Inc. editor James Ledbetter and Inc. staff members Diana Ransom, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin and Will Yakowicz examine the on-demand food delivery bubble, discuss micro-lender startup ZipCap and how it uses customer loyalty as collateral, and talk about how the vaporization and e-cigarette industry is blazing hot.

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Inc. editor James Ledbetter and Inc. staff members Jon Fine, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin and Will Yakowicz examine how major corporations are ditching voicemail and what technologies will take its place, discuss how tech entrepreneurs have started a worldwide network of early morning sober dance parties for yoga-loving, pressed juice-drinking yuppies, and talk about how two venture capital funds emerged coincidentally on the same day dedicated to building an ecosystem for drone startups building applications for the futuristic flying technology. 

 

 

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Inc. editor James Ledbetter and Inc. staff members Kris Frieswick, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin and Will Yakowicz examine a study about what makes entrepreneurs feel satisfied—money, success or something else, discuss the controversy over Richard Prince's newest artwork: $90,000 prints of Suicide Girls' Instagram photos, and talk about the last remaining rubber duck factory, which is in the Boogie Down Bronx.

 

 

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Inc. editor James Ledbetter and Inc. staff members Jon Fine, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin and Will Yakowicz examine the the current trend of teenagers skipping college to get rich out West coding for tech companies, discuss Jon Fine's new book, Your Band Sucks, and his early years playing in indie rock bands, and talk about a t-shirt startup which is trying to revive Egypt's felled luxury cotton industry. 

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Inc. editor James Ledbetter and Inc. staff members Jon Fine, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin and Will Yakowicz examine the reasons Verizon is buying AOL for $4.4 billion (hint: the telecom company wants AOL's prophet), discuss Tad Friend's New Yorker profile of Marc Andreessen, and talk about the startup you never heard of that is supporting the delivery logistics of hundreds of on-demand apps.

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Inc. editor James Ledbetter and Inc. staff members Jon Fine, Kris Frieswick and Will Yakowicz discuss Mike Judge's HBO show Silicon Valley: funny, but not as funny as the real thing? They examine how fast food chains are trying to clean up their fatty reputations, and talk about how flower marketplace startup BloomNation might weed out competitors like 1800-Flowers.

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Inc. editor James Ledbetter and Inc. staff members Jon Fine, Maria Aspan and Will Yakowicz explore how Apple is positioning its Apple Pay to take over the world, examine how there's no more office space in Silicon Valley (will startups rent out cellblocks in Alcatraz?), and discuss Yakowicz's trip to the center of America's legal weed industry in Denver.

 

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Inc. editor James Ledbetter and Inc. staff members Maria Aspan, Jon Fine, and Kris Frieswick highlight 2015’s coolest entrepreneurs who are still in their twenties, the pros and cons of “fintech”peer-to-peer lending, and some unexpected benefits of Bring Your Child to Work Day. More at www.inc.com.

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Inc. editor James Ledbetter and Inc. staff members Jon Fine, Kris Frieswick, and Will Yakowicz examine how online music streaming sales have surpassed CD sales, dissect how entrepreneur Anthony Katz convinced LeBron James and other famous athletes to invest in his sports injury remedy, and talk about how a member of the MIT Blackjack Team turned his gambling skills into business acumen. More at www.inc.com.

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Inc. editor James Ledbetter and Inc. staff members Jon Fine, Burt Helm, and Kimberly Weisul examine a Mets’ fan who turned losses into T-shirt sales, robot furniture that challenges today’s tech paradigm, and the definition of what legally constitutes “handmade” vodka. This episode was recorded live from the GrowCo Conference in Nashville. More at www.inc.com.

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