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These start-ups could steal the spotlight at Austin's big tech show. March brings South by Southwest Interactive, which means that some 25,000 entrepreneurs, marketers, journalists, and engineers...

A number of apps promise to translate text over the Web. But a new one goes a step further: It puts live interpreters only a click away. Online translation services, such as Google Translate,...

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.