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A look at the innovative ways small businesses are adapting and growing in a changing economic climate More »

Will Car-Sharing Networks Change the Way We Travel?

The world's largest car company partners with a tiny, little-known startup that could promote car sharing instead of new-car buying More »
Want to Be a Rock Star? You'll Need $100,000

Two indie rockers on what it takes to manage a band these days — and why even the successful ones don't make much of a profit More »
3-D Printers: Sci-Fi Technology for the Masses

How Shapeways brought 3-D printing to small businesses and independent designers looking to create models and finished products More »
How an Upstart Beauty Company Broke into the Big Leagues

Lavanila Laboratories coaxed its way into an industry dominated by powerhouse brands with natural moxie and a not-so-secret ingredient More »
What Makes a Virtual Office Work

Technology has made setting up a virtual office fairly easy. But it's no substitute for old-fashioned management More »
How Wireless Fitness Gadgets Hit Their Stride

Three startups explain how they convinced funders, retailers, and consumers to take a risk on some fitness gadgets nobody'd ever heard of More »
Going It Alone

Technological advances make it increasingly easy to launch a company all by oneself. But for reasons that range from business strategy to lifestyle to temperament, solo entrepreneurs are increasingly determined to keep things that way More »