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Who Really Gets Uncle Sam’s ‘Small Business’ Contracts?

Three of every four "small business" contracts awarded by the U.S. government go to the likes of Apple, Chevron and GE. In the last fiscal year, 72 of the federal government’s top 100 small business contractors were some of the world’s largest companies

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London Calling: New Home for Start-ups?

Welcome to the "Silicon Roundabout," which is luring young companies with government funding, Google-sponsored office space, and a new start-up competition. The start-up scene in London may not be as well known as the hotbeds of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley or New York City, but it is striving to offer entrepreneurs looking to launch companies a buzzing business environment.

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Internet Freedom Fighters Build a Shadow Web (preview)

Just after midnight on January 28, 2011, the government of Egypt, rocked by three straight days of massive antiregime protests organized in part through Facebook and other online social networks, did something unprecedented in the history of 21st-century telecommunications: it turned off the Internet.

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India’s $35 Aakash Tablet Comes Apart

Months after India's healthily anticipated $35 tablet was first unveiled, its owners are embroiled in a spat that is raising questions about its future.

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Be Like Mark: 8 Ways To Emulate Facebook’s Zuckerberg, The Unlikely Leader

Whether you love him , hate him , or are just a little jealous of his newly minted multi-billionaire status, you have to admit that Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook , has made some visionary leadership moves. In less than 10 years, Zuckerberg’s taken an idea for an online social network from his Harvard dorm room and delivered it into the homes, offices, pockets, and purses (via mobile phones) of 845 million users around the world

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Be Like Mark: 8 Ways To Emulate Facebook’s Zuckerberg, The Unlikely Leader

Whether you love him , hate him , or are just a little jealous of his newly minted multi-billionaire status, you have to admit that Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook , has made some visionary leadership moves. In less than 10 years, Zuckerberg’s taken an idea for an online social network from his Harvard dorm room and delivered it into the homes, offices, pockets, and purses (via mobile phones) of 845 million users around the world. Last year, more than half of Facebook’s users logged in every single day, spending a whopping 4 hours and 35 minutes posting, reading updates, and “liking” more than 2 billion posts a day

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Entrepreneurship is Really Risky, Right?

A pair of experts on start-up life challenge the conventional notion that other career paths are far safer than starting your own business. To be an entrepreneur you need to be bold, the usual thinking goes.

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How to Live the Life You Want

Quitting your job may not be as risky as it seems. You should have done what you wanted a long time ago! You've done what you were supposed to do. You graduated high school

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