Set Your Sights High
Is your company a network or a cable channel? It's a critical taxonomy, and the question hit me as I was watching the Emmy's a few weeks ago. It's releva... Read story
Adam Hanft
No One Asked Me But...
Doesn't Anybody Care About Health Care? What's the number? Is it 30 million Americans who are not covered by health insurance? Thirty-five ... Read story
No One Asked Me But...
Disney's executive search is flawed. Disney just announced it was hiring a search firm to look for Michael Eisner's replacement...and that ... Read story
Hanft: No One Asked Me But...
Newspapers Need Reinvention For years now, the newspaper industry has been virtually paralyzed as it has watched its readership age and you... Read story
Hanft: No One Asked Me, But...
Adam Hanft is the Inc.com Marketing Resource Center columnist. Not enough pe... Read story
Denial on Steroids
So it turns out that President Clinton wasn't asymptomatic at all. He had chest pains and shortness of breath that he wrote off to other factors, includi... Read story
Hanft: No One Asked Me, But...
Adam Hanft is the Inc.com Marketing Resource Center columnist. Interstate Ba... Read story
It's Swing Time
Corporate America is suffering from bipolar management disorder. Quick, put on some Ray Charles. Read story
Courage to Charge More
Most businesspeople I know would do anything, anything other than raise their prices. Few prospects send as many corporate chills down as many corporate ... Read story
Another Look at Healthcare Marketing
Not long ago, I did a Public Radio commentary that predicted a new era o... Read story
Grist: Resisting the Power of Pedigree
In business, as in horseracing, good breeding can be overrated. Read story
Internet Opportunities Small Businesses Overlook
The entrepreneurial edge. We've seen it in action and we know what it represents. The ability to respond quickly to opportunity. To see trends before the... Read story
Don't Market Your Business
Like a child desperate for the attention of adults, companies of all kinds struggle for visibility in an era of intense competitive pressure across all f... Read story
Grist: Beyond the Vale of Smiles
Come in out of the sun. Your employees are shining you on. Read story
Soul Proprietor: Jon Bon Jovi
What's a rock star doing running a football team? Being entrepreneurial, for starters. Business owner Jon Bon Jovi talks with Inc. magazine. Read story
The Big Deal About Niches
The phrase "niche marketing" contains within itself both highly attractive and self-limiting qualities. It's easy to detect a whiff of condescension bein... Read story
War Economy: When Should You Attack Your Competition?
Are we living in an attack culture in America today? Sure seems so. With Fox News, Michael Moore, and the nuclear nature of political discourse in genera... Read story
Grist: Why Bankruptcy is Bad for Business
The other reason entrepreneurs should fear bankruptcy. Read story
In Praise of Niche Marketing
The phrase "niche marketing" contains within itself both highly attractive and self-limiting qualities. It's easy to detect a whiff of condescension, whis... Read story
Cutting Through the Clutter
Today, when we want a quick culture check on the relevance of a theme, we turn to Google as our barometer-in-residence. So I've done some searching on our... Read story
Grist: What I Learned From The Sopranos
With business leaders trying to clean up their acts, why are they turning to Tony Soprano, management guru? Read story
In Praise of Niche Marketing
Big companies might have their sights set on the "mass market," but entrepreneurial companies realize the key to success is in satisfying the individual. Read story
Cutting Through the Clutter
Today, when we want a quick culture check on the relevance of a theme, we turn to Google as our barometer-in-residence. So I've done some searching on ou... Read story
Grist: Trampling on Our Icons
If politicians and economists love entrepreneurs so much (and they say they do), why do entrepreneurs face so many hurdles, whether they're starting their bu... Read story
Grist: What's Love Got to Do With It?
The level of romantic involvement between businesses and their owners is getting dangerous--for love, as we all know, is not a condition for rational thought. Read story
Will We Survive Being Sexless?
Have you noticed that the promiscuity of the media farewells to "Sex and the City" exceed the libidinous energy of the show itself? The show's six year ru... Read story
American Business' Dirty Little Secret
As part of the investigation into the security sclerosis that led to the intelligence breakdowns and failures on Iraq, it was reported in the New York... Read story
Grist: The New Lust for Integrity
Ethical accountability now shapes the way companies are judged and valued. This isn't ethics as ornament, as the accessory of the moment. It is a lasting cha... Read story
Grist: What's in Store for '04
From "perfect storming" to CEOs as name-brands, here are some trends poised to take shape in 2004. Read story
Grist: Do you have the Schwarzenedge?
Besides being governor-elect of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger is a metaphor for the triumph of entrepreneurism. Read story
Grist: Don't Ignore Corporate Graffiti
The thoughts and scribblings of today's "prophetic minorities" are everywhere--especially on the Internet. Companies should not ignore the lessons contained ... Read story
Grist: The Inevitable Rise of the Entrepreneur
The survival of the fittest doesn't always mean the survival of the biggest. Indeed, the natural life cycle of the American economy always eventually favors ... Read story
The Zentrepreneur
Restaurateur Phil Suarez has built his successful business intuitively---perhaps proving that you can't succeed if you're bored. Read story
Grist: Mom
Who better to defend nepotism than the son of an internationally famous author? In praise of Adam Bellow's new book. Read story
Grist: More Power Than Point
PowerPoint (or "presentation software") has become the lingua franca of American business. It's also become the problem with American business. Read story
Grist: Wanted: Something New Under the Sun
If we measured consumer excitement about new products and used it as a bona fide economic indicator, we'd all be pretty worried. That's because there's too l... Read story
Grist: The Rising Cost of Bad Advice
Given all the bad advice out there, business owners need to develop a healthy skepticism of the experts, recognizing that doing so requires more than just an... Read story
Grist: The American Ambassador
American brands like Coke and McDonald's may end up being casualties of war. Read story
Grist: Down With Bossocracy
Though many large companies have rushed to support the diversity policies at the University of Michigan, how many American businesses, large or small, really... Read story
Smarter Hiring, the DDI Way
Some companies spend more time selecting the right copier than hiring the right employees. You can do better. Read story
