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Learn from these entrepreneurs that ditched the office to cut overhead expenses, be closer to family, and enjoy, as one entrepreneur put it, the "10-step commute." Thinking of starting up —but don’t want the daily trek to an office? Home-based businesses, or virtual businesses, provide plenty of advantages, especially if you’re looking to bootstrap your operation. Here’s a look at 11 entrepreneurs that ditched the office to cut overhead expenses, be closer to family, and enjoy, as one entrepreneur put it, the “10-step commute.” Green and Profitable Shel Horowitz Shel Horowitz started his first home-based business in 1981 on the kitchen table of a rental apartment.

Inc.com joins the ranks of companies hoping that Congress doesn't vote to break the Internet by approving SOPA and PIPA. Here's why. Sometime quite soon , your member of Congress will vote to destroy the Internet, or not

In a single year, a couple got married, got pregnant, and founded a fast-growing company. Two-thousand and five was the year of the perfect merger and acquisition.

In a single year, a couple got married, got pregnant, and founded a fast-growing company.

Instead of installing solar panels on your roof--how about just giving your house a new paint job? Of course you’d have to be sure to use solar paint. That’s what a group of Notre Dame researchers has created, detailing the recipe in the journal ACS Nano .

Decrease the likelihood your employees will leave, save money onboarding, and increase profitability--and receive notes like the one I got from Brian Johnson. I've been thinking a lot about the numbers behind our business.

In this extended version of the talk from our latest issue , we speak with Jim Rekoske, VP for renewable energy and chemicals for Honeywell--which licenses its biofuel technology to refineries.

Startup incubators are all the rage right now, but if you could swing a deal like mine, you might find that sometimes, doing things the old-fashioned way is best.

A new report finds that immigrants are key to startup formation and job creation.

It may not be as popular as Facebook or Twitter, but this virtual pinboard service is attracting plenty of eyeballs.

The sun is the greatest source of energy on the planet. Instead of spending money trying to fight its power in the summer (and supplement it in the winter), revolving homes maximize solar heat and electricity.

The sun is the greatest source of energy on the planet. Instead of spending money trying to fight its power in the summer (and supplement it in the winter), revolving homes maximize solar heat and electricity.

How knowing that you don't know much can help you make smarter decisions. You probably don't know nearly as much as you think you do. I certainly don't

You may be a risk-taker, goal-oriented, and ambitious but only these four traits will help take you to the next level. "Hello, my name is Glen and I represent Mason Shoe Company." That was 37 years ago and I was twelve.

Left for dead only two months ago, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is now a front-runner for the GOP nomination. On the Democratic side, Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law professor who is running for the Senate seat currently held by Scott Brown, has created some buzz of her own. These two candidates couldn’t be more different, but they both use tried and true communication and persuasion techniques that help them connect with voters