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The only constant in a dynamic economy is change, and change is oxygen to entrepreneurs: It opens up cracks in the competitive landscape, and it’s in those cracks that new businesses take root. Everyone who has ever been on the cover of Inc.—not leas

Inventions that capture the public’s attention tend to the whiz-bang: self-driving cars, gadgets we talk to that order our groceries. But 869 tech founders surveyed by venture capital firm First Round Capital find other innovations more compelling. T

The Trump administration has vowed to reduce access to H-1B visas, an immigration program for the highly skilled workers coveted by many technology entrepreneurs. H-1B critics contend there is enough talent stateside without looking abroad. Two Silic

Agility Robotics, which was spun out of Oregon State University in early 2017, is building robots that can traverse any terrain—from rocky hillside to sidewalks. Its first product, Cassie, has found work at half a dozen research institutions. The Alb

A renegade VC firm has a new approach to funding. You want its money? First demonstrate that you can earn some.

Andras Forgacs started getting calls from the last group of people he imagined would be interested in his company—fashionistas. It was 2011, and he had just stepped away from his leadership role at Organovo, a startup that 3-D-printed skin tissue fo

W&P Design realized that ice trays sucked. So the Brooklyn firm decided to take on the design challenge lurking in its freezer.

Want to take the taboo out of an employee’s leaving your company? Begin by telling your staff the truth.

The Crowd Pleaser GIVE YOUR FANS A DOPAMINE HIT To build community, let go of those control-freak impulses and invite users in. Encourage followers to post photos and videos using a specific brand hashtag so your social team can then repost the bes

Retirement might sound wonderful, but all too often the reality is disappointing. Some 28 percent of recent retirees polled by Nationwide Retirement Institute last fall said that life was worse in retirement than it was when they were working. It’s o

The wrong approach to sexual harassment can lead your company to lawsuits, or a visit from the feds.

In the past 24 hours, you’ve passively shed more data than you can possibly imagine. Tiny fragments of the physical and virtual you are strewn across all the places you’ve been: the unique keystroke patterns entered as you’ve typed on your computer;

The smartest entrepreneurs don’t only look ahead—they also check the rearview mirror. “Tech founders tend to assume that everybody in the past has done things badly. I think that’s a fatal flaw,” says Matthew Gross, founder of Newsela, an edtech star

Congratulations! Your business has charmed an investor. Now you’ll need to wade through the term sheet, an outline that lays out the finer points of your funding. The valuation of your company is right there, as is the amount of the investment. But t

VARIDESK CEO Jason McCann says employees need to get out of their cubes and move around. It was 50 years ago that U.S. workers first moved into cubicle-filled office spaces. While cube farms have become the symbol of a stagnant office, they were orig