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Michael Nardy started out trying to earn some beer money and ended up with a $42.7 million payment-processing business. As a college student, Michael Nardy started out trying to earn some beer money and ended up launching a payment-processing business. Eleven years later, Nardy's company, Electronic Payments, boasts annual sales of $42.7 million

Readers respond to our story about the constant feeling of crisis that is entrepreneurship in Argentina, and others. Risky Business Our story about doing business in Argentina [" A Constant Feeling of Crisis ," June] garnered a mixed reaction from readers on Hacker News and Inc.com, many of whom are U.S. expats running businesses in South America

A sincere thanks to our marketing partners for recognizing the economic heroes we call entrepreneurs For 30 years, Inc. and our marketing partners have celebrated Inc.'s rankings of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Never have the successes of small-business operators been as significant as they are today.

Heres to the people who create jobs, and to the people who fill them.

The founders of the BlogWorld & New Media Expo talk about why businesses can no longer ignore social media.

A CEO has to weigh his ideals against financial reality The room was cool, but emotions were not.

Ideeli sells apparel, accessories, shoes, and home and travel items through a members-only shopping site.

One Source Networks manages wide-area networks and provides VoIP services for large and midsize customers. As anyone who has scanned a phone bill knows, telecom companies don't like to make things easy

Sixthman designs theme cruises geared toward music and movie fans, such as Kid Rocks Chillin the Most Cruise and the Turner Classic Movies Cruise. Not long ago, when Andy Levine was aboard the ship Carnival Inspiration en route from Tampa to Nassau, Bahamas, he climbed onto the main stage and introduced Kid Rock to 1,000 cheering fans

Luke Roopras company, Vertiglo, has grown 8,648 percent over three years by designing custom online and mobile apps for businesses. When Luke Roopra launched Vertiglo, a Web design and software development firm, more than a decade ago, he had to be creative to land large customers

The reaction to Skype's proposed acquisition of

While increased M&A activity may be celebrated in many corners, there is cause for concern since the pre-merger hype does not always live up to the post-merger reality. Google recently announced that

Phil McKinney is the president and CTO of HP's personal systems group, the group that oversaw the TouchPad's creation and the group the company just said it will be spinning off from HP and possibly selling . He's behind HP's strategy to control both the software and hardware of its smartphones and tablets--a strategy that has paid off well for Apple, but a strategy HP CEO Leo Apotheker said he was no longer committed to.

If your franchiser declares bankruptcy, it might not be the end of the line for your business. Here are some tips to give you some ideas about what to do next. Bill Burris , owner of Rent Your Boxes in Washington, D.C., a franchise that rents and delivers heavy-duty moving boxes, got the bad news in an e-mail.

The debate between big advertising agencies and small agencies goes on. A spate of recent articles and op-eds has agencies big and small continuing to take pot shots at one another