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Articles From 2013 In May

Sat May 31 2013

Is Tumblr Already Losing its Way? - Francesca Fenzi
Alex and Ani CEO: 'My Job Was to Discourage People' - Judith Ohikuare
Yep Text's CEO Prefers Launching Start-Ups to 'Real Jobs' - Julie Strickland
TweetDeck Founder Departs Twitter - Julie Strickland
What Liberty Reserve's Takedown (Doesn't) Mean For Bitcoin - Eric Markowitz
Looking for a Bank With Best Practices? Good Luck - Jeremy Quittner
Here's What You Need to Know About Obamacare - Jana Kasperkevic
Small Business Optimism Hits 2-Year High, Hiring Still Lags - Michael Alter
8 Ways to Be Re-Inspired at Work - Kevin Daum
Can You Control Your Employees' LinkedIn Profiles? - Suzanne Lucas
Do You Make It Too Hard to Get a Job At Your Company? - Janine Popick
Elon Musk's Hyperloop Can Get You From LA to San Francisco In 30 Minutes - Business Insider
David Karp: Why I Sold Tumblr - Issie Lapowsky
WATCH: If Nikola Tesla Pitched Silicon Valley VCs - Mark Suster
Study: Humans and Robots Should Swap Jobs - Reshma Memon Yaqub
Get in the Game and You'll Learn Something - Leigh Buchanan
8 Myths About Great Salespeople - Geoffrey James
Mary Meeker Strikes Again: 5 Trends You Can't Miss - Eric Markowitz

Fri May 30 2013

10 Start-ups Designing the Future of Advertising - Julie Strickland
Iman: 'I Had to Divorce Myself From Fashion' - Jill Krasny
Street Smarts: Passing Your Company to an Employee - Norm Brodsky
Why Timing Is Everything - Neal Cabage
Stuck? 3 Ways to Move Yourself Forward - Eric Holtzclaw
Why I Love Being Rejected - Laura Garnett
Elon Musk Wants to See More Disruption Offline - Jana Kasperkevic
Maneet Chauhan on Keeping Calm Under Pressure - Julie Strickland
A Beginner's Guide to Market Research - Curt Hanke
Why You Should Talk About Your Failures And Not Ignore Them - Leigh Buchanan
The Fighters: San Francisco's Boxing CEOs - Tim Rice
Hiring & Recruiting | The Best Way to Test a Job Candidate - Margaret Heffernan
SBA Plays Small Business Matchmaker - Julie Strickland
'Growing Slowly Doesn't Mean You're Stagnant' - Leigh Buchanan
How to Lead When Your World Is Falling Apart - Carrie Kerpen
Stay Nimble, Be Quick: 3 Tips - Matthew Swyers
What VCs Think About Immigration, Taxes and Donuts - Kimberly Weisul
4 Simple Tips for Better Networking - Inc. staff
5 Tips to Keep Your Brand Relevant - Michael A. Olguin
Dark Side of Employee Engagement - The Build Network staff
The Secret to Sustainable Business Growth - Steve Tobak
Hit Me: Inside San Francisco's Founders Fight Club - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Making the Transition to Entrepreneurship: 4 Steps - Patricia Fletcher
Not Just Another Notebook - Candice Elliott
How to Motivate With Bonuses - Geoffrey James
U.S. Reclaims Post as Most Competitive Economy, But Trouble May Loom - Julie Strickland

Thu May 29 2013

Why Foreign Entrepreneurs Love America - Jana Kasperkevic
Small Businesses Are Doing More Firing Than Hiring - Jana Kasperkevic
Forget Apologies. 3 Steps to Recover When Things Go Wrong - Scott Elser
What a Great Homepage Does to Hook Customers - Francesca Fenzi
Empty Accounts? Fake Followers? Politicians' Twitter Stumbles - Bill Murphy Jr.
PostNet: How We Identified Our Real Customers - Jeff Haden
Apple CEO Tim Cook: Innovation Doesn't Mean a New Gadget - Jill Krasny
Space: The Final Frontier for 3D Printing - Julie Strickland
Entrepreneurship's Greatest Challenge: Rebuild Detroit
Make What You Sell: A New Breed of Manufacturers - Mark Dwight
3 Fundamental Shifts You Need To Make To Scale Your Business - Les McKeown
Warby Parker CEO: Why Empathy Matters - Leigh Buchanan
30 Under 30 2013: Meet the Judges - Julie Strickland
Why Now's the Time to Sell Your Business - Gene Marks
5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Preparing to Sell Your Business - Curtis Kroeker
Steve Jobs and Bernie Madoff: What They Have in Common - Richard McGill Murphy
Cheat Sheet for New Google Plus Features - Aaron Aders
8 Tips to Get More From Your Investors and Board - Mark Suster
3 Ways to Start Every Day Better - Tom Searcy
Troubles Managing Hiring? Software That Can Help - Suzanne Lucas
When Experience Betrays You - Howard Tullman
Entrepreneur or Con Man? How to Tell - Alexander Stein
8 Business Lessons From Game of Thrones - John Brandon
Bootstrapping a Services Business: 3 Simple Steps - Rene Shimada Siegel
8 New Tech Companies to Watch - John Brandon
The Device That Could Change the Way We Use Computers - Eric Markowitz
Top 10 Inspirational Business Books - Geoffrey James

Wed May 28 2013

Nobel Prize Winner: Your Business Should Help Others - Jana Kasperkevic
So You Think You Have Attention Deficit Disorder ... - Marla Tabaka
Venture Capital Sees Continued Improvement in 10-Year Returns - Jana Kasperkevic
What the Sequestration Means for Small Business - Charley Moore
Facebook Can't Fix Papa John's Butt-Dialing Snafu - Erik Sherman
Recovery Motors On for Small Business - Jeremy Quittner
Chef John Besh: Building a Restaurant Chain With Heart - Eric Schurenberg
Never Underestimate Your Market - Eric Schurenberg
How I Maintain the Besh Brand - Eric Schurenberg
How the Besh Brand Is Going Global - Eric Schurenberg
Your Career Isn't Everything - Eric Schurenberg
How I Bounced Back From Katrina - Eric Schurenberg
You Must Love Your Product - Eric Schurenberg
How the Army Teaches Leadership - Eric Schurenberg
New Orleans Started My Business - Eric Schurenberg
Richard Branson: It Doesn't Cost Much to Start a Great Business - Julie Strickland
Want a Great Business? Build a Great Team - Michael Alter
Is Wall Street the Best Start-Up Incubator? - Darren Dahl
Why Social Media Isn't the Problem. You Are - Carrie Kerpen
Eileen Fisher: How to Get Your Employees Invested - Leigh Buchanan
12 Non-caffeinated Ways to Wake Up at Work - Kevin Daum
Innovation? It's Right Under Your Nose - Leigh Buchanan
Want to Experience Your Business As Others Do? Go Undercover. - Brad Nierenberg
Why Apple Employees Are so Good at Keeping Secrets - Business Insider
15 Simple Truths About Selling - Geoffrey James
Put Down That Smartphone. No, You Can't Check Your Laptop or Tablet, Either. - The Build Network staff
4 Ways To Create More Cash for Your Business - Ed Powers
3 Games That Can Teach You Business Skills - Leigh Buchanan
Sorry Andy Dunn, 98% of VCs Aren't Dumb - Mark Suster
Why Employees Aren't Telling You the Truth - Minda Zetlin
How to Interview Your VC - Adam Marcus
7 Employees You Should Promote Now - Steve Tobak
How Tony Hsieh Gets to Inbox Zero - Jessica Stillman
Find the Perfect Space for a Pop-up Store - Erik Sherman
Contest: How Would You Save Golf? - Cal McAllister
5 Things Every Graduate Should Know - Peter Cohan
How to Play Your Vision - R Michael Rose
Catching Up With Last Year's 30 Under 30 - Jill Krasny
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: ThinkImpact, Saul Garlick - Nicole Marie Richardson
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Luke's Lobster, Luke Holden and Ben Conniff - Jeremy Quittner
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Young. Smart. Unstoppable. - Donna Fenn
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Inventions of the Young and Geeky - Inc. staff
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Orbotix, Ian Bernstein, Adam Wilson - Kimberly Weisul
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Arvixe, Arvand Sabetian - Kimberly Weisul
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: OrgSync, Eric Fortenberry - Issie Lapowsky
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Solomon Group, Gary Solomon, Jr. - Issie Lapowsky
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: BandPage, J. Sider - Nicole Carter
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Mutual Mobile, John Arrow - Nicole Carter
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: MinoMonsters, Josh Buckley - Simona Covel
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Course Hero, Andrew and David Grauer, and Gregor Carrigan - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Lark Technologies, Julia Hu - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Github, P.J. Hyett, Chris Wanstrath - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Wireless Communications, Krish Patel - Simona Covel
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Uptown Cheapskate, Chelsea Sloan - Burt Helm
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Nasty Gal, Sophia Amoruso - Donna Fenn
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: SeatGeek, Russell D'Souza and Jack Groetzinger - Donna Fenn
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Asana, Justin Rosenstein and Dustin Moskovitz - Eric Markowitz
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: LaunchKey, Geoff Sanders, Yo Sub Kwon - Minda Zetlin
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: BlueBridge Digital, Santiago Jaramillo - Donna Fenn
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Evatran, Rebecca Hough - Donna Fenn
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Spartz Media, Emerson Spartz, Gaby Spartz - Donna Fenn
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Marketing Zen Group, Shama Kabani - Lindsay Blakely
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: iCracked, A.J. Forsythe, Anthony Martin - Burt Helm
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: HireVue, Mark Newman - Allison Fass
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: MAZ Digital, Paul Canetti, Simon Baumer - Eric Markowitz
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Yodle, Ben Rubenstein - Allison Fass
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: ZenPayroll, Tomer London - Jeremy Quittner
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: The Adoni Group, Jordan and Jensen Adoni - Richard McGill Murphy
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Leap Motion, David Holz and Michael Buckwald - Nicole Marie Richardson
Inc. 30 Under 30 2013: Video Blocks, Joel Holland - Richard McGill Murphy
Governance: the Critical Factor Most Business Owners Get Wrong - Paul Schoemaker

Tue May 27 2013

Asana: Work Without the Drudgery
SeatGeek: The Kayak of Events Ticketing
The Problem With Squeezing Employees Too Hard - Jessica Stillman
Turns Out, Uncle Sam Is a Beer Lover - Darren Dahl

Sat May 24 2013

Why Everyone Is an Entrepreneur Now - Jana Kasperkevic
The Redesigned Inc. Magazine, Along With Its New Augmented Reality App - Eric Schurenberg
Want to Perform Better? Get Uncomfortable - Francesca Fenzi
The Best Quotes of the Week, May 20 - Jana Kasperkevic
The Ultimate Motivation for Any Team - Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick
Vooza Creator: Someone has to Tackle the Non-Sexy Issues - Jana Kasperkevic
How Your Energy Affects Your Team - Janine Popick
How to Give (and Receive) Positive Criticism - Kevin Daum
Time to Accelerate? - Jeff Bussgang
It's Time to Stamp out the Bull - Jessica Stillman
Inside the Brain of a Leader - Eric Markowitz
You Don't Have to Make All the Money Yourself - Scott Gerber
How to Build a Successful Restaurant - Scott Gerber
I Build Products With Value - Scott Gerber
Do Something You Love - Scott Gerber
What Obamacare Means for My Business - Scott Gerber
Why I Love My Orange Crocs - Scott Gerber
Don't Let Mistakes Mushroom - Peter Gasca
11 Tips & Hacks for Using LinkedIn - Young Entrepreneur Council
The Real Truth About Sales Process - Geoffrey James
The Key to Great Office Design - Denise Mieko Cherry

Fri May 23 2013

3 ClichÃ©s to Live By - Francesca Fenzi
JLo, Verizon Target Latinos With Viva Movil - Jana Kasperkevic
RedOwl Analytics: The Silent Whistleblower - Jill Krasny
3 Signs You're Too Busy to Be Brilliant - Les McKeown
5 Ways to Keep Your Eye On the Goal - Eric Holtzclaw
A 3-Step Customer Service Guide for Your Team - Michael Alter
Mobile Privacy By Design, Not Privacy By Disaster - Amber Case
Why Do Military Veterans Make Such Great Entrepreneurs? - Bill Murphy Jr.
Why Two Founders Are Better Than One - Chris Heivly
Does Your Start-Up's Name Sound Like a Piece of Ikea Furniture? - Inc. staff
Lyft's New $60M: How the Deal Went Down - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin and Eric Markowitz
The Cult-Like Cultures of Amazing Start-ups - Steve Tobak
What Investors Want to Hear in Your Pitch - Jana Kasperkevic
Snapple Co-Founder Leonard Marsh Dies at 80 - Eric Markowitz
Why Healthcare Innovations Fail - Julie Goonewardene
A Stark Contrast to Fisker as Tesla Pays Loans Early - Jeremy Quittner
Work From Anywhere: 4 Tips to Manage Remote Employees - Robin D. Schatz
Should You Build or Buy Your Way to Growth? - Karl Stark and Bill Stewart
Google's Must-Learn Secret of Success - Erik Sherman
Super Coder, or Manager? Why Your Top Geek Can't Be Both. - Alan Ying
The Magic of Structured Procrastination - The Build Network staff
A Commencement Speech for Entrepreneurs in the Class of 2013 - Tom Searcy
Social Media vs. Having a Life: 3 Ways to Strike a Balance - Minda Zetlin
I'm Always the Same Character - Scott Gerber
3 Ways to Spot a Liar - Jessica Stillman
4 Ways to Keep Online Shoppers Coming Back for More - Jeff Haden
6 Inspired Objects for the Office - Jana Kasperkevic
Your Company is Great. You Name Stinks. Now What? - John Warrillow
The 'Spinal Tap' Guide to Business - Jeff Haden
Tap Into Y Combinator's Contrarian Thinking - Garry Tan
5 Ways To Get the Most From Your Ad Agency - Curt Hanke
Build to Sell (Even If You Don't Plan on It) - Norm Brodsky
3 Ways to Beat a Sales Slump - Geoffrey James

Thu May 22 2013

Randi Zuckerberg on Her Next Act - Jill Krasny
Ryan Ferrier: Everything Comes Down to Customer Feedback - Jana Kasperkevic
Why You Should Ban Email (Sometimes) - Margaret Heffernan
Is NYC the Next Silicon Valley? - Jana Kasperkevic
How Blogging Helped My Pitch - Francesca Fenzi
Top 3 Shrewdest Business Moves - Francesca Fenzi
How to Raise Funding Without Selling Out - Issie Lapowsky
Are Americans Overly Confident About Entrepreneurship? - Eric Markowitz
The Case for the 'Entrepreneur Generation' - Gene Marks
The Way I Work: John Paul DeJoria, John Paul Mitchell Systems - Liz Welch
3 Simple Ways to Make Your Company Mission Matter - Jeremy Quittner
Manufacturing Can Help Save the Economy, If We Fix These 6 Gaps - Drew Greenblatt
Letting Go: The Best (and Hardest) Thing You'll Ever Do - Jason Fried
Build Trust and Authority in Google Search - Aaron Aders
5 Best Resources for Small-Business Buyers - Curtis Kroeker
Do Yourself a Favor: Hire Nice People - Jeremy Quittner
Should You Hire or Outsource HR? - Suzanne Lucas
When It's Time to Fire Yourself - Jessica Stillman
Don't Turn Your Back on Tradition - Scott Gerber
Tony Hsieh Makes Strides with Vegas Downtown Project - Issie Lapowsky
How to Prospect for New Customers - Geoffrey James
3 College-Town Incubators to Watch - Elaine Pofeldt

Wed May 21 2013

Why Warby Parker Opened a Retail Store - Jana Kasperkevic
What It Really Means to Put Your Best Foot Forward - Julie Strickland
General Assembly Co-Founder: 'Your Education Is Always in Beta' - Jana Kasperkevic
The Biggest Threat to the Yahoo-Tumblr Combination - Paul Spiegelman
Mario Batali on Growing a Business - Scott Gerber
Tumblr Is New York's Third Billion-Dollar Start-Up Exit in the Past Year - Business Insider
Yahoo: A History of Botched Start-up Acquisitions - Issie Lapowsky
4 Signs Your Start-Up Needs an Exit Plan - Jana Kasperkevic
7 Memorable Graduation Speeches by Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders - Bill Murphy Jr.
Brilliant Leaders Use This Type of Humor - Eric Markowitz
Big Data Tools Are Not Just for Big Business - Hollis Thomases
Be More Productive In an Open Work Space - Karl Stark and Bill Stewart
Work-Life Balance: How to Take Control - Steve Tobak
Living the 7 Entrepreneurial Virtues - Kevin Daum
Leaders Say They Love Experiments. So Why Don't They Actually Do Them? - The Build Network staff
All Signs Point to 2014 Twitter IPO - Eric Markowitz
These 5 Start-ups Will Change the Way You Pay for Everything - Jill Krasny
Sleep Deprivation: Just as Bad for Performance as Alcohol - Jessica Stillman
Did Yahoo's Marissa Mayer Pay Too Much for Tumblr? - Allan S. Roth
What I Learned From My Waitress - Howard Tullman
8 Start-Up Buzzwords to Avoid - Eric Markowitz
Shorts Season: Is it Time for a Dress Code? - Chas Rampenthal
14 Ways to Qualify a Sales Lead - Geoffrey James

Tue May 20 2013

One Reason Women Are Poised to Be Digital Disruptors - Jana Kasperkevic
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Goal Zero - Julie Strickland
Jon Oringer Says Shutterstock Can Sell Whatever it Wants - Julie Strickland
Charlie Hamilton: Most Successful People Worked When They Were Young - Julie Strickland
Why Fashion Models are Twice as Likely to Get H-1B Visas as Computer Programmers - Bill Murphy Jr.
Personal Productivity: Keep Up the Self-Scrutiny--or Try This - Vanessa Merit Nornberg
The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires - Mark Suster
3 Reasons I Lead From the Weeds - Janine Popick
Email Newsletter To Bestselling Book--How a Start-up Pulled It Off - John Greathouse
Will Planning Less Help You Do More? - Jessica Stillman
GrubHub and Seamless to Become One Company - Jill Krasny
Why I Love Mondays--and Maybe You Should, Too - Suzanne Lucas
Is Work the Only Thing You Do These Days? Time to Stop - Margaret Heffernan
The One Word That Shouldn't Exist in an Entrepreneur's Vocabulary - Mark Suster
5 Powerful Business Laptops - John Brandon
7 Foods That Boost Your Brainpower - Barbara Mendez
3 Super-Cheap Marketing Tactics - Gavin Turner and C. Jason Payne
3 Ways to Get Better Results From Your Communications - R Michael Rose
No Office? 4 Secrets for Managing Virtual Workers - Marla Tabaka
10 Dumbest Salary Review Comments - Geoffrey James
Mike Venerable, CincyTech: Why I Like My Entrepreneurs Scared - Eric Schurenberg

Sat May 17 2013

Bill Gates: Good Feedback Is the Key to Improvement - Jana Kasperkevic
6 Start-Ups Tackling the Student Loan Crisis - Jana Kasperkevic
B-Reel Ad Company Wins CLIO Awards - Jana Kasperkevic
What USC's Degree in Disruption Needs to Succeed - Jill Krasny
Reflecting on the Facebook IPO, One Year Later - Jana Kasperkevic
Ex-McKinsey Consultant: 'Grit Is Living Life Like It's a Marathon' - Julie Strickland
From Ivy League to Intimates - Lee Clifford and Julie Schlosser
Become a Better Leader by Studying Kim Kardashian's Marriage - Bill Murphy Jr.
Tech Company Tableau Software Goes Public - Julie Strickland
3 Reasons Not to Crowdfund - Ari Zoldan
Y Combinator Shake-up, Andrew Mason Returns - Eric Markowitz
Facebook Might Spoil Yahoo's Acquisition Party - Julie Strickland
Unreasonable at Sea: 11 Social Entrepreneurs. A Ship. 13 Countries. 100 Days - Jeff Hoffman
8 Money-Saving Business Travel Tips - Kevin Daum
How Real People Make It Big - Steve Tobak
Can Your Employees Push Back? - Janine Popick
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo: What I've Learned - Eric Schurenberg
5 Classic Movies, 5 Leadership Lessons - Samuel Bacharach
What If Your 16 Employees Resided in 7 Countries? - Suzanne Lucas
Productivity Metrics Motivate (Not Always for the Right Things) - Leigh Buchanan
How to Have Better Conversations - Jessica Stillman
Why 'Inbox Zero' Is Like a Fad Diet - Jessica Stillman
9 Buzzwords the Tech Industry Should Banish - John Brandon
3 Pillars of Valuation - David Lonsdale
Modern Mobile Etiquette: 6 Rules - Bzur Haun
Lies Customers Tell and How to Use Them - Geoffrey James
Why Obamacare May Hurt Less Than You Fear - Adam Bluestein

Fri May 16 2013

Bill Gates Reclaims Title of World's Richest Man - Jana Kasperkevic
Small Businesses Are Ditching Patents in Droves - Jana Kasperkevic
Give Workers More Vacation--But Only if You Do This Too - Leigh Buchanan
Essential Entrepreneurial Advice for Every Graduate - Steve Blank
GSA Shorts Thousands Of Small Government Contractors - Julie Strickland
The IRS Scandal Should Scare the Heck Out of You. Here's Why - Bill Murphy Jr.
8 Questions for a Bitcoin Millionaire - Francesca Fenzi