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Previous growth is no indicator of continued success. So Karl heads to Inc.s GrowCo conference looking for new ideas. We've experienced extraordinary growth over the past few years, which put us in the top 100 of the Inc.

Previous growth is no indicator of continued success.

Why we all need to satisfy the thirst to growth, and you should never allow that thirst to be quenched. I bet you’ve all heard these things before: “Once we grow 20-30 percent more, we will have the scale we need to be more profitable” “If we buy our largest competitor, we will have the scale to better serve our customers on a national level” “At our current size, we aren’t able to effectively compete in this marketplace. We need to double our size to get a competitive advantage What’s surprising is that we’ve heard these things from companies with $2 million in revenue and we’ve heard these things from companies with $10 billion in revenue, plus everyone in between.

In business, the consequences of failing to properly frame or assess an issue can be dire. Often such a misdiagnosis is the result of not having the right information. Though the necessary information is often available, businesspeople sometimes don't know how to find it or don't see it in front of them.

Business relationships can sometimes turn bad. Heres how to protect your business from a bad breakup.

The founder of Alltop.com explains his social media strategy (and tells uis why Google+ may overtake Facebook). Guy Kawasaki wears many hats.

I spent last week in snow-plow position, trailing my 4-year-old daughter down ski slopes. On the lift rides up, while singing songs with mispronounced words (Frosty the Snowman has a “bucky” nose, by the way, instead of a button), my thoughts drifted to a struggle that occupies me today. I am negotiating a series of license agreements for my “ Outthink the Competition ” IP and I want to make sure I don’t get taken for a ride.

What you think is an elevator pitch will actually alienate customers. Instead, have a conversation that creates a real sales opportunity. If you're like most entrepreneurs, you think an "elevator pitch" is a one- to three-minute sales pitch that you could presumably give during a very long elevator ride

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Quadrocopter Swarms Go Tiny If you're a fan of This Week In Bots you'll be exquisitely familiar with quadropters--the technology is blooming right now because the battery, motor, and control technology is ubiquitous and the stable flight platform offered by the design promises so much for the future of aerial robotics.

Quadrocopter Swarms Go Tiny If you're a fan of This Week In Bots you'll be exquisitely familiar with quadropters--the technology is blooming right now because the battery, motor, and control technology is ubiquitous and the stable flight platform offered by the design promises so much for the future of aerial robotics. That's why we've seen them dance, perform ridiculous aerobatics , and even build things .

Don't be too focused on your product--because if you're not building a community for it, it may never get off the ground. When you are first starting your business, it can seem as if there are an infinite number of items on your to-do list and not enough hours in the day.

Don't be too focused on your product--because if you're not building a community for it, it may never get off the ground. When you are first starting your business, it can seem as if there are an infinite number of items on your to-do list and not enough hours in the day. While it's important to put in the necessary time to build out your product or service, there is a danger in being overly focused

Meet Fred Giovannitti, whose ability to tease designs out of people's brains proves useful in two very different pursuits: tattoo artistry and environmental engineering. Fred Giovannitti is that rarity: a man who divides his time between two extremely disparate careers

Google's new Public Alerts are a continuation of the role Google took in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in 2011. However, instead of simply providing ad-hoc portals to collated and relevant data post-disaster, Google's Crisis Response Team, a new release says , will work to "surface emergency information through the online tools you use every day, when that information is relevant and useful." Meaning if there's a hurricane headed your way, Google will make sure you know it somehow. But how much of this is about altruism?