketing: 4 Tips - Erik Sherman
- High Schoolers Getting Start-up Chops Early - Maeghan Ouimet
- Face Time, Any Time: Best Video Chat Tools - John Brandon
Wed Jul 03 2012
- Reputation Management Put to the Test - John Brandon
- A Gen-Xer's Rant: What's Wrong with My Millennial Employees? - Mayra Jimenez
- Why Entrepreneurs Should Rejoice at Supreme Court Health Care Decision - Lewis Schiff
- What it Takes to Stay 'Made In America' - Eric Markowitz
- 7 Companies Older Than America
- Social Media Marketing: Not Enough Return for Small Business? - Jeff Haden
- Economic and Political Uncertainty? Small Business Owners Remain Cautious - Michael Alter
- QR Codes? Don't Bother. 5 Reasons - Eric Holtzclaw
- What Marketing Can't Do for You - Tom Searcy
- Put Your Values on the Wall (Literally) - Inc. staff
- Amazon to Buy Mapping Start-up UpNext - Abigail Tracy
- John Caplan: Strategies from a Successful Serial Entrepreneur - Inc. staff
- Hate Being Told What to Do? You're an Entrepreneur - Inc. staff
- John Caplan: From Doorman to Wildly Successful Entrepreneur - Inc. staff
- How You Know When To Change Strategy - Inc. staff
- If You're Not Scared, You Won't Succeed - Inc. staff
- Know What Makes You Tick - Inc. staff
- A Good Team Is More Than Friendship - Inc. staff
- Why Performance Should Be Measured - Inc. staff
- U.S. Manufacturing Slows for First Time in 3 Years - John McDermott
- Make Corporate Blogging Painless: 3 Ways - Aaron Aders
- 23 Signs Your Web Developer Is Not an Online Marketer - Hollis Thomases
- When a Joint Venture Makes Sense - Karl Stark and Bill Stewart
- 5 Ways to Forecast New Business Trends - Minda Zetlin
- Design Your Company, Not Your Product - Tim Donnelly
- How to Be a Better Manager: Do Nothing - Jessica Stillman
- Business Email Etiquette: 5 Emails You Should Never Send - Geoffrey James
- 5 Steps to a Smarter You - Patricia Fletcher
- Fred Wilson: The Challenges With Going Mobile - Jillian D'Onfro
- U.S. Patent Office Coming to Silicon Valley - Maeghan Ouimet
- Thoroughly Counterintuitive Approach to the Art of Leading - Leigh Buchanan
- The Way I Work | Michael Kirban, Vita Coco - Reshma Memon Yaqub
- Legacy: George Rathmann, 1927-2012 - Jeff Bailey
- Now Hear This: 4 Top Earbuds - Adam Baer
- Norm Brodsky on Knowing When to End a Partnership - Norm Brodsky
- Norm Brodsky on Solving Business Setbacks - Norm Brodsky
- Meg Codoux Hirshberg on Putting Family First - Meg Cadoux Hirshberg
- Jason Fried on Walking Away From a Successful Product - Jason Fried
- How to Fight On Online Smear Campaign - April Joyner
- BBQ Company Gets a Grilling on Shark Tank - Amy Barrett
- A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books - Leigh Buchanan
- Adrian Grenier, the Entrepreneur - Issie Lapowsky
- The Leanest Start-up in Silicon Valley - Leigh Buchanan
- Investors: the More, the Merrier? - April Joyner
- Norm Brodsky on the Difference Between a Mentor and a Consultant - Norm Brodsky
Tue Jul 02 2012
- Don't Accept 'No' For An Answer - Tim Rice
- Ace Customer Service Every Time: 5 Rules - Vanessa Merit Nornberg
- Twitter Ends Relationship with LinkedIn - Abigail Tracy
- Why We Are Made in USA - Eliza Browning
- Small Business Lending on the Rise - John McDermott
- Facebook Marketing: Engagement Is Short, Market Share Slipping - Erik Sherman
- Sony to Acquire Cloud-Gaming Platform Gaikai for $380M - Caitlin Berens
- Motivate Employees: 4 Techniques to Try - John Baldoni
- Reclaim Your Personal Productivity: 4 Ways - Janine Popick
- Eboo Patel: How to Build an Inspirational Business - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Only Do What You Do Best - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- 'How I Know My Audience' - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- My Life at 30,000 Feet - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Finding Your Company's Purpose - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Why You Need Inspiration to Run a Business - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Your Business Is a Blank Canvas - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Entrepreneurs Aren't Always CEO Material - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Balancing Work & Life Is a Skill - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Never Stop Thinking About Your Next Move - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Build a Track Record of Success - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- How Do You Have Fun? - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Living With Your Decisions - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Biggest Struggle? Staying the Course - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Your Company's Mission Should Keep You Up at Night - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Become More Passionate Every Day - Malachi Leopold and Scotty Cadenhead
- Kids & Career: 5 Ways to Have It All - Stacey Epstein
- Red Hat CEO: How to Inspire Employees - Jeff Haden
- How N-Hance Built Its Business Inside Home Depot - Minda Zetlin
- Face It: It's Time to Hire an Assistant - Marla Tabaka
- 4 Strategies for Painless Sales - Rene Shimada Siegel
- 30 Under 30 Alumni: Where Are They Now? - Inc. staff
- What You Missed This Weekend | July 2, 2012 - Abigail Tracy
- Meet the Judges | 30 Under 30 2012 - Donna Fenn
- Success Tactic: Answer These 10 Questions - Geoffrey James
- 30 Under 30: John Hering, James Burgess, and Kevin Mahaffey of Lookout Mobile Security - J.J. McCorvey
- Watch Videos and Cast Your Vote!
- 30 Under 30: Amy Jain and Daniella Yacobovsky, BaubleBar - Nicole Carter
- 30 Under 30: The Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs of 2012 - Donna Fenn
- 30 Under 30: Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski, Codecademy - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
- 30 Under 30: Lucas Buick and Ryan Dorshorst, Synthetic - Nicole Carter
- 30 Under 30: Rachel Weeks, School House - Donna Fenn
- 30 Under 30: Andrew Laffoon and Aryk Grosz, Mixbook - Donna Fenn
- 30 under 30: Ilya Pozin, Ciplex - Lindsay Blakely
- 30 Under 30: Desiree Vargas Wrigley, GiveForward - April Joyner
- 30 under 30: Allison Lami Sawyer, Rebellion Photonics - Donna Fenn
- 30 under 30: Nathan Sigworth, PharmaSecure - Issie Lapowsky
- 30 Under 30: Joe Coleman, Shane Snow & Dave Goldberg, Contently - Darren Dahl
- Inc.'s 30 under 30: Ziver Birg, Zivelo - Donna Fenn
- 30 Under 30: Kfir and Elram Gavrieli, Tieks - Christina DesMarais
- 30 Under 30: Ray Land, Fabulous Coach Lines - Darren Dahl
- 30 Under 30: Jesse Thomas and Leslie Bradshaw, Jess3 - J.J. McCorvey
- 30 under 30: Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez, Back to the Roots - Donna Fenn
- 30 Under 30: Fan Bi & Danny Wong, Blank Label - Eric Markowitz
- 30 Under 30: Ben Milne, Dwolla - Eric Markowitz
- 30 under 30: Yoav Lurie and Justin Segall, Simple Energy - Donna Fenn
- 30 under 30: Craig Cordes and Antonio LaMartina, Big Easy Blends - Donna Fenn
- 30 under 30: Sarah Schupp, University Parent Media - Judith Ohikuare
- 30 under 30: Steve Espinosa, AppStack - Christina DesMarais
- Jeremy Johnson, Founder of 2tor - April Joyner
- 30 Under 30: Daniel Ek, Spotify - Burt Helm
- 30 Under 30: Aza Raskin, Massive Health - Donna Fenn
- Adam Pritzker, Matthew Brimer & Brad Hargreaves, Founders of General Assembly - Donna Fenn
- 30 Under 30: Jude Gomilla & Immad Akhund, Heyzap - Christina DesMarais
- 30 Under 30 List: Amber Case and Aaron Parecki, Geoloqi - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
- 30 Under 30: Tyler Hartung, Daniel Epstein & Teju Ravilochan, The Unreasonable Institute - Donna Fenn
- 30 Under 30: Alfredo Atanacio & Rodolfo Schildknecht, Uassist.ME - Darren Dahl
- Music Boosts Productivity and Morale - Maeghan Ouimet
- Ben Silbermann & Evan Sharp, Founders of Pinterest - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Mon Jul 01 2012
- More Small Business Owners Selling in 2012 - Caitlin Berens