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Job hunting can be a bit easier when someone else is helping out. Temp agencies and staffing services have shown an 18 percent year-over-year growth rate, according to AnythingResearch.com.

Only half of new small businesses survive beyond their fifth anniversary.

Rashmi Sinha seemed destined for a career in academia. Born and raised in India, she earned her Ph.D. in psychology at Brown University and did her postdoctoral work in cognitive neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley

Every entrepreneur faces the common challenge of writing a business plan at some point as they develop their fledgling venture. But while there are vast resources available to help tackle the task, most books, websites, and templates take a generic approach in helping entrepreneurs transcribe their visions onto paper. The truth is, however, that writing a generic business plan won't do you much good.

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Picture an old-fashioned covered wagon . Now, imagine your job is to pull that wagon. The wagon carries all of the concerns and goals of your business; understandably, this is a pretty heavy wagon, so you consider finding someone to help you pull it.

Illustration by I Love Dust Why Bloomberg broke into the business of measuring other companies' good deeds. Curtis Ravenel spearheads Bloomberg's program to include enviromental data on its terminals. | Photograph Courtesy of Bloomberg SOON AFTER Bloomberg's sustainability director, Curtis Ravenel, launched an initiative to green the company's operations in 2006, he began to wonder: How do other businesses measure their impact on the environment?

Incorporating sustainability into any company's operations is a hefty issue. But it's also an increasingly popular shift to make. "It's an increasing liability to not do it," says Summer Rayne Oakes, co-founder and CEO of Source4Style , the online fabric marketplace, which is based in New York City

Wallace "J" Nichols is crowdsourcing his life's work. And saving his home in the process. It's difficult to make it as an independent scientist.

In 2010, CBSSports.com saw 8.3 million visitors check out their online streaming March Madness coverage, proving that technology plays a huge part in user behavior during three of the most popular weeks in sports. This also netted CBS $613.8 million in ad sales revenue

Giants Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs dominate the metropolis. But is there now room for entrepreneurs? The Hong Kong social enterprise scene is just getting going --and so is the startup movement

Just in time for SXSW, the app finds free or for-rent workspace for freelancers and office owners looking to rent unused offices and conference rooms.

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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Obese people might be more likely to lose weight if they have money riding on their success -- but the pounds may creep back once the financial carrot is gone, a small study finds.