Civic Duty to SeeClickFix
Ben Berkowitz, founder of SeeClickFix, wanted to make it easier to be a good citizen. Read story
April Joyner
Understanding How Innovation Happens
Eugene Fitzgerald, an MIT professor of materials science, talks about how the U.S. can still be an innovation leader. Read story
Elevator Pitch: Keen Guides
Keen Guides makes iPhone travel apps for the hearing impaired. Can it get $1.2 million to cover more cities? Read story
Tapping Customers for Product Ideas
E-commerce company Volusion designed a system for collecting customer feedback — and turning it into new products. Read story
Elevator Pitch: ShopKeep
ShopKeep makes point-of-sale software for small businesses. Can it raise $1 million from investors? Read story
CEO Passions: Orchid Cultivation
Civil engineer Chris Rehmann tends to some 1,200 orchids in his backyard greenhouse. Read story
Elevator Pitch: Shustir
Shustir combines e-commerce with social networking. Can it raise $500,000 from investors? Read story
Responding in a Time of Need
When disaster struck in Haiti, entrepreneur Jean Orelien rushed to assist his homeland. Read story
What's Your Hiring Style?
Are you as astute as an Inc. 5000 entrepreneur when it comes to hiring? Take this quiz to find out. Read story
Who's Talking about Your Company Online?
Companies like Beachbody are using new reputation monitoring tools to scour the Internet for customer complaints. Read story
Amos Winbush III, Founder of CyberSynchs
Amos Winbush III has partnered with Sun to build an app used on 500,000 phones. “We’re taking the company global,” he says. “I’m super stoked.” Watch video
Alexa von Tobel, Founder of LearnVest
Backed by Goldman Sachs and some successful executives, LearnVest founder Alexa von Tobel seeks to give young women personal finance advice. Watch video
Joshua Dziabiak, Founder of ShowClix
ShowClix helps small venues distribute tickets entirely over text message and e-mail. Watch video
CEO Passions: Collecting Rare Books
Edward Surovell, founder of Edward Surovell Realtors, spends his free time collecting rare and antiquarian books. Read story
An Animated Salesperson
Why your website needs an avatar, an animated online character used to represent a person or brand. Read story
How to Build Your Personal Brand
With traditional publicity vehicles and the Web’s resources at hand, making a name for yourself is easier than ever. Read story
How to Keep Your Workers Happy
Best-selling author Tom Rath looks at the link between work-life balance and personal happiness. Read story
How to Manage Your Own PR
Ten tips for running a successful public-relations campaign. Read story
5 Tips for Hiring a CEO
Being in charge isn't easy – but neither is handing over the job to someone else. Entrepreneurs who've made the transition share their pointers. Read story
CEO Passions: Teaching Prisoners
Brian Hamilton, co-founder and CEO of Sageworks, teaches entrepreneurship to prisoners. Read story
CEO Passions: Hosting Benefit Concerts
Steven Gluckstern, CEO of Ivivi Health Sciences, turns his apartment into a concert hall to raise money for charity. Read story
Using Viral Video to Boost Sales
By creating clever Web videos, companies like Smule and Kiva Systems explain their technology to customers and produce sales leads. Read story
30 Tips for Using Social Media in Your Business
Wading into the fast-moving flow of social media can be daunting to a small business owner with very little time on his hands. Here's Inc. 's comprehen... Read story
7 CEOs Share Their New Year's Resolutions for 2010
The past year tested entrepreneurs' resilience and fortitude. What is in store for 2010? Seven CEOs share their goals, both personal and professional, for th... View slideshow
Elevator Pitch: ERT Systems
The safety tracker from ERT Systems helps firefighters keep track of one another. Will the company light a fire under investors? Read story
Increasing Your Brand's Footprint
Fit in Clouds founder Patrizia Damiani is looking to find good ways to sell her line of foldable ballet flats. Four entrepreneurs weigh in with their suggest... Read story
Business Owners Warm Up to Online Reviews
Small-business owners are more active than consumers on sites such as Yelp, according to a recent survey. Read story
Can a Do-It-Yourself Fabric Company Craft a Larger Following?
Marketing strategies for Spoonflower, a crowdsourcing site for fabric design Read story
This Joe Trades Bikes for Clunkers
A bicycle shop in Portland, Oregon, refashions the federal car rebate into a program to encourage bike ownership. Read story
You're Fired: Getting Rid of Bad Customers
How to deal with difficult customers Read story
Grabbing a Piece of the Defense-Spending Pie
A look at seven Inc. 500 companies that sell technology and services to the Pentagon Read story
Seizing Global Opportunities
A look at entrepreneurs who have found business opportunities from the North Sea to Antarctica Read story
A Sales Force Built Around Cold Calling
To thrive in a recession, the sales force at iCore Networks focuses on cold calling Read story
CEO Passions: Gold Prospecting
Randy Garrett, CEO of Mainline Contracting, Pans for Gold -- But He's Not in It for the Money Read story
Ivy Exec Helps People Find High-Paying Jobs Online
Now the start-up wants $1.5 million from investors, to help take on Monster and other online job sites Read story
Can Entrepreneurship Crack the Glass Ceiling for Asians?
Entrepreneurs make up half the Asian American CEOs at top Bay Area firms, but mid-level managers face a tougher climb. Read story
Will Your Business Plan Attract VCs?
A recent study finds that business plans have little to do with venture capitalists' investment decisions. Read story
How Would You Fix GM and Chrysler?
Chrysler and GM, two companies that once changed the face of the automotive industry in America, are bankrupt. How can the automakers get back on track? Five... Read story
CEO Passions: Herding Cattle
Russ Mann, CEO of Covario, has a passion for herding cattle Read story
Elevator Pitch: Owl Power Turns Restaurants Into Mini Power Plants
Can $500,000 energize the company? Read story
