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Sitting Is Bad for You: What Can You Do About It at Work?

Is it possible that the traditional office worker has the most dangerous job in America? Consider the following studies that found sitting for extended periods is hazardous to your health. In 2007, Dr

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This Is How The World Reacted To Osama Bin Laden’s Death

Social media analysis firm Crimson Hexagon sifts the data to reveal a nuanced emotional reaction to the historic day. Nearly 50% of us responded to the news with fear, humor, or reflection. From Crimson Hexagon, the social media analysis firm that dispelled the myth of the Verizon iPhone exodus and Sharon Angle's 2010 Senate sweep , comes a truer-to-life snapshot of the world's reaction to Osama Bin Laden's death

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What BMW Really Thinks About Electric Vehicles

The car giant doesn't see an EV in every driveway--yet. Last week, BMW upset electric vehicle lovers everywhere when Jim O'Donnell, the company's North American chairman and CEO, said that EVs won't work at their current battery range for at least 90% of the population--and that the U.S. government should end the $7,500 EV tax credit.

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7 Tips for Hiring Older Workers

Baby boomers have been nicknamed the "Silver Tsunami" for their impact on every facet of society. Now, as 76,000,000 of them reach age 60 and beyond, it seems they either can't or don't want to stop working.

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3 Tips for Building a Valuable Company

My entrepreneurial journey has seen me start and exit four companies, one of which, my research business, was acquired by a public company.

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The New Kids on the Block

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today

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What Today’s Sinking Cities Tell Us About The Future Of Rising Seas

We've already seen Manhattan swallowed by surging waves as glaciers collapse and drive sea levels sky-high--on video screens and in nightmarish daydreams about human-driven climate change. But what will sea level rise really be like for a coastal metropolis of the future? It's actually easy to answer that question yourself, not with a ride in a time machine but simply with a trip in a car, boat, or plane

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The Electric Vehicle Acceptance Tipping Point: $5-A-Gallon Gas

It would be a disaster economically, upsetting family budgets and making the transporting of goods potentially next to impossible. But according to a new survey by Deloitte, it could take something as extreme as $5-per-gallon of gas to persuade most U.S.

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When Writing a Business Plan Is a Waste of Time

Walk into any bank in the country and ask for a loan to start a business and the knee jerk reaction of the banker behind the desk will be to ask you to write a business plan—even though they themselves have likely never written one and will not base their lending decision on its content. The problem with writing a business plan as a start-up is that it will be based on one assumption on top of another. If your first assumption is flawed, then the whole thing is useless.

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Firing Up American Innovation

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today.

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