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Looking for ways to spice up your presentations? A new app called Ovation aims to get the audience involved and give you valuable feedback on your performance. Here’s how it works: Each event gets its own URL that audience members can open on their smartphone browsers

Some 40 percent of small businesses say money they're owed is trickling in, while the Freelancers Union says half its members struggled to get paid last year. Getting paid for invoices is slower going than it has been in years for small business, says a new survey by the National Federation of Independent Business . Manufacturers with less than $10 million in annual revenue received payments an average of 48 days after invoicing in 2011

Kat Gordon, founder of Muddy's Bake Shop, explains how her bakery helps make Memphis a better, kinder place.

New tools to help with social media, a $100 billion Facebook valuation, how your business can survive disasters, Spotify comes to the U.S., and more. Be social, but get organized

There are times I can see all the moving pieces I’ve been amassing over the past several months settling into place. And I can see FamiliesGo! coming together as a business. Then there are moments that I’m overwhelmed by the complexity of what I’m trying to do and amount of time and money that it demands—and that I don’t have readily at my disposal—and I wonder if I’m crazy to even attempt this business-owner thing.

Digital media giant Glam believes, "the author is the brand." So it's giving micro-sites such as SheFinds, HealthCastle.com, and Gear Patrol tools for their own micro-social networks. Here’s why that’s good for readers--and advertisers. Glam Media upended conventional publishing notions six years ago after discovering readers were increasingly seeking out authors instead of media properties--or, as Glam CEO Samir Arora tells

Apple PC Share Grows. Apple's share of the U.S. PC market has soared to a 10.7% all-time high, up from 8.5% at the end of 2010--taking the third place as a PC retailer behind HP and Dell.

New media consultant Alex Torpey utilized social media to win the Mayoral Race in his New Jersey town. When Barack Obama was running for office in his memorable 2008 campaign, one of the many ways he captivated America was through social networking. He recognized that an online movement could influence offline behavior in politics

The company touts its environmental investing and shrinking carbon footprint and--oh yeah--how it's working to fix the housing crisis it helped start.

A new contract will bringing fast-charging access points to Northwest highways, enabling a wave of electric cars to make long-range journeys, with just quick stops for charging along the way. Live near I-5, and have a Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt? Your luck is in: Within six months all 276 miles of the interstate between Canada and Oregon will be peppered with electric charging points for your car of the future, in a project that'll turn it into the electric interstate of the 21st Century.

Adam Segal, one of the Council on Foreign Relations' top experts on China and technology, talks to Fast Company about what's special about Chinese cybercriminals, Chinese fears of NSA backdoors, and bored East Asian teenagers. Cyberwarfare in 2011 is an odd beast

If you're like most people I work with in companies, the demands come at you from every angle, all day long, and you have to make difficult decisions without much time to think about them. What enduring principles can you rely on to make choices that reflect openness, integrity and authenticity? Here are ten that work for me: 1.

What made the difference? Inc.com asks savvy entrepreneurs to reveal the one thing their business couldn't have lived without--and how much it cost. She was tired of New York City.

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A startling 70% of Jordanian youth who are one year out of school are still unemployed. By giving them access to classes on business, the organization is creating a new culture for startups.