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Collaboration--or lack of it--can determine whether an enterprise survives or fails, William Bratton told an audience at the Inc.

How many students does it take to screw in a compact fluorescent lightbulb? Tony Anderson, Morehouse College ’08, can answer that.

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu on the roadblock that keeps cities--and start-up founders--from solving big problems. I recently realized that I've been stuck in a rut for years and that rut is ideology.

Words of wisdom from Norm Brodsky, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Alexander Osterwalder, and the founder of Warby Parker. After an inspiring day at Inc.'s GrowCo conference , I headed to the historic French Quarter of New Orleans, where Arnaud's hosted a tweetup.

This summer, you can be recognized by New York City for your small business achievements. Every year, the annual Neighborhood Achievement Awards celebrates great entrepreneurial talent in New York City.

The foundation's recent public relations mess offers valuable takeaways for small businesses. Last week, we saw one of the country’s most well-known cancer research advocacy organizations, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, go from being revered to reviled.

A look at Baratunde Thurston, the Director of Digital at The Onion, a Harvard philosophy major turned consultant turned standup comedian and author of How to Be Black. Flux to the core.

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The Friday after Thanksgiving is known for big deals at large retailers. But can AmEx's marketing push help claim enough of that business for the little guys?

Watching the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators march by the offices of Scientific American yesterday got me thinking about health conditions at Zuccotti Park. New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said that “ health and safety conditions became intolerable at the encampment, so he was forced to evict demonstrators and remove their tents and sleeping bags.

First you had to pay to drive into the city center.

New York City's mayor laughed it up at TechStars Demo Day, claiming the Bloomberg TV show resembles the Jersey Shore and that start-ups should grow to pay "a lot of taxes." New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg stepped in front of dozens of young entrepreneurs and hundreds of investors Tuesday and joked about the Jersey Shore and taxes. This was the prelude to TechStars Demo Day in New York City, where 31 start-up founders graduating from the incubator would be presenting their ideas to would-be funders

AP Photo/Andrew Burton In the staring contest between the Occupy Wall Street protesters and New York City, Mayor Bloomberg blinked first , deciding that the occupiers didn’t represent the kind of safety crisis Brookfield Office Properties, the owners of

Irene did less damage than expected, but when the next big storm comes (and it will), cities that have made innovative decisions in how they run operations will be better off. Thankfully, Hurricane Irene turned out to be much weaker than predicted.

Agriculture Department rejects plan from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to prohibit use of food stamps for purchase of sugary drinks