Striking a Balance
The February 2004 issue of Inc . magazine (on sale now) devotes over 10 pages to helping entrepreneurs find a work/life balance in "The Well-Balan... Read story
Carole Matthews
Screening Employees for Drug Use
Do you want to know if your employees are using drugs? Skip the urine tests. Try testing your offices for the presence of drugs. Kris Maher of the Wal... Read story
Not in the Real World
A Fresh Inc. reader ventures to comment in the The Donald, Episode 2 webbl... Read story
Job Exportation, Part 2
Harvard Business School professor Jim Heskett recently invited Working Knowledge readers to respond to this question: How shoud we should think about the ... Read story
A Little Stress is Good
At least that's what a graduate student and a biology professor are saying in a recent Read story
Googlewashing
Seems that all of this webblogging isn't doing much for Google. Apparently, terms that are bandied about in webblogs tend to show up higher in the ranks t... Read story
Outsourcing for Small Businesses
What are the realities of outsourcing for small businesses? EcommerceTimes.com Viewpoint columnist Christopher... Read story
The Safety of Cell Phones
Do cell phones cause brain damage? A February 2004 article in Read story
New Products for Small Business
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which ran through yesterday, is probably best known for showcasing the la... Read story
Support for Malden Mills
Aaron Feuerstein's bid to buy back control of Malden Mills has rallied support in Washington, as reported today in "Read story
Fun Read
In What Were We Thinking? , CIO Magazine takes a look at some past predictions it made ... Read story
Cutting OT Costs
The U.S. Department of Labor is suggesting ways to keep employers' overtime costs from going up. In an AP story, Read story
Las Vegas, Baby
There's more to Vegas than bright lights, roulette and Tom Jones. A Read story
My Holiday Reading
After a two-week vacation, the Inc. staff is back online and back to work. So, for my first post of 2004, I'd like to share some reading I was doing over ... Read story
Hands-On Marketing
Revlon, Neutrogena, Oil of Olay. Their ads are plastered across women's magazines, and daytime television is just as much a venue for their skin-care prod... Read story
Complying with the New Antispam Law
Firms that use e-mail for marketing purposes are scrambling to meet a tough deadline this week. On Thursday, the first federal antispam law, the Can Spam ... Read story
Problem-Solving with the Wright Brothers
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the ... Read story
The End of the Price Tag
New Massachusetts state regulations taking effect tomorrow will allow stores to Read story
Going Private
The number of public companies going private has increased since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted on July 30, 2002, according to a recent press release ... Read story
Sales Tax Education
If you're a business owner and have questions about sales and use taxes in your state, check out the Sales Tax In... Read story
Is Marketing Unimportant?
According to an Accenture survey of 200 executives worldwide, marketing ranks prett... Read story
Dorm Room Entrepreneurs
Many businesses have started in dorm rooms, but not in dorms specifically dedicated to nurturing the entrepreneurial dreams of students. The Read story
Spam is Hurting Small Business
A recent survey conducted by InsightExpress for Symantec Corp. reveals that small businesse... Read story
Taking Business Overseas
"Globalization doesn't mean standardization," notes Carol Hymowitz in the WSJ.com article Read story
Will Antispam Law Help?
The Can Spam Act of 2003 that President Bush has indicated he will sign into law should help clear our inboxes of some of those annoying, unsolicited mess... Read story
Measuring the ROI of Training
A Fresh Inc. reader and professional speech coach was recently asked by a client how the effectiveness of his upcoming communication training with one of ... Read story
Economic Outlook
The Latest Economic Releases seem to reveal a recovering global economy as industri... Read story
Clayton Christensen Today
Fastcompany's Polly LaBarre recently sat down with Clayton Christensen to discuss his thinking on innovation and leadership today in "Read story
Motivating Jaded Employees
Inspiring jaded employees, especially those long-term employees who have seen too many scandals and ineffective, overly paid managers, isn't an easy task.... Read story
New Product Hunt Awards
The United Inventors Association , Inventors' Digest ... Read story
What Happened to Employee Loyalty?
Fresh Inc. reader JHB, the president and owner of a manufacturing company, recently read a report stating that eight out of 10 employees want to change jo... Read story
The Cost of Starting Up
Entrepreneurs expect start-up costs to be rather modest, reports John Schmeltzer today in a Read story
The Rise of Martin Guitar
The University of North Carolina Press recently published a new book documenting the life and success of Read story
Employee Commitment
Want to foster more employee commitment? Try offering your employees flexible work arrangements. The Read story
Hunting Down Virus Authors
Microsoft recently announced a $5 million reward fund earmarked for people... Read story
Who Needs Brains?
You don't need to be a genius to find innovative solutions to everyday problems. The authors of "Read story
Corporate R&D Spending Down
A survey released by the National Science Foundation last month revealed that overall industrial R&D spending dipped to $198.5 billion in 2001, the most r... Read story
An Ugly Expansion
Liliana Lovell's expansion plans for her famous New York City honky-tonk bar should have been easier. The movie "Read story
What Retailers Expect This Holiday
With a surging economy , and an i... Read story
Can Large Companies be Entrepreneurial?
Many would argue no way. Smaller companies are more nimble and can react faster and easier to changing business climates than large companies. But a recen... Read story