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Charging Into The Future
Inc.

Charging Into The Future

Lithium-ion batteries are essential to our lives and businesses—but struggle to keep up with modern demands. Inside the race to build a better battery.

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10 mins  |
March - April 2019
How We Did It - Luke's Lobster
Inc.

How We Did It - Luke's Lobster

Luke Holden and Ben Conniff started a small chain of simple lobster shacks. Then they started thinking much bigger.

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5 mins  |
March - April 2019
Banking On It
Inc.

Banking On It

CEO Ken Moelis, 59, co­founded investment bank Moelis & Company just as the U.S. economy tanked, and took it public in 2014 with a $163 million IPO. By Maria Aspan

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2 mins  |
June 2018
Inc.

Get Rolling

Social video can boost both your company’s brand awareness and its sales.

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3 mins  |
May 2017
How To Fire Friends
Inc.

How To Fire Friends

They were there at the start when you needed them. But now you don’t. This won’t be easy.

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4 mins  |
May 2017
Reward-Givers, Beware!
Inc.

Reward-Givers, Beware!

Switching loyalty platforms might cut costs—as long as you avoid angering customers

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4 mins  |
May 2017
What's Behind This Company's Mission To Transform Prenatal Medicine
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What's Behind This Company's Mission To Transform Prenatal Medicine

​FOURTEEN YEARS AGO, Matthew Rabinowitz’s sister gave birth to a child with Down syndrome, who died six days later. The family was devastated—and entirely blindsided, as the screening tests available at the time had missed the baby’s condition.

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May 2017
Pick The Right Target
Inc.

Pick The Right Target

Key tips for using target-date retirement funds.

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4 mins  |
May 2017
Going The Distance
Inc.

Going The Distance

Discover the secrets of America’s most innovative public companies—from the entrepreneurs who have guided them through IPOs and onto our list.

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May 2017
The Problem With The Platforms
Inc.

The Problem With The Platforms

Giant tech companies love founders. Until they start getting too successful.

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May 2018
Inc.

Rising Stars

Nothing better illustrates the vibrancy of entrepreneurship than Inc.’s Rising Stars, the inspiring under-30 founders who are blazing paths in fields ranging from diamond-making to tech to beekeeping. Presenting the stars of the future —and today.

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6 mins  |
May 2018
Mastering the Mobile Wallet
Inc.

Mastering the Mobile Wallet

Payment apps are hot. How to know if they’re right for your business—and if they can strengthen bonds with your customers

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5 mins  |
April 2017
The Bling Machine
Inc.

The Bling Machine

Diamond Foundry is reinventing the fine-jewelry business

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4 mins  |
April 2017
"I'm Doing It at 37, and I Hope to Be Doing It at 57".
Inc.

"I'm Doing It at 37, and I Hope to Be Doing It at 57".

And by his high school years, he had mastered the 50-50 grind and the rock ’n’ roll.

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October 2016
How New Sagaya Overcame the Odds
Inc.

How New Sagaya Overcame the Odds

Inc. 5000 honorees tell us how they would tackle a common business challenge.

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3 mins  |
October 2016
Inc.

The Woman Who Broke The Code

CODE THE SILICON VALLEY GENDER NARRATIVE IS FIRMLY  ENTRENCHED: WOMEN DON’T GET COMPUTER SCIENCE  DEGREES AND DON’T START SUCCESSFUL TECH COMPANIES. DON’T TELL THERESE TUCKER ANY OF THAT

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10+ mins  |
October 2017
Wrestling With ESPN
Inc.

Wrestling With ESPN

How The Brothers Behind The Scrappy Startup Flosports Are Going Big By Going Small For Now, At Least

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10+ mins  |
October 2017
Going Global A Founder's Big Bet
Inc.

Going Global A Founder's Big Bet

Eyal Levy thought Yogibo would be big in Japan. How could he best expand the brand?

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October 2017
They Persisted
Inc.

They Persisted

THEY HAD GAME-CHANGING IDEAS. THEY TOOK ON ENTRENCHED INDUSTRIES.Designing a high-tech solution for a thorny problem: making bus and train travel as effortless as flying

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October 2017
Why This Startup Made a $100 Million Gamble on a 100-Year-Old Factory
Inc.

Why This Startup Made a $100 Million Gamble on a 100-Year-Old Factory

The co-founders of New York City’s e-commerce startup Harry’s are taking an unconventional path to category disruption— purchasing a nearly century-old factory in Germany.

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10+ mins  |
May 2016
How To Channel Your Inner Podcaster
Inc.

How To Channel Your Inner Podcaster

It’s the medium du jour, but how - and why - should your business start a podcast?

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5 mins  |
May 2016
Balance Spending Now With Saving For Later
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Balance Spending Now With Saving For Later

Get ready for big life expenses, including retirement, with these tips

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December 2017/January 2018
Gary Vaynerchuk
Inc.

Gary Vaynerchuk

Why I Can’t Stop Starting New EnterprisesOnce you’ve mastered the fundamentals, your passion will lead you to the next venture

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December 2017/January 2018
8 ways to avoid misunderstandings, communicate better, and get more done at work
Inc.

8 ways to avoid misunderstandings, communicate better, and get more done at work

8 ways to avoid misunderstandings, communicate better, and get more done at work

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December 2017/January 2018
Mail Champ
Inc.

Mail Champ

Ben Chestnut and His Team at Mailchimp Built an Amazing Business and Became Inc.’s Company of the Year. It Only Took Them 17 Years

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10+ mins  |
December 2017/January 2018
How Synbio Will Save The World
Inc.

How Synbio Will Save The World

Reprogramming microbes so they eat toxins and CO2? t’s not science fiction. It’s happening right now.

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10+ mins  |
May 2019
How I Beat Cancer— While Still Running My Company
Inc.

How I Beat Cancer— While Still Running My Company

Saundra Pelletier Evofem Biosciences - Evofem Biosciences is a pharmaceuticals startup that makes products supporting women’s reproductive health.

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May 2019
The Art Of The Pitch
Inc.

The Art Of The Pitch

Asking for money for your business is always time-consuming, often fruitless, and inevitably stressful. But there are ways to make the process more productive and maybe even a little bit enjoyable— beginning with how, and to whom, you make your pitch. To start, “keep it short,” advises Barry Schuler, the former America Online CEO and chairman turned high-profile venture capitalist at DFJ. He’s one of several top investors Inc. recently asked to share their pitching advice for entrepreneurs—based on their experiences vetting thousands of founder pitches, managing billions of dollars, and backing companies including Tesla, Uber, and Twitter. So while there’s no one right way to make the money ask, you can get ahead of the game by consulting these investors’ secrets for making successful pitches.

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5 mins  |
May 2019
Lord Of The Things
Inc.

Lord Of The Things

When the connected future finally arrives, Jahangir Mohammed will be sitting there, reeling it in.

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10+ mins  |
December/January 2016
Kevin Plank Is Betting Almost $1 Billion That Under Armour Can Beat Nike
Inc.

Kevin Plank Is Betting Almost $1 Billion That Under Armour Can Beat Nike

Kevin Plank built Under Armour into a $4 billion behemoth. He's just spent almost $1 billion to get into an entirely new business. Can this decade's most unlikely tech startup beat Nike?

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February 2016