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In a world generating and storing tons of data every day, business owners need to learn how to harness it to get an edge.

I stopped asking my students to write essays years ago. When I required them, I was shocked to find nearly half of the papers had been plagiarized! These young college undergrads, studying entrepreneurship, could not understand why copying text from a Google search and pasting it into a paper as your own is wrong.

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You no longer have to work at a massive corporation to access resources, or to have a chance to change the world. Here's why.

You no longer have to work at a massive corporation to access resources, or to have a chance to change the world.

Mark Zuckerberg isnt the only entrepreneur good at making bank.

SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard hopes to use the Inc.

The social networking software company--a perennial on the Inc. 5000--is seeking to raise as much as $117 million.

Want to make really smart decisions for your company? It's simple as looking into the future and assessing the data--a service that a few young companies dealing in "predictive analytics" are selling. Business swims in a sea of data.

Some businesses are using social networks to find mentors for their staff. Kathleen Lim wanted to move up the learning curve.

At the moment, that's how it looks! Hewlett Packard has announced it is buying search software company Autonomy for $10.3 billion.

Choosing the best inventory tracking software for your business can be daunting.

A decade ago, Israel had the highest density of start-ups in the world, and attracted more venture capital than anywhere. Today, the entrepreneurial hotbed feels decidedly lukewarm. Author Sarah Lacy analyzes why.