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In a country whose citizens work longer and get more done than those anywhere else, no one is more productive than entrepreneurs. They have unparalleled freedom to work the way they want, and many create truly personal productivity systems to lash their to-do (and do and do and do) lists into submission. Like the companies themselves, those systems reflect the CEOs' values, goals, and leadership styles. To get a look inside the minds of the superefficient, Inc. interviewed successful entrepreneurs in various industries around the country.

With a weak job market and abundant free technology available to start-ups, it's no surprise that college campuses across the country have lately become prodigious business incubators. Here is our second annual report on college start-ups.

Last year we profiled a handful of the coolest start-ups on college campus. This month--after a year of change, growth, and (in some cases) starting completely new companies--we followed up with the young entrepreneurs to see how they're doing.

You can apply the lessons learned from Richard Nixon’s unprecedented disgrace to your company. If you make a mistake, admit to it—completely and without dissembling—as soon as possible. Your employees and customers and investors do not expect you to be infallible. But they do expect you to be honest. And if they discover that you have lied to them in one area, however small, that will in many ways overshadow whatever other successes you may have had.

There are thousands of apps, many of which are related to gaming and shopping. We scoured the net for the most useful apps for business.

Hardware companies at CES underscored energy efficiency and environmental stewardship as key design considerations. HP announced the new Compaq 8000f Elite Ultra Slim Desktop PC, which is entirely free of toxic materials such as PVCs and BFRs and will be available in February starting at $849. The EliteBook 8440 and 8540 series of notebooks, which start at $1,299 and are due out in February, are also BFR and PVC free. Both the notebooks and desktop come loaded with HP’s Power Assistant, which helps you gauge and manage your power usage.