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The U.S. stock market rose to records after oil prices eased and companies kept reporting bigger profits for the start of the year than analysts expected.

U.S. stocks are holding tentatively around their record heights, while oil prices climb with uncertainty about when oil tankers can resume crossing the Strait of Hormuz and restore the world’s flow of crude.

Dark Sky's creators Adam Grossman and Jason LaPorte on how they developed their breakthrough meteorological technology. Adam Grossman, Jack Turner, and Jason LaPorte had an idea for a simple weather app, with one major twist.…

Your business may keep you racing like a frantic short order cook, but truly great ideas require a slow simmer, advises the founder of Behance. Save a little time to stir these pots.…

There are tons of new funding opportunities for undergrad entrepreneurs. Peter Thiel may be paying students to skip college, but undergrad entrepreneurs need not worry--there's plenty of money out there for them as well.…

When it comes to launching a small business, American entrepreneurs don't go very far. In fact, sixty-nine percent get started at home, according to the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report.…

The product development firm, Insight, has launched a new funding model to help start-ups get through a critical stage of development Incubators are a fairly recent trend in the start-up world.…

A former work addict finds that taking a little time off has transformative power. As much as I'd like to boast about my ability to see the big picture, day-to-day details have long prevented me from fully observing what was happening around me.…

Are you a member of the texting generation who's more than a little awkward on the phone? VC Mark Suster has tips for you. No one uses the phone anymore, the New York Times declared a couple of years ago and millions of young people shrugged. Texting?…

Face it, sometimes you're going to mess up. Here's how to do wrong things the right way. Winston Churchill famously said success is defined by the ability "to go from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." The world's most most interesting…

Remember same-day delivery services that failed spectacularly in the dot-com crash? They're baaaack. But they say this time is different. Same-day delivery services (think Webvan and Kozmo) crashed and burned in 2001.…

Are start-ups getting carried away with crazy perks? Maybe not, responds one VC, who offers a nuts and bolts rationale for this obsession with morale.…

This young entrepreneur started Merchandize Liquidators in his one-bedroom condo with $375. Here's the advice he used to guide him to success.…

Not all incubators are created equal--and with more of them out there, you need to choose where you apply wisely. The age of the accelerator is officially upon us. Here is but a glimpse into the proliferation of start-up programs in the U.S.…

You say you believe in your idea. In your people. In your plan. Then run your business that way, and you'll have no regrets. The startup-childbirth analogy ranks among our most overworked business clichés.…

You know bored employees often quit, so why aren't your pausing every once in awhile to assess your top performers' boredom levels? Sometimes your best employee leaves because he wants to move somewhere sunny or because his wife got a new gig on the other…

Did you create your budget in gloomier days? Be aware there's new reason for optimism -- and for making mid-year tweaks to your budget. A few phantom green shoots a couple of years back aside, it’s been a long time since entrepreneurs had much in the way…

Inc.'s Editor in Chief Eric Schurenberg reveals why the longtime series is always compelling and dramatic read. I had coffee on a recent morning with an entrepreneur, as I often do.…

It's official: Mark Pincus is stepping aside as CEO of Zynga. It's hardly surprising: Founders rarely make good public-company CEOs. Mark Pincus has left the building. Well, sort of.…

Think you're ready to start up? Put yourself to the test. Check out the five crucial keys to knowing it's time. Andy Palmer has started at least five companies by my count--and I’d guess he has invested in dozens of others.…