Bobbie Gossage


Snowe Me the Money

By Bobbie Gossage |  Jun 1, 2004

Senator Snowe (among others) restores funding to the SBA.  Read story

What Would You Do If...

By Bobbie Gossage |  May 27, 2004

People aren't buying as many CDs and the more you do to shut down file-sharing, the more your customers resent and defy you. How would you fix it if you w...  Read story

Buying Into Gmail

By Bobbie Gossage |  May 6, 2004

Google's Gmail , the free email service with one gigabyte of storage that is still in beta testing, continues to spa...  Read story

Concrete Tips for Urban Pioneers

By Bobbie Gossage |  May 1, 2004

What to keep in mind if you do business in the inner city.  Read story

Designing Success

By Bobbie Gossage |  May 1, 2004

It's not just the iPod and Target toilet brushes. Even small companies with prosaic products are finding that design can be the difference between success an...  Read story

Where Are They Now?

By Jess McCuan, Patrick J. Sauer and Bobbie Gossage |  May 1, 2004

Is there life after entrepreneurship? Can business leaders find happiness outside their company walls? Find out whatever happened to some of yesterday's icon...  Read story

Small Business Hiring News

By Bobbie Gossage |  Apr 27, 2004

In the next six months, 46% of small businesses polled say they plan to hire additional full-time or part-time workers, according to findings in an Americ...  Read story

Manufacturing Rebound

By Bobbie Gossage |  Apr 15, 2004

Things are looking up for the manufacturing industry, at least in the Northeast. Today, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia released its business out...  Read story

The Dog Ate My Excuse

By Bobbie Gossage |  Apr 1, 2004

Proof that workers will say anything to get a day off.  Read story

Dear Mr. Bush: Thanks For Your Concern

By Bobbie Gossage |  Apr 1, 2004

The President pays a call on an Inc. letter writer.  Read story

SBA Slams the Door on Borrowers

By Bobbie Gossage and Elizabeth Wasserman |  Mar 1, 2004

SBA to borrowers: Drop dead!  Read story

Lawyers Rethink Their Pay

By Bobbie Gossage |  Mar 1, 2004

The American Bar Association is seriously considering new pay rules.  Read story

Love at the Office

By Bobbie Gossage |  Feb 5, 2004

Mixing business and romance can lead to one dangerous brew warns this cautionary ta...  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

By Cara Cannella, Patrick J. Sauer and Bobbie Gossage |  Feb 1, 2004

The perfect Valentine's Day gift; a weather watchdog; cool skis; and some heady news for trademark holders.  Read story

Fishing Off the Company Pier

By Bobbie Gossage |  Feb 1, 2004

They say you shouldn't date an employee. But maybe they're wrong.  Read story

Barring Prison Labor

By Bobbie Gossage |  Feb 1, 2004

Your top rival? He may well be a guy serving 10 to 20.  Read story

SBA 7(a) Loans Suspended

By Bobbie Gossage |  Jan 7, 2004

The SBA has suspended its 7(a) loan program, possibly until the end of the month, reports the Read story

Letters to Bush

By Bobbie Gossage |  Jan 1, 2004

Re: The entrepreneurial owners of successful, fast-growing companies have some suggestions, compliments, and a few grievances to air when it comes to doing b...  Read story

Charging Ahead

By Bobbie Gossage |  Jan 1, 2004

Half of all start-ups are financed with credit cards. But be careful: Sky-high interest could bury you for years.  Read story

Where It's a Woman's World

By Bobbie Gossage |  Jan 1, 2004

Looking for enterprising women? We suggest you head south.  Read story

Hiring, Hollywood Style

By Bobbie Gossage |  Jan 1, 2004

What Hugh Grant and your marketing assistant may have in common.  Read story

Sunny-Side Up

By Bobbie Gossage |  Dec 11, 2003

Primarily due to the pervasiveness of the Atkins diet, egg prices have Read story

Mom Pop Psychology

By Bobbie Gossage |  Dec 1, 2003

Your company has a personality all its own. Find out what it is.  Read story

Talking the Talk

By Bobbie Gossage |  Dec 1, 2003

This fall, Webster released its first guide to business terms. Can you talk the talk?  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

By Nadine Heintz and Bobbie Gossage |  Dec 1, 2003

Teenage-seeking billboards; long-distance MRIs; and why Mom makes a better CEO than Dad.  Read story

A Holly, Jolly Christmas?

By Bobbie Gossage |  Nov 4, 2003

Despite the recent upswing in the GDP and recent gain...  Read story

Smart Set

By Bobbie Gossage |  Nov 1, 2003

An educated work force and bargain university research lab facilities lure entrepreneurs to Lawrence, Kansas.  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

By Bobbie Gossage and Patrick J. Sauer |  Nov 1, 2003

Going private, Republican ice cream, a fab scanner, and more. Plus: Remembering a factoring guru.  Read story

The Call of the Entrepreneur

By Bobbie Gossage |  Oct 23, 2003

I really enjoyed this story (registration required) about Robert Serros and his Orla...  Read story

How to Make Friends...

By Bobbie Gossage and Matthew Fogel |  Oct 1, 2003

Forget the Rotary Club: You can now build your professional network online.  Read story

What a Smile Means

By Bobbie Gossage |  Oct 1, 2003

Forget what they say. It's how focus groups smile and smirk that matters.  Read story

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

By Bobbie Gossage |  Sep 19, 2003

As part of the Small Business Administration's 50th anniversary, yesterday the agency honored 17 women-owned businesses for excellence in entrepreneurship...  Read story

More Than A Feeling?

By Bobbie Gossage |  Sep 18, 2003

You can't keep a good entrepreneur down. In fact, they're more optimistic now than they were during the tech boom (or at any time since 1986) leading some...  Read story

Fast-Growing Health Plans

By Bobbie Gossage |  Sep 18, 2003

Most CEOs of fast-growing companies think they have good health plans. PricewaterhouseCoopers released a sur...  Read story

Opening the Kimono

By Bobbie Gossage |  Sep 1, 2003

How much should you reveal when negotiating with potential partners? Here's how to "open the kimono" now -- without feeling taken advantage of later.  Read story

Build a Better Virus

By Bobbie Gossage |  Sep 1, 2003

Should college students be taking classes to help create viruses?  Read story

Drives Provide New Electronics Avenue

By Bobbie Gossage |  Sep 1, 2003

A Colorado company brings new circuitry to MP3 players near you.  Read story

Build a Better Virus

By Bobbie Gossage |  Sep 1, 2003

Should college students be taking classes to help create viruses?  Read story

Drives Provide New Electronics Avenue

By Bobbie Gossage |  Sep 1, 2003

A Colorado company brings new circuitry to MP3 players near you.  Read story

Your "Magic Number"

By Bobbie Gossage |  Aug 29, 2003

In Inc.'s September issue, columnist Norm Brodsky discusses his "Magic Number" (in other...  Read story