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Turns out you don't have to be a banker or a mathlete to get into the credit card business.

There's a reason ESPN, Google, and Zynga lead their industries.

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Outside of the technology sector, most of the large companies that I encounter are startlingly similar. They're massively successful, indisputably recognized as world-class leaders by consumers and the business community. Their executives are all quite smart and good at what they do

Yelp, the user-generated review site based in San Francisco, priced shares of its IPO between $12 and $14, and seeks to raise nearly $100 million in its upcoming IPO. On the heels of Facebook's much-buzzed-about S-1 , Yelp, another Bay Area tech company, is one step closer to going public

Barclays bank, which already intertwines NFC chips and antennas into its banking cards in the U.K., has just taken a page out of Apple's book and released a new mobile app that should shake up the U.K. financial game.

The best business story might not get noticed by the top publications, but there are plenty of other ways to get it published.

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SCVNGR and LevelUp Chief Ninja Seth Priebatsch shares three design guidelines to help early-adopter tech startups rocket out of the gate. Good design is like pornography: You know it when you see it

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Jon Rubinstein Leaves HP . Rubinstein , formerly of Apple and then lead at Palm during its efforts to rival the iPhone, is leaving HP

We're living in a world of beta tests and products that are released and then improved.

When brands ask consumers to snap a product photo and text or email it in, Pongr recognizes the image and replies. Is that really better than QR codes? We asked its president

You may not be doing all you can to increase your rankings.

A behind-the-scenes look at the small companies that make business possible at a busy salon training-ground in Milwaukee. Vic

The hackers didn't get credit card information but what they did get is potentially more dangerous. Don't let it happen to your business. Inc.