New Year's Resolutions for Family Businesses
The COO and cofounder of Edible Arrangements , Kamran Farid, offers a few tips this holiday s... Read story
Carole Matthews
Tech Start-Ups Force Giants to Innovate
Hardware start-ups focusing on building machines that handle specific tasks are vying for the big guys' market share. These Hardware 2.0 companies, as a <... Read story
Selling Holiday Cheer
From toilet paper with pictures of Santa on it to Ziploc bags with penguin graphics, manufacturers are putting holiday cheer into mundane products at an i... Read story
IRS Announces Standard Mileage Rates
The optional standard rates used to calculate the deductible costs of driving a vehicle for business will drop to 44.5 cents per mile in 2006, after havin... Read story
Pay Up
Mark your calendars. December 15 is the day corporations need to pay the fourth portion of their 2005 estimated taxes. This quick update was adapt... Read story
The Shopper's High
An ABC News story this morning notes that for some shoppers discoveri... Read story
The Year of Net Services
Broadband communications and Internet advancements will offer big opportunities to tech firms in 2006, according to International Data Group's Read story
It's All About the Service
Last weekend I came across a short story on Toys 'R' Us and how Read story
Going Back to School
It seems entrepreneurs these days are going back to college. Not to get an education, but to launch businesses on their old stomping grounds. An article i... Read story
Outsourcing Stateside
While many businesses and workers lament the movement of IT jobs offshore, one company is bucking the trend. Rural Sourcing, a Durham, N.C. based IT compa... Read story
Virtual Blood Drive
Tis the season for giving... blood that is. MaxPitch Media, the publisher of justsell.com, has launched a global blood drive, dubbed The Global Sales Bloo... Read story
What Not to Buy for Christmas
With the busiest shopping weekend upon us, you're no doubt thinking of gifts to purchase family, friends, colleagues, and clients. Here's a little somethi... Read story
Gift Cards Give Retail Sales a Boost
Want to give your retail sales a boost this year? Offer your customers gift cards. Accenture recently Read story
Postal Rates on the Rise...But Does It Really Matter?
The governors at the U.S. Postal Service announced on Monday that postal rates will increase 5.4% on January 8. In other words, a stamp will cost you $.39... Read story
Peter Drucker: An "Intellectual Compass"
Nov. 14, 2005 --The business world is mourning the loss of arguably its most prolific contributor to management ideology. Peter Drucker, w... Read story
Mentors on Every Corner
Finding a mentor can be as easy as walking down Main Street. In today's Boston Globe, writer Don Aucoin profiles Read story
This Year's Number One Company
Video Gaming Technologies, a maker of touchscreen gaming machines, takes top honors on the 2005 Inc. 500 list. Rank: No. 1 Location: ... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: American Apparel
Location: Los Angeles
Three-Year Growth: 524.6%
2004 Revenue: $127.9 million
Employees: 3,500
Founded: 1998
Inc. 500 Countdown: Shutterfly
Location: Redwood City, Calif.
Three-Year Growth: 626.8%
2004 Revenue: $54.5 million
Employees: 135
Founded: 1999
Inc. 500 Countdown: Gratis Internet
Location: Washington, D.C. Three-Year Growth: 2,349.8% 2004 Revenue: $20.5 million Employees: 12 Founded: 2000 ... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: VitalSmarts
Location: Provo, Utah Three-Year Growth: 432% 2004 Revenue: $8 million Employees: 31 Founded: 1990 What it does:... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: Dynetech
Location: Orlando Three-Year Growth: 779.2% 2004 Revenue: $177 million Employees: 490 Founded: 2000 What it d... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: Medical Education Broadcast Network
Location: Londonderry, N.H. Three-Year Growth: 849.1% 2004 Revenue: $8.2 million Employees: 23 Founded: 1999 Wha... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: Starizon
Location: Keystone, Colo. Three-Year Growth: 512.3% 2004 Revenue: $3.1 million Employees: 13 Founded: 1999 What ... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: Arena Communications
Today's Inc. 500 honoree, Arena Communications, makes a business of helping Republican congressional candidates by producing political direct mail in supp... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: S.A. Robotics
S.A. Robotics, today's Inc. 500 honoree, is developing what may be the world's longest robotic arm. Location: Loveland, Colo. Three-Year Gro... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: New Media Strategies
An early understanding of blogging helped today's Inc. 500 honoree, New Media Strategies, get a leg up on the competition. Location: Arlington, Va... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: ath Power Consulting
Today's Inc. 500 honoree, ath Power Consulting, gets real-time data on customers to help its clients better gauge their business performance. Loca... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: Hiller Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
Need a good plumber? If you live in the Nashville area, you might want to check out today's Inc. 500 honoree, Hiller Plumbing, Heating & Cooling. ... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: Alienware
Inc.com is counting down to the unveiling of Inc. magazine's Inc. 500 list with a profile a day of one of this year's honorees. Check back Monday... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: Intelliseek
Inc.com is counting down to the unveiling of Inc. magazine's Inc. 500 list with a profile a day of one of this year's honorees. Check back Monday... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: Restaurant Technologies
Inc.com is counting down to the unveiling of Inc. magazine's Inc. 500 list with a profile a day of one of this year's honorees. Check back Monday... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: Vosges Haut-Chocolat
Inc.com is counting down to the unveiling of Inc. magazine's Inc. 500 list with a profile a day of one of this year's honorees. Check back Monday... Read story
Inc. 500 Countown: DriveCam
Inc.com is counting down to the unveiling of Inc. magazine's Inc. 500 list with a profile a day of one of this year's honorees. Check back Monday... Read story
Will Katrina Help the Economy?
Though the demand in some industries might be up, there are few positive impacts from the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Locally, the economies ... Read story
Enabling Activism
Laura Scher's ideals were developed at a young age. Growing up in Clifton, N.J., during the 1970s, she recalls recycling long before curbside pickup and w... Read story
Power Down
Reports that the entire city of New Orleans is without power and sewage treatment is just the beginning of what this city and surrounding areas will face ... Read story
The Top 10 Things You Should Know Before You Blog
It's been widely covered that weblogs are a viable way to build brand awareness and establish an individual's expertise in a particular area. "For a small... Read story
Inc. Reads
Hillary Johnson writes in the August 2005 issue of Inc . that some of the smartest people she's met, she's met by reading their weblogs. As a comple... Read story
Oh My Aching Back
If you're a business traveler who flies coach, you might want to pack an extra pillow and portable heating pad before your next flight. In today's NY T... Read story
