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From personal image curating to social task-mastering, these seven start-ups are set to make waves in 2012. Which start-ups are likely to make headlines next year?

You talk about your company all the time, to investors, to clients. What if someone rips off your great ideas

David Friend, chairman and CEO of Carbonite, an Inc. 500 company, discusses how he got ready and squeezed into the IPO window in August. View the video on Inc.com at: http://www.inc.com/abram-brown/david-friend-carbonite-ceo-talks-about-going-public.html Advertisement: Are your customers tuning you out?

David Friend, chairman and CEO of Carbonite, an Inc. 500 company, discusses how he got ready and squeezed into the IPO window in August

Negotiating is not about sealing the deal, but framing the optimal relationship. Sometimes that's impossible. When you start negotiating—to hire someone, to put a partnership together—it's human nature to want to seal the deal

Negotiating is not about sealing the deal, but framing the optimal relationship. Sometimes that's impossible

Three brothers founded Webs, which ranked on the Inc. 5000 in 2009 after experiencing 177 percent growth.

Three brothers founded Webs, which ranked on the Inc. 5000 in 2009 after experiencing 177 percent growth. Vistaprint, the office supply company that caters to very small businesses, will acquire digital marketing company Webs.com for $117.5 million, the companies announced today

Telling music videos apart from commercials just got a little bit harder. Some commercials raise a lot of questions. Who is that actress?

Telling music videos apart from commercials just got a little bit harder. Some commercials raise a lot of questions

Youre ready to start investing again in growth initiatives but your management team is at odds over what to do next. Building a value model will help train everyone's focus on your growth goals. Most of us spent the past few years doing more with less.

What can you learn from 2011 to position yourself for 2012? Use this tool to run the numbers

If you can't draw a hard line, you may end up losing both the sale--and your shirt. On Friday of last week, I posted a list of 10 strategies for outselling a huge competitor

If you can't draw a hard line, you may end up losing both the sale--and your shirt. On Friday of last week, I posted a list of 10 strategies for outselling a huge competitor . Based on reader comments, one of those strategies ("No Free Consulting") proved a bit confusing

Forget getting your employees to think "outside of the box." Instead, use these four ways of challenging your team. Creative ideas are the lifeblood of any young business, so how do you get more of them out of your team?