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Why the start-up community remains bullish on the industry--despite its Solyndra-sized failures. Clean tech start-ups have gotten a bad rap thanks to notable failures such as Solyndra, Beacon Power, and Ener1 subsidiary EnerDel, all of which collectively received hundreds of millions of dollars from the Department of Energy before going belly up

Step 1: Get a mentor who's 10 (or more) years younger than you. See the other tips. A friend of mine came back from a national meeting of sales leaders in her industry and sent me a very frank and telling note.

What fast-growing companies need is strategic thinking--not strategic planning. Here are three things smaller companies can do to develop an adaptive, opportunistic approach to strategy.

Marvel Entertainment announced its big digital comics push , dubbed "ReEvolution,"

A new Gawker report shows Twitter lagging far behind Facebook in revenue. If the numbers are accurate, they show big trouble.

Once your start-up grows to more than 10 people, it's hard to maintain a sense of organizational focus. Here's how we did it at IndieGoGo.

SXSW Interactive is one of the biggest tech and start-up conferences of the year. It's also overwhelming.

I've had the application to be certified as a women-owned business on my desk for six years. Here's why I just can't mail it in

They're painful.

You're no celebrity entrepreneur--but that doesn't mean you can't grab a little bit of the spotlight. Some people get lucky. They wind up on shows like "Shark Tank" and even if they lose, their half hour of fame is enough to launch them into the spotlight and off they go

These free (or next to free) apps promise to make your life easier. Who doesn’t like the word free?

Compensation can be a real positive in influencing the performance of a company, or it can create real problems. I have never met anyone who said , "I think I make too much money." I have also never met anyone who didn't say, "I would like to make more money than I do." The fact is most people would like to make more and almost everyone feels they are worth more than they are paid

He was the cofounder of Quattro wireless and helped launch Apple's iAd. Now Lars Albright, CEO of SessionM, has a new trick to stop you from ignoring ads in mobile devices: You'll be playing along.

A good product is only the cost of entry. If you're going to thrive, you'll need more than that. The recipe for start-up success is simple: Make a good product

A good product is only the cost of entry. If you're going to thrive, you'll need more than that