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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.

Next month, Bloomberg will broadcast a documentary television series featuring the successes and struggles of 11 start-ups trying to hit it big in New York City. Could TechStars be Shark Tank for start-ups? Replace Mark Cuban with Mark Suster, and you just might have a hit

A Brief History of Inc.com Fifteen years ago this month, Inc.com was born. To mark the occasion, we took a ride in the way-back machine

Not all financings are created equal. This is especially true when you factor in the different stages that your company will evolve through over its lifetime

Sending young entrepreneurs to companies outside of major cities gives struggling economies an infusion of new talent, and budding business people a chance to be at the front lines of innovative startups. Schools and startups in economically challenged areas share a similar problem: a difficulty in attracting and retaining young talent. Teach For America has worked for decades towards fixing the education issue by placing top-notch college graduates in struggling schools.

Wicked Start, an online incubator for early-stage start-ups, provides practical, no cost or low cost resources. A self-described "corporate refugee turned entrepreneur," Bryan Janeczko worked at Morgan Stanley before founding his own venture, an online prepared food vendor called NuKitchen.

Four entrepreneurs offer Artsicle their marketing ideas and help the start-up craft a following.

The study: "The Social Attachment to Place," by Michael S. Dahl, Aalborg University; and Olav Sorenson, Yale School of Management; published in the journal Social Forces. The finding: Proximity to family and friends is a more important factor than wages when people consider a new job

David Arrick thinks most cupcakes are pretty froufrou. His New York City company, Butch Bakery, makes manlier desserts. Its cupcakes, which sell for about $4.25 each, come in 12 flavors, including Home Run, a peanut butter cupcake topped with banana cream and crumbled bacon, and Beer Run, a cupcake made from chocolate, beer, and crushed pretzels

Reid Hoffman, angel investor , co-founder of LinkedIn and Fast Company Most Creative Person , took the stage at SXSW interactive as part of the distinguished speaker series, and immediately brought the ballroom back to the future. “What are we stumbling toward here?” recalling the visions of a shiny future of yester-technology

In countless countries and in every bookstore, there is a name synonymous with creating generational wealth, Robert Kiyosaki. In this exclusive interview on the Philippe Matthews Show, Robert talks candidly about his philosophy on boldness, trump, racial depression and paying the price to be rich.