Long hours at the office with your team isn't the only way to build a business, according to entrepreneur Sara Sutton Fell. Think of the start-up life and you'll probably picture young dreamers asleep under their desks, working all hours and powering themselves with caffeine drinks and the will to succeed. But while the vision and determination are probably non-negotiable for would-be business founders, "starting a company can be done in many different ways," according to FlexJobs founder and CEO Sara Sutton Fell
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Long hours at the office with your team isn't the only way to build a business, according to entrepreneur Sara Sutton Fell. Think of the start-up life and you'll probably picture young dreamers asleep under their desks, working all hours and powering themselves with caffeine drinks and the will to succeed.
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In a tongue-in-cheek "review" of the year just started, your intrepid reporter follows 2011's economic trends to their absurd conclusion. In looking back at the economy of 2012, we can safely say no one expected it to turn out the way it did. This year saw the development of many revolutionary new economic tools
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: The Working Woman Doing Her Part
In the entrepreneurial economies of emerging markets, women are key to connecting with the main engine of growth: the small-to-medium business market. This remake of the famous U.S. propaganda poster emphasizes the working woman
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: The Working Woman Doing Her Part
In the entrepreneurial economies of emerging markets, women are key to connecting with the main engine of growth: the small-to-medium business market. This remake of the famous U.S.
Read More »Why Entrepreneurs Gain Weight: 3 Reasons
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Read More »The Flip Flop Company Culture
How my refusal to wear shoes and get a haircut shaped my entrepreneurial path and company's culture. I became an entrepreneur because I wanted to wear flip-flop sandals to work and not worry about getting haircuts when my bangs grew too long. I was not quite sure what I wanted to do exactly, but I knew that whatever I did it would include the values I hold close: integrity, hustle and individuality over antiquated cultural norms
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Obviously, job candidates' references are biased. Here's how you can find out what a potential employee is really all about. Checking references is a normal part of the hiring process
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The billionaire sympathizes with OWS, and he has a plan for sending the protesters home satisfied. Entrepreneurs, he wants your help
Read More »Did Your Parents Make You an Entrepreneur?
This generation is mad about starting small companies. Could parenting be behind the entrepreneurial drive
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A native son of western Michigan, Rick DeVos believes if business can let go of some control and give people big opportunities to test their ideas, they’ll achieve astonishing results. Rick DeVos is a 29-year-old entrepreneur who wants to jump-start the economy in his home state of Michigan. But don’t file him away between developers of lakeside casinos , film production facilitators ,
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An intense Steve Jobs revealed his vision of technology's future to Inc.
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In 1981, Inc. put Apple founder Steve Jobs on its cover next to this headline: "This man has changed business forever." The accomplishments of Jobs, who passed away last night , have been well-cataloged.
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"The way we do business is going to change so fundamentally in the next 10 years," says Vaynerchuk.
Read More »How to Create 100 Start-ups
A New York nonprofit offers money, mentorship, and community to young, underprivileged, urban entrepreneurs. A couple years ago three serial entrepreneurs got together to create a different kind of entrepreneurial venture: a nationwide community that would foster small-business ownership among minorities, and those from low-income areas of America's biggest cities. The result: 100 Urban Entrepreneurs , a nonprofit foundation headquartered in New York that hosts city events where entrepreneurs can pitch start-up business ideas to judges, meet mentors, apply for funding—the best ones get a $10,000 grant—or just sit in the audience and learn from other aspiring entrepreneurs
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