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Inc. 500 honoree Slingshot SEO experienced 3,597 percent growth in just three years. Here one of the founders explains how they did it with only $10,000 and a dream

Navigating the road of buying another business can be a tricky one. Here are some things to look for along the way.

The 2011 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2007 through 2010

Rumia Ambrose-Burbank, president of Vendor Managed Solutions, which buys maintenance supplies for other companies, recalls how she spun her firm off from what was then Electronic Data Systems, where she once worked in finance.

On May 23, Inc. magazine contributing editor, Norm Brodsky, will be my guest here at Inc. magazine's New York City headquarters for a discussion on small business media strategy.

While annual revenue for public relations firms flat-lined from 2008 through this year, IBISWorld foresees a nearly 6 percent annual growth for the industry over the next five years. And while employment in the field has actually dropped in recent years, it's staged for a 3 percent increase every year through 2016. Gary McCormick, chair of the board of directors of the Public Relations Society of America, says the industry's recent stagnancy was due to other companies that use PR firms or independent contractors cutting back on advertising, marketing, and PR expenses.

Apple's nifty new iPad 2 cover had tech geeks drooling last week.