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Mobile devices have completely changed the way we consume music. It wasn't so long ago that I would physically go to a store to browse for an album. Today, I can stream pretty much any song ever recorded on my smartphone, for free, anywhere I have access to the Internet

In the beginning, music industry watchers hailed subscription streaming services such as Spotify , MOG, Rdio, and Rhapsody as saviors of the industry, an alternative for listeners and labels to the tyranny of the 99-cent iTunes download. But artists weren't singing the same happy song.

In this extended version of the talk from our new issue, we speak with Marianne Wu, a partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures. "A lot of people assume that green biofuels mean higher prices or worse performance," Wu says.

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So, you’ve decided to do the startup thing, and you’ve told a few people. Turns out everyone and their dog has an opinion about it, regardless of whether or not they’ve ever been in your shoes. Some are flat-out discouraging you, while others are congratulating you and asking some interesting questions you haven’t yet considered

Cliff Schertz decided that Mexico was a better spot than India to locate his software start-up. Here's how he got it going in record time.

Every business runs into deadbeat customers. Here's how to make sure they don't take advantage of you.

Every business runs into deadbeat customers.

The e-commerce giant secretly bought the Siri-like speech recognition start-up in September. Let the yapping begin: Amazon.com quietly has acquired a Siri-like speech recognition start-up called Yap

The e-commerce giant secretly bought the Siri-like speech recognition start-up in September. Let the yapping begin: Amazon.com quietly has acquired a Siri-like speech recognition start-up called Yap. The e-commerce giant apparently bought the Charlotte-based company in September, but neither company made a public announcement–Amazon's foray into voice control a la Apple's Siri was uncovered by The Atlantic 's discovery of an SEC filing .

Good salespeople focus on the particular feature the customer cares about.

I am always looking for new ways to be innovative. I love that through Inc, I get the chance to speak with so many experts on innovation, such as Clayton Christensen , Sunni Brown , Adrian Slywotzky and Geoffrey Moore . These experts shake up my initial notions on innovation and inspire me to try new techniques with my company

I am always looking for new ways to be innovative. I love that through Inc, I get the chance to speak with so many experts on innovation, such as Clayton Christensen , Sunni Brown , Adrian Slywotzky and Geoffrey Moore . These experts shake up my initial notions on innovation and inspire me to try new techniques with my company .

TicketLeap, a online ticket exchange, helps local haunts go hi-tech. In recent years, Halloween haunts have gotten the Hollywood-style treatment, trading up from fog machines and cardboard caskets to CGI and robotics. But there's also been a less glamorous technological boon for haunt proprietors that has helped drive sales: their back-end ticketing systems

Entrepreneurs think of themselves as "rule-breakers" but even seasoned business owners can find themselves falling under the spell of conventional wisdom. "It's not done that way" or "it's never been done that way" can be common fallbacks for anyone who comes up through an industry