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Google to pay $8.5m over Google Buzz

Date: 2010-09-06 09:52:00
Search engine firm and online giant Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million after compromising the security and privacy of its Gmail users when it rele...

Cashing In

Date: 2010-09-06 09:19:00
You hear from the news media how bad things are all the time. But is there any doubt that some folks will come out as winners when the economy gets ba...

BankSimple raise $3.1 before launch

Date: 2010-09-06 06:02:00
BankSimple, an online banking start-up, has secured its first funding round and plans to launch a beta version of ‘family and friends' by la...

Scaling Your Business with Technology

Date: 2010-09-06 05:35:00
By this point in the financial crisis, you've made countless cutbacks, and wrung as much productivity as you can from your organization. But how c...

7 Secrets to Getting More from Google AdWords

Date: 2010-09-06 05:31:00
Let's say your Google AdWords budget is $50,000 a year. You're competing against much larger companies with budgets several times larger. That...

What to Do When You Feel Like You Can’t Catch Up

Date: 2010-09-06 01:00:35
Do you ever feel like you can’t catch up to what everyone else is doing? Do you feel worried that you don’t have enough time and that opportun...

Social Media Marketing: What happens to your social media when the person who’s doing it is gone?

Date: 2010-09-05 22:24:32
Lately I've noticed a problem that I thought was worth bringing up. That is; what happens to your social media when the person who's doing it...

Be part of something

Date: 2010-09-05 00:54:32
When I started rentoid.com a 5 years ago I had no idea it would grow into something much bigger. In fact, the entire industry has been written about b...

the non tech advantage

Date: 2010-09-04 22:58:47
Business success have never been about technology. Sure technology companies become successful, but it’s never the technology that creates the s...

Why junk mail matters

Date: 2010-09-04 21:11:43
Junk mail is not named correctly. It should be called Research Mail, Zeitgeist Mail or something much more complementary. Here’s a list of great...

Losing touch

Date: 2010-09-04 20:42:40
The rock band U2 stood out in the 1980′s for many reasons. One of them was the willingness to shun to excess of the 80′s. Things like Stad...

The Price of Not Thanking Enough

Date: 2010-09-04 11:18:27
You are busy like everyone else and you forgot to thank someone for a favor received. You make a mental note that you need to thank that person when y...

The Need For Software Localization Still Prevails

Date: 2010-09-04 09:30:00

Fourth Startup Weekend Minsk Pushes Through

Date: 2010-09-04 07:29:40
While most Startup Weekend events are only held under the 54-hour limit for three days, the Minsk Startup Weekend is one of a kind, because the event...

Startup Weekend Profiles: CPUsage

Date: 2010-09-03 22:25:09
In Startup Weekend Profiles, we highlight teams and ideas that made it big during Startup Weekend. Big enough, in fact, to get noticed by folks willin...

Will Smart Phones be the New Driver of Local Commerce?

Date: 2010-09-03 14:36:58
Over the last year or so, location-based services that integrate tightly with mobile phones have been one of main themes watched by the venture world,...

No Impact Man – A cool Gift

Date: 2010-09-03 12:57:52
On Wednesday, I received a copy of Colin Beavan’s book called No Impact Man.   I owe a big thank you to Michael Mah of QSM Associates for the g...

Small Businesses Smacked with Credit Card Rate Hikes

Date: 2010-09-03 10:30:00
Small-business owners have been slapped with credit card interest rate increases of more than 30 percent since January 2010 because their cards aren&#...

Ten Myths About Innovation – Startups Beware

Date: 2010-09-03 09:30:00

Startup Weekend Toronto Winner Will Get Prize Money from Ryerson Angel Network

Date: 2010-09-03 05:50:56
Looks like the month of September will be full of Startup Weekend events not just all over the United States, but the whole world as well. And Toronto...

The 5 Goals Of Agile And DevOps

Date: 2010-09-03 05:46:57
If you’re stuck with someone in an elevator and have only a few seconds to explain why introducing agile Methodolgies and DevOps is a good idea,...

Startup Weekend Omaha Opens Next Week

Date: 2010-09-03 05:18:02
Because of the very successful first Startup Weekend last March, Omaha has decided to open another Startup Weekend event next week on September 10 to...

EBay Says: PayPal Only Please

Date: 2010-09-03 05:00:00
Effective July 1st of next year, eBay will no longer allow third party checkout transactions for customers. That means you will only be able to make p...

How to Write a Press Release

Date: 2010-09-03 03:59:00
Take it from those of us who know: An easy way to ruin your relationship with the news media is to send a bad press release. Newsroom fax machines a...

Making Millions on Crowdsourced Homework

Date: 2010-09-03 03:01:00
How skipping high school helped Student of Fortune founder Sean McCleese find success in the tutoring business

How to Take the Next Step in Your Freelance Career

Date: 2010-09-03 01:00:07
When someone I don’t know emails me out of the blue and hands me a guest post, I’m usually a little skeptical. (There’s truth in the...

Turn Any Laptop Into a Multimedia Masterpiece

Date: 2010-09-02 19:55:11
Plextor's PX-B120U external, USB-powered Blu-ray drive adds data backup and high-def video capabilities to even the most basic portable PC.

Understanding Marin County's $30 million ERP failure

Date: 2010-09-02 17:29:52
Marin County voted to stop an ongoing SAP project, implicitly accepting that it wasted over $30 million on software and related implementation service...

Google Taking on Facebook

Date: 2010-09-02 16:22:29
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Google is working on a social networking solution to compete with Facebook, although when asked if the solut...

The Rise of High-Resolution Fundraising?

Date: 2010-09-02 15:33:00
Venture capital firm Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham sent the VC blogosphere into a tizzy this week when he tweeted:“Convertible notes have...

Your Business's All-inclusive Tech Solution

Date: 2010-09-02 14:32:36
Sutus and other devices combine phone, file, e-mail and Web servers into 1 magic box.

8 Places To Find Advocates for Your Business

Date: 2010-09-02 13:01:00
You've probably spent a lot of time and energy building up your business, so now it's time to locate those people who love to shout from the...

Battle for the Nerds

Date: 2010-09-02 12:18:04
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today:Google vs. F...

Back to Business – Good News or Bad?

Date: 2010-09-02 11:51:42
With Labor Day comes back-to-school and back-to-business. With this in mind, are you dreading your old routine and the cooler months ahead?   Well,...

Would You Challenge Taylor Lautner to Push-ups?

Date: 2010-09-02 10:28:00
Thirty seconds into one of the insanely popular Twilight films (or a quick look at any Twilight poster) and you know that Taylor Lautner, a.k.a. Jacob...

5 Facebook Tools to Help Online Retailers Sell More

Date: 2010-09-02 10:27:56
Just about every online retailer out there is looking for ways to utilize Facebook as a channel to enhance their online shopping experience and acquir...

Don Estridge, IBM PC Father, Startup Role Model

Date: 2010-09-02 09:30:00

Secrets of Crafting a Top-Notch Online Video

Date: 2010-09-02 03:00:00
Heed these tips and you'll boost SEO and connect with more customers.

Why Straightforward Salespeople Close More Deals

Date: 2010-09-02 03:00:00
4 tips to help you 'tell it like it is' with your clients

Career Turning Points: Step Up to the Big Challenges

Date: 2010-09-02 00:00:00
Formative Lessons from Successful IT Leaders - A CIO Executive Council Pathways career development monthly series

As Earl Looms, Tips to Batten Down IT

Date: 2010-09-02 00:00:00
With forecasters predicting a very active hurricane season, experts say IT managers must review business continuity and disaster recovery plans to ens...

Startup Weekend Dublin Welcomes New Sponsor and Website

Date: 2010-09-01 20:55:38
Startup Weekend Dublin is very happy to announce that Microsoft BizSpark will be a generous sponsor for the event coming this October 1 until 3, 2010....

New Sony E-Readers

Date: 2010-09-01 13:15:49
On the heels of Amazon’s new lower-cost Kindle, Sony has announced the launch of three e-readers that are slimmer and lighter than the company&r...

Survival Tips for Attending A Celebrity Gifting Suite

Date: 2010-09-01 13:15:20
Whether you agree with the phenomena or not, celebrity sells. I have personally seen the momentum it can create with my own company, Glamajama. A ce...

Getting an Accurate Picture of Your Business

Date: 2010-09-01 13:11:00
6 tips for making sure your business reports deliver succinct, measurable insights

Why Greenpeace Isn't Facebook's Friend

Date: 2010-09-01 12:45:00
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today:Facebook mak...

Norm Brodsky on Keeping Your Business Concept Simple

Date: 2010-09-01 12:00:00
The final query this month comes from Meri West, who asked about choosing a name for her home-cleaning business in the July/August issue:Dear Norm, Ca...

Why I Stepped Down

Date: 2010-09-01 12:00:00
During a summer hike with his son, Steve, in 1990, Kent Savage proposed they start a business that would distribute products made from recycled conten...

What Politics Taught Me About Business

Date: 2010-09-01 12:00:00
Having launched two tech companies and a consulting business in Cary, North Carolina, Glen Lang decided to take on a different kind of challenge: poli...

Reflections on a Wild Year in Business

Date: 2010-09-01 12:00:00
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