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As part of Facebook's IPO filing, founder Mark Zuckerberg praised the concept of the "hackathon." Could something similar benefit your company, even if you're not in tech? Welcome to 2012 , a time in which hacking is praised in S-1 filings .

As part of Facebook's IPO filing, founder Mark Zuckerberg praised the concept of the "hackathon." Could something similar benefit your company, even if you're not in tech?

The best business story might not get noticed by the top publications, but there are plenty of other ways to get it published.

The best business story might not get noticed by the top publications, but there are plenty of other ways to get it published. If you are starting a company , one of your goals is probably to get written about in an influential media outlet in your space.

The day has finally come as many has long predicted and hoped: Facebook today filed its S1 registration . We're combing through the numbers at present--we'll update as we get a better grasp on the figures--but here are the initial highlights. Net income for 2011 reached $1 billion in 2011, on revenue of $3.7 billion, up from $606 million on revenues of $1.97 billion in 2010

Cause marketing seems so simple... until it's not.

Start-ups on a shoestring might not have the money for a public-relations agency or even a PR pro. Here are seven steps to do-it-yourself PR.

If promoting your company is your task and yours alone, here's your to-do list. Every entrepreneur is a self-promoter , but some are lucky enough to be able to pay for help in that department

Giving back to the community is harder than it looks. What would you do in a situation like this? Sometimes trying to do something nice doesn’t work out so well.

The rival: enormous. Its product: disturbingly similar. The question: Should Mixed Chicks get into a legal battle with a multibillion-dollar giant?

Over the weekend, Facebook quietly registered a series of "newsroom" domains. Could a new journalism project be next for the social media giant?

Tim Tebow isn't perfect.

When making the jump to social media marketing, small enterprises must avoid assuming that customers are ever truly engaged. There’s a turn of phrase that’s been rattling around my head recently—you know the one about being a “victim of your own success?” Sometimes I wonder whether that’s the case with social media evangelists. By any measure, we’ve helped drive ever larger numbers of businesses and independent professionals to start using social-based promotion, which is fine on its face, but how much value has been added to the lives of consumers

These five innovative nonprofits are all developing responses to the faster-changing world of work outlined in " Generation Flux " and " The Four-Year Career ." Looking for a second career? Civic Ventures offers Encore Fellowships in seven states. These fellowships, which carry a small stipend, give retirees the chance to use their skills during a full-time or part-time commitment at a nonprofit, and perhaps segue into an "encore career" with meaning

You run your own business, and data show you probably invest more successfully than men. So why is money still so intimidating?