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From garages to grocery stores, here's a look at the quirky spaces where some of the biggest dot-com brands got started. Tech start-ups are known for thinking outside the box--especially when it...

Inventory management might not be the most exciting part of starting a business, but it's one of the most important.

Handy rules of thumb can help you make even the most complex decisions more manageable. A former Bain consultant offers a great one. Being a business owners means making tough decisions....

These common mistakes will ruin your chances of getting just about any job. Finding reliable, loyal, and competent employees is at the top of most entrepreneurs' minds. You deal with this as a...

After getting pushed out of the business she loved, this Cisco co-founder learned a valuable lesson about working with VCs. In 1984, Sandy Lerner co-founded Cisco Systems with her now-ex-husband,...

How many times have you heard a company's tagline and thought, "yeah, right!" Here's how to avoid that fate--and make a promise to your customers you can actually keep. How many times have you...

One, the maker of the world's most powerful software-development tool is growing at a stunning rate. Two, your next business will be built on it. It's "Beer:30," and Tom Preston-Werner is...

It's been six weeks since the traveling treps of Unreasonable at Sea set sail. We check in with one young entrepreneur about his progress so far.

There’s no question that different programming languages are useful for different projects — it’s hard to justify completing every single project that comes across your desk in the same language,...

You might be surprised at some of the companies that have reached the billion-dollar valuation mark.