Don't Call Her an Entrepreneur
"Capitalism," sings Ani DiFranco, "is the devil's wet dream." How's that for a CEO mission statement? Read story
Bo Burlingham
The Sweet Smell of a Settlement
After an epic battle of their perfume brands, Terri Williamson and J.Lo both ended up as winners. Read story
Building a Marketing Juggernaut
How did Aquascape's Greg Wittstock--the "Pond Nazi" to his rivals--get so successful so quickly? One key reason: He created an army of loyal customers by tea... Read story
The Creative Spirit
Remembering Bernard A. Goldhirsh, the entrepreneur extraordinaire who founded Inc. Read story
Your Money or Your Life
Before you develop a business plan, you need a life plan. Read story
Whose Brand Is It, Anyway?
Terri Williamson did a textbook job of launching Glow. Jennifer Lopez and her team did a textbook job of launching Glow by J.Lo. And then their worlds collided. Read story
The Coolest Small Company in America
Why are high-powered M.B.A.'s getting off the fast track to work for a $13-million food company in Ann Arbor? Read story
IncQuery: Turning Ideas Into Products
How to go about getting your first products manufactured, financing a big sale, and marketing a service that no one wants to think about. Read story
IncQuery: In Search of the Dream Business
Advice on researching a "can't miss" idea, deciding whether to hire your first employee, and exploring various approaches to selling. Read story
IncQuery: Becoming a Leader, Not Just a Boss
What it really takes to rise to the challenge of leadership, reduce swings in your monthly revenues, and win back customers you've let down. Read story
IncQuery: How to Renegotiate Your Lease
What you should do when your rent is too high, your bank loan doesn't come through, and you don't know how much inventory you're going to need. Read story
IncQuery: Where Are the Customers?
Expert advice on signing up your first patrons, figuring out what investors really want now, and compensating key executives. Read story
The Innovator's Rule Book
What companies need now are mechanisms that allow them to come up with real innovations -- ones that produce major results -- over and over again. SRC Holdin... Read story
IncQuery: Paths to Glory
Finding key executives, using franchising to expand nationally, and getting a read on your company's market value. Read story
Is Your Organization Innovative?
To be innovative, a company needs to understand how it can take what it already does and do that better, says Jack Stack, CEO of SRC Holdings. Here's how his... Read story
Inc Query: How to Cure Those Mail-Order Blues
How to deal with an unresponsive buyer. Plus: strategies for pumping up catalog sales. Read story
Inc Query: What Do Your Customers See?
Determining what numbers you should be tracking, and other pressing business matters. Read story
IncQuery: How Do I Get to the Next Level?
Looking for ways to build a brand, and other challenges of building a company. Read story
The Downsizer's Dilemma
Struggling with the prospect of having to cut jobs, and other difficult decisions. Read story
Where, Oh, Where to Begin
Trying to decide what business to go into, and other perplexing problems. Read story
Where, Oh, Where to Begin
Trying to decide what business to go into, and other perplexing problems. Read story
Will Work for Paycheck
Can an entrepreneur find happiness working for someone else? Plus, answers to questions about discontinuing a product, valuing a company, and more. Read story
By the Numbers: How Setpoint Stays in Control
What lies at the heart of Setpoint's management system is a particular definition of, and way of dealing with, gross profit. In standard accounting, gross... Read story
What's Your Culture Worth?
At first glance, Utah-based Setpoint appeared to have nothing that an acquirer normally seeks. Nothing except an organizational culture so distinct and power... Read story
What's Love Got to Do With It?
Experienced entrepreneurs offer advice on dealing with lost love at the office, deciding whether or not to grow, looking bigger than you are, and more. Read story
The Boom in Employee Ownership
Inc. gets the scoop on the effects of stock options from Corey Rosen, cofounder of the National Center for Employee Ownership. Read story
Necessary Losses
Brodsky describes the difficulties he's encountered since delegating control of his company to a team of managers. Read story
My Life as an Angel
A veteran entrepreneur shares how he figured out how to be successful in new-venture investing. Read story
How to Succeed in Business in 4 Easy Steps
A detailed look at how a successful entrepreneur guided a couple through various start-up pitfalls. Read story
It's Job Generation, Stupid
What Bill Clinton had better learn about how jobs, wealth, and individual prosperity are created in America. Read story
This Woman Has Changed Business Forever
The Body Shop mixes business with a devotion to social causes, inspiring both employees and customers. Read story
Being the Boss
Company CEO tells why he hates the traditional relationship between workers and bosses, and explains his solution. Read story
The Entrepreneur of the Decade
An interview with Steven Jobs, Inc.'s Entrepreneur of the Decade Read story
The Hottest Entrepreneur In America
How John McCormack's unique approach to managing people and information produced one of this country's premier growth companies Read story
The Trouble With "the Trouble With S Corporations"
IN THE PAST, WE HAVE OCCASION-ally published articles about the hazards of dealing with outside experts. Now we have another such saga to report. It con... Read story
Workstyle
A growing number of business owners are adopting a whole new approach to managing their people. Read story
Let Them Make Mudpies
Jack Wells shifted uneasily in his chair. He was not happy about this. Not one bit. "They say a bureaucrat knows he's going to have a bad day when he show... Read story
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