I’m happy to announce that Dave Feldman has joined CrunchFund as our first Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR). Dave has deep product and engineering experience. Most recently he was at AOL as Senior Director, Special Projects. He volunteered to lead t…
- 3 days ago, 15 May 12, 9:45pm -

Dueling Facebook IPO demand stories today: Bloomberg at 4:53 am: Facebook IPO Said to Get Weaker-Than-Forecast Demand Reuters at 5:53 am: Facebook’s IPO already oversubscribed: source Confusing? Yep. Here’s what’s going on. The Bloomberg story…
- 7 days ago, 11 May 12, 10:54pm -

Interesting line in PandoDaily’s article a couple of days ago about TechCrunch – “Kara Swisher was kicking some tires [about buying TechCrunch] to add the brands to the expanding All Things D franchise.” Then a full retraction yesterday: Ther…
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 5:48pm -

Why?
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 3:38am -

Rocky Agrawal, who writes regularly for VentureBeat, is getting some criticism on Twitter for slamming Groupon repeatedly without disclosing that he has financial bets against the company. A recent post – Why Groupon Now won’t work, where he heav…
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 1:55am -

Google tells me to be on the lookout for a better Google+ notification experience in email in the next week. And by “email” they mean Gmail. And by “better” they mean more precious email real estate given up to a service that I don’t use. A…
- 10 days ago, 9 May 12, 1:10am -

The news that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has lied about having a computer science degree is now four days old. Neither Yahoo nor Thompson have denied that this happened or have presented any sort of story that mitigates the damage. And as of today Thom…
- 11 days ago, 8 May 12, 4:36am -

Yahoo’s Code Of Ethics clearly prohibits things like falsifying biographical and resume information. Page 13 of that linked document, for example, urges employees to make sure that any information disclosed is clear, truthful and accurate. The lega…
- 15 days ago, 4 May 12, 4:48am -

“The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has lied about receiving a computer science degree. Or at any rate he’s never corrected his biographical information that includes that i…
- 15 days ago, 4 May 12, 12:56am -

This is fun. Angela Wong won employee of the month at WhaleShark Media (crunchbase), and with that came a three minute grab everything you can at Costco shopping spree. Wong did a practice run the day before, which paid off. She managed to grab $25,0…
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- 36 days ago, 13 Apr 12, 1:49pm -

Dustin Hillis “Navigate” in Estonia - Selling the way people like to buyFB fanpage is being built by GoodOnion Design:Click here to check out the FB Fanpage!
- 95 days ago, 14 Feb 12, 2:13am -

First 5 may be the lucky ones chosen to get a free FB landingpage from GoodOnion! www.facebook.com/GoodOnionsIm building free FB fanpages now together with David. He is also a professional motion graphics designer and did all this you ca see in tha…
- 7 Feb 12, 6:02pm -

Gmail with Rapportive, Highrise & Boomerang = Lifehacker Heaven
- 20 Jan 12, 12:03am -

Learning html framework and basics now.If you cant find a tech co-founder then meanwhile u looking for it learn sth yourself!
- 17 Jan 12, 1:58pm -

In what regards?
- 26 Oct 11, 11:33am -

RT @sgblank: The Four Steps to the Epiphany is Now in Russian http://t.co/ynZEaCJ Good fit for the new Russian Silicon Valley they build
- 18 Aug 11, 5:23pm -

Listen @ericries talk about #leanstartup live http://j.mp/q3nYMJ
- 17 Aug 11, 7:52am -

July 25, 2011How We Build FeaturesAfter launching your Minimum Viable Product (MVP), it’s quite likely that customer uptake won’t be immediate. In fact it should be expected:Your MVP is the minimum feature set that lets you start learning…
- 28 Jul 11, 1:44am -

We’ve all watched from the sidelines as companies have come out in a burst of glory, and then, two years later, spent their venture capital, lost their user base, and failed to monetize. This begs the question - what are the factors that drive a co…
- 3 hours ago, 19 May 12, 6:00am -

SpaceX, the private space exploration company founded by PalPal and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk, is ready to boldly go where no private company has legitimately attempted to go before: The International Space Station. (Live video of the rocket…
- 3 hours ago, 19 May 12, 5:41am -

Some of you are probably reading this post with ad blocker right now — and to be honest, I don't blame you. Sure, there's the occasional amusing or genuinely useful ad, but not terribly often, so why not install a plugin and avoid the whole mess? O…
- 7 hours ago, 19 May 12, 2:06am -

Facebook's IPO was obviously the single most discussed topic on Twitter today. The good folks over at social media data platform DataSift monitored what Twitter users were saying about the IPO throughout the day and came up with some interesting conc…
- 9 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:48pm -

Just after the markets closed on its first day of public trading, Facebook amended its S-1 with a complete prospectus detailing how much stock each underwriter got to sell. Morgan Stanley, the lead-left bank, received 162.1 million shares ($6.15 bill…
- 11 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:28pm -

Mark Zuckerberg's remote ringing of the opening bell and Facebook's initial stock trades were a bit anti-climactic in person at the NASDAQ Marketsite in New York City, as we've written -- NASDAQ is a digital exchange after all, so there's not too muc…
- 11 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:27pm -

GameStop is hurting. Same store sales fell 5%-11% and revenue was down 17% to $2 billion. Profit fell to $72.5 million. Arguably, those are still huge numbers and presumably a new console refresh should push the company out of the doldrums. But what…
- 11 hours ago, 18 May 12, 9:39pm -

While, arguably, you’re not going to convince many kids to give up their Topps or Pokemon cards for these things, it’s nice to know they exist. They’re 3D Printer trading cards featuring some of the best 3D printers in the world. You got your M…
- 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 9:03pm -

Facebook has just acquired mobile commerce startup Karma, which makes apps for gifting friends and family. The terms of the deal are undisclosed but 16 employees of the startup will be joining Facebook. The purchase will help Facebook build up moneti…
- 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:32pm -

The underwriters of Facebook's $16 billion debut on NASDAQ fought to the finish to keep the company's shares above last night's final price of $38 a share. Shares closed at $38.23 today. Sources tell us that the syndicate of banks underwriting the de…
- 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:31pm -

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…
- 7 hours ago, 19 May 12, 1:55am -

The English Premier League is arguably the world’s most popular sports organization, and this season saw explosive growth off the pitch in…
- 7 hours ago, 19 May 12, 1:40am -

There are those who look up at the stars and decide to become astronomers, while others want to be astronauts. Then there are those who want to build…
- 8 hours ago, 19 May 12, 1:22am -

OK, so Facebook’s IPO may have seemed like a lot of sound and fury for 23 cents, but there will still doubtlessly be some celebrating in Menlo P…
- 8 hours ago, 19 May 12, 1:06am -

Private spaceflight company SpaceX is scheduled to fly its Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station early on Saturday, marking the first…
- 8 hours ago, 19 May 12, 12:49am -

This week awarded us a colorful new collection of GIFs. Here’s a look at Mashable‘s picks for the top GIFs of the week, everything from th…
- 8 hours ago, 19 May 12, 12:34am -

It’s been called sexy and jawdropping — and it’s also incredibly high-tech. It’s a new type of sleek airplane called Synergy…
- 9 hours ago, 19 May 12, 12:23am -

Facebook closed its first day of public trading valued at $105.19 billion, making it worth almost exactly as much as PepsiCo, which is valued at…
- 9 hours ago, 19 May 12, 12:10am -

Friday night means party time. But you probably don’t party like the older gent in this video. He opens his beers like a real man — by u…
- 9 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:45pm -

Mashable’s mRank is presented by Samsung’s SMART cameras. Simply shoot your image and share it instantly on your social sites, using built-i…
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- 9 Jan 12, 1:07pm -

If you're marketing a bass guitar or an orchid or an electric SUV, why are you concerned with what everyone thinks about it? It seems to me that you should only care about the opinion of those that are actually...
- 24 hours ago, 18 May 12, 9:13am -

Not the easiest, but the quickest: Don't demand authority. Eagerly take responsibility. Relentlessly give credit.
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 9:33am -

The parking meter was rebooting. I guess we're supposed to walk to the other end of the garage and find one that's working. We're seeing digital awareness coming to just about everything. In this case, it was the parking meter...
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 9:00am -

I don't think winners beat the competition because they work harder. And it's not even clear that they win because they have more creativity. The secret, I think, is in understanding what matters. It's not obvious, and it changes. It...
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 9:00am -

Intelligence is the combination of knowing a lot about a little while you also know a little about a lot. Deep domain understanding helps you create analyses. Your ability to understand how a particular system (no matter how small) works...
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 9:41am -

If you insist that they are wrong, they stop being your customer* (if given half a chance). People spend their time and attention and money in places that make them feel valued. *There's nothing wrong with asking customers who are...
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 9:08am -

For an author, one of the nicest parts of the traditional book is the dedication page. The dedication is far more than an acknowledgement to someone who helped you write the book, it's a permanent signpost, a capstone to the...
- 6 days ago, 13 May 12, 9:02am -

"Over there, by the fire, is that a stick or a snake?" It turns out that humans have been naming things for a long time. If we know that this is a cheetah, or a grapefruit, we can make intelligent...
- 7 days ago, 12 May 12, 9:22am -

It bothers me to watch the hordes at the farmer's market, swooping in to each booth, grabbing a sample and walking away. The thin slices of handmade rye bread, or the perfect strawberries or the little glasses of juice--all of...
- 8 days ago, 11 May 12, 9:54am -

"Why?" is the most important question, not asked nearly enough. Hint: "Because I said so," is not a valid answer. Why does it work this way? Why is that our goal? Why did you say no? Why are we treating...
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 9:06am -

A few weeks ago, Twitter released a new # Discover tab on its web app. I do not believe the feature has made its way into the android app yet. At least I don't think I have it in my...
- 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 7:52am -

I've been in London all week. When I arrived at Heathrow I bought a data only SIM in the vending machine in baggage claim. My friend Simon suggested I set up a new Skype account and get a UK SkypeIn...
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 4:06pm -

With all the talk of massive amounts of cash sloshing around the web/mobile startup ecosystem (including things I've said recently), you would think that nobody bootstraps anymore. But that is not true at all. Last week my partner Albert blogged...
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 9:43am -

One of the most exciting areas of Internet applications these days are applications that are "mobile native". That doesn't just mean mobile first. It means mobile native - the app could not exist if the mobile smartphone didn't exist. A...
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 12:55pm -

Based on the feedback I got on this topic last week, I've revised the title of the series and the topics we are going to cover. The series will be called People. Human Capital is a turnoff. Businesses are all...
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 10:31am -

I just read that a lot of the social news reader traffic publishers like Washington Post and The Guardian were getting from Facebook has dropped off dramatically. Next we will read that the traffic social video apps get from Facebook...
- 6 days ago, 13 May 12, 2:21pm -

I was going through the board deck of our portfolio company Wattpad this morning. Wattpad is the leading writing/reading community on the web and mobile. Quantcast says over 7.5mm people visit their website each month. And Wattpad is one of...
- 7 days ago, 12 May 12, 2:03pm -

The idea for this post came in the comments at some point in the past week. I can't actually recall how we got to talking about the artist named Fred Wilson, but we did. And I said I was going...
- 8 days ago, 11 May 12, 11:11am -

So our President finally had the political courage to say publicly what I am sure he has privately believed for a long time. Kudos to him. I am not sure about the political wisdom of that disclosure. But it takes...
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 9:47am -

I was asked by the excellent folks at Grind, a co-working space near our offices, to give a talk in their monthly #Rethink breakfast talk series. I am drawn to the idea of a #rethink hashtag. It's a good mental...
- 10 days ago, 9 May 12, 10:15am -

This week on O'Reilly: Coding is tied to cultural competence, not just a profession; Jim Stogdill wondered if solution vendors are waiting for broad Hadoop adoption before jumping in; and we learned how Schoolers, Edupunks and Makers are reshaping ed…
- 15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:30pm -

Updates on the DOJ and antitrust lawsuits against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin; Russian startup Pirate Pay targets BitTorrent file sharing; and Steve Rubel muses on digital media, social sharing and news consumption.
- 17 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:30pm -

This week's visualization is an interactive web-mapping tool that lets you explore energy usage, material intensity and the overall "urban metabolism" of major U.S. cities.
- 20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 1:15pm -

Ereaders may have their place now, but shifts toward the web and HTML5 make the iPad a wiser and more enduring choice for digital reading.
- 20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 1:00pm -

Overlapping S-Curves of Various Products (PNG) -- product adoption speed over time. (via Beta Knowledge) High School Makerspaces Q&A with Dale Dougherty (Radioshack) -- Experimentation is one of the things we’re trying to promote. If you do exp…
- 23 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:00am -

Isis announces Mobile Wallet partners and a rollout plan, Rogers Communication and CIBC partner to bring a mobile wallet to Canada, and a look at the theoretical benefits of NFC. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 4:00pm -

In this week's data news, Google updates its search features with a Knowledge Graph, while the U.S. House of Representatives de-funds surveys that helped businesses construct theirs.
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 1:45pm -

The Mythology of Big Data (PDF) -- slides from a Strata keynote by Mark R. Madsen. A lovely explanation of the social impediments to the rational use of data. (via Hamish MacEwan) Scamworld -- amazing deconstruction of the online "get rich quick" sca…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 10:00am -

O'Reilly editor Simon St. Laurent talked with Google's Seth Ladd about the challenges of improving the web.  How can we build on JavaScript's ubiquity while addressing performance, team, and scale issues?
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 8:00am -

A profile of web operations and performance expert Justin Huff, software engineer at PicMonkey and formerly of Google/Picnik.
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 3:00pm -

We've got a real mix of movie sneak peeks this week. From the baby comedies to the slasher films, 2012 is shaping up to be an extremely diverse year of film in terms of genres. In terms of ideas however, we've still got more sequels, more remakes a…
- 7 hours ago, 19 May 12, 2:03am -

Earlier this week we introduced you to the men who gave up dating in favor of life-size dolls. Now, meet Matt McMullen, a creator of these notorious dolls. Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari, the filmmakers behind Borderland, visited McMullen's doll fa…
- 7 hours ago, 19 May 12, 2:00am -

Every once in a while you might want to save what see on the screen of your iPhone.Here's how to do it:<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ooyalaPlayer_9o45g_h2dzl025" width="616" height="347" codebase="http://fpdownlo…
- 8 hours ago, 19 May 12, 12:53am -

George Zimmerman followed Trayvon Martin before shooting the "skinny" 17-year-old and any scuffle was over by the time a shot was fired, according to some witnesses.Two women who heard someone screaming for help before Martin died told Florida inves…
- 9 hours ago, 19 May 12, 12:00am -

Green activists may have a somewhat surprising ally in their midst: Islam.According to "Globalized Eco-Islam: A Survey", recently published by the Leiden University in the Netherlands, a number of Qu'ranic passages talk about the environment, and …
- 9 hours ago, 19 May 12, 12:00am -

Pejman Nozad could have made $50 million today.In 2005, he had a chance to invest roughly $50,000 in Facebook, he told the Wall Street Journal. Facebook's then-president, Sean Parker, was keen on nabbing space in 165 University Avenue, a building No…
- 10 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:18pm -

Since we first published our report about impending mass layoffs at HP, we've heard from a bunch of HP employees offering us more details.They paint a scary picture, particularly about the beleaguered HP Enterprise Services group.In 2008, HP spent…
- 10 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:33pm -

Facebook took the media on a wild roller coaster of emotion today as it dealt with an excruciating 30-minute delay caused by some technical issues at the NASDAQ. Then, after peaking at $43, Facebook stock collapsed and ended the trading day back nea…
- 11 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:28pm -

Today on Geekwire, Estately CEO Galen Ward argues that he'd bet his entire retirement fund on Facebook.He assumes that Facebook will build an ad network, and points out that Google AdSense, which has revenues of $10 billion per year (see Network rev…
- 11 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:13pm -

British newspaper the Times of London has an exclusive story on the private pastimes of UK Prime Minister David Cameron.The story — running at the top of the site right now, over other big stuff like Greece and the Facebook IPO — is an excerpt o…
- 11 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:03pm -

Until recently, I hadn't really known any great leaders. As a writer, the highest-ranking people I deal with are editors,...
- 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:15pm -

Over the 23 years since we met, my wife Eleanor and I have spent considerable time, money, and energy on...
- 15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:35pm -

People talk about Francis Bacon as the last person to know everything. Apparently, these people don't know any 15-year-old girls....
- 18 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:16pm -

My last HBR blog post, How to Close a Sales Call, reviewed sales call closing techniques. Now let's analyze whether...
- 19 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:20pm -

Facebook's shares open for trading today. Chances are, you're holding your breath or rolling your eyes. Whether you're inspired or...
- 19 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:17pm -

While Facebook's rise took many by surprise, its success was little surprise to the hundreds of researchers who study social...
- 19 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:15pm -

Polymath is one of those words more likely to show up on the SAT than in everyday conversation. But the...
- 20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:54pm -

Facebook "goes public" Friday, May 18th. Imagine what it might be like inside the company right now. Soon, paper stock...
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 8:25pm -

An interview with Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever. This interview is featured in the forthcoming June issue of HBR. Download...
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:29pm -

In my last blog post, I encouraged thoroughly investigating the culture you're thinking of joining. In the comments, some people...
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 6:40pm -

So, Facebook is now public, and it got off to the most unimaginable and inauspicious start, losing $4 between the NASDAQ’s opening and closing bells.But don’t go jumping out any windows just yet.There’s no question that the IPO …
- 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 9:28pm -

In addition to being one of the largest initial public offerings ever, Facebook’s IPO drew so much interest that the system couldn’t keep up with demand.Facebook expected to make its public debut at 8 a.m. PT this morning, but …
- 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 9:25pm -

Leave it up to Next Media Animation, the Taiwanese firm known for its wacky news videos, to create the only Facebook IPO wrap-up that’s actually worth watching.Sure, this Facebook wrap-up features a dead-eyed Zuckerberg riding the Wall Street bul…
- 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 9:00pm -

Facebook released the amount of shares allocated to each of its underwriters today, following its less-than-stellar IPO day.The company went public on the Nasdaq to an EKG-like performance, ending in a .38 cent gain today. The update came in …
- 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:57pm -

Buying its way into social commerce, Facebook has acquired mobile gifting app Karma for an undisclosed sum.“We’re thrilled to announce that Karma has been acquired by Facebook. The service that Karma provides will continue to operate in full fo…
- 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:37pm -

At the end of Facebook’s first day of public trading, its shares were selling for around 9.5 percent less than their opening price.By the time the closing bell rang, the stock ticker symbol FB sat at $38.37, according to …
- 13 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:02pm -

Is it just me, or does it feel like the “future” we all see in TV shows and movies is getting closer and closer to reality? A team of researchers at MIT have created a small atmosphere, the ZeroN, where …
- 13 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:54pm -

It’s official: Facebook is a public company.With all the hype around Facebook’s big day and the obsession with who’s-getting-rich numbers, its easy to forget to that we’ve had a front row view of Facebook’s ascendance to $38 a share, ……
- 13 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:50pm -

Mark Zuckerberg and his current employees aren’t the only ones making it big in Silicon Valley today. Former Facebook employees who have struck out on their own and started companies — referred to as the Facebook Mafia — have collectively …
- 13 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:48pm -

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
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- 39 mins ago, 19 May 12, 8:19am -

News updates all day from your Fast Company editors.Twitter and NASCAR announced a digital partnership Friday that will bring NASCAR enthusiasts the tweet-by-tweet of the Pocono 400 race on the weekend of June 10. Twitter will curate #NASCAR tweets f…
- 5 hours ago, 19 May 12, 4:11am -

News updates all day from your Fast Company editors.Because simply having the largest IPO in U.S. history isn't enough for Facebook, the social network also went shopping. The social gifting mobile app called Karma is announcing that it has been acqu…
- 11 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:05pm -

Zuck's big day, curated by Fast Company writers and editors. [View the story "Tracking Social Media Reaction to the Facebook IPO" on Storify]
- 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:42pm -

All the recent advances in robots that grip onto asteroids, walk like dogs, and replace damaged human limbs. Enjoy! Bot Vid: JPL's Asteroid GripperThere's all sorts of crazy-wonderful plans about mining asteroids in the news, but we also need to reme…
- 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:00pm -

The game industry is entering a digital future. To maintain a place in it, retail chain GameStop has scaled the used game buy-back model that first made it a success--now it's buying used companies, too.Odds are, when you think of GameStop, you pictu…
- 15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:36pm -

"I think tech is lacking sexiness," says Shark Tank personality and FUBU founder Daymond John. "I want to bring my understanding of lifestyle and culture to Silicon Valley." He's getting started by pairing socially savvy entertainer Pitbull with club…
- 16 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:24pm -

In the storm that is Facebook's IPO, we pause to take note of the way the social network has transformed the way we live now.Is Facebook worth the $100 billion or so its pending IPO suggests it is? Who the good gracious knows. But one thing we can al…
- 17 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:22pm -

Meet Phil Fernandez, CEO of Marketo, and believer that cold calling should go the way of the dinosaur. When he was still a kid, Phil Fernandez loved to paint and sculpt. So much that he devoted 12 years (all the way through college) to such artistic…
- 17 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:56pm -

Joel Stein wrote a book, "Man Made: A Stupid Quest For Masculinity," and went to outrageous lengths to promote it. Then he wrote this article so you can steal his ideas (and of course, to promote his book).I do not like being a self-promoting whore.…
- 17 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:33pm -

Advice from Emerson Spartz, founder of Spartz Media, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.
- 15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 6:15pm -

Managing far-flung employees is always a challenge. (What are they doing, anyway?) Make it easier by hiring the right people first.Chances are some of your employees work from home (or from wherever they like). You probably do too, at least some of t…
- 16 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:59pm -

Blogs used to be a valuable way for entrepreneurs to develop, and communicate with, a business or industry community. Sadly, those days are gone.Many of my clients ask me: Should my company start a blog? Once I would have given them an unqualified ye…
- 16 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:55pm -

Has Facebook reinvigorated the IPO market? Here are a few tech companies racing to go public--and what you should know about them.On Friday, Facebook raised a record-setting $18 billion in its IPO, placing its value at a staggering $104 billion. Not…
- 16 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:30pm -

Ongoing education is a core part of every great business. The investment is small, but the return can be a game changer.Education is easy to make part of any business. That does not have to mean bringing in outside experts or sending employees away t…
- 19 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:25pm -

Inc. readers give insightful tips for the introvert who is looking to build a valuable professional network.As it turns out, there's a lot of introverts out there! And many of them have their on tricks for making networking not only effective but alm…
- 20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:41pm -

When management issues arise, it may be because the people on your team are playing the wrong roles.In sports, when people "play out of position," the opposing team quickly calculates the gap and then takes advantage of it.It's similar at work. If yo…
- 20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:37pm -

- 20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:29pm -

Incredibly counter-intuitive research out of Harvard suggests a novel way to make your employees feel more free: Give them more to do. Huh?Sometimes scientific findings of such head-slapping obviousness--talking on the phone makes you a worse driver…
- 20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:29pm -

These boneheaded moves practically guarantee you'll become an irritant. Try a few better approaches.Want your prospects and customers to think you're obnoxious? Want to make yourself persona non grata?Here are the most common ways sellers make themse…
- 21 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:06pm -

Consider these tips before you seek funding for your startup, whether from angel investors or VCs.
- 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:08pm -

With the Apple founder's death and the Facebook IPO, there's been a changing of the guard in Silicon Valley. Here's how the two leaders' styles compare.
- 18 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:00pm -

After Facebook's IPO today, the social network is being valued at more than $100 billion. Here's how you can try to emulate that success.
- 19 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:00pm -

How to make your office project a professional image for your business, and a look at products to help you do it.
- 20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 1:00pm -

Two leading banks, honored for National Small Business Week, offer their best advice to business owners seeking credit.
- 21 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:03pm -

Many small-business owners who hope to land angel funding have expectations that are wildly unrealistic. Here's a reality check.
- 23 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:00am -

SBA Administrator Karen G. Mills travels the U.S. talking with business owners and bankers. She says she's hearing more talk of expansion compared with three years ago.
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 8:00pm -

Some critics have called for dismantling the U.S. Small Business Administration. The agency's leader says demand for its services is only growing and is a good value to tax payers.
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:00pm -

President Obama recently made the head of the SBA part of his presidential cabinet. We speak with SBA Administrator Karen G. MIlls about what it means for U.S. small businesses.
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 6:28pm -

When it comes to selling goods on the big social network, most users don't want to make purchases. Here’s how to steer clear of the issues.
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 5:35pm -