Red Tape: Are You Cheating Your Employees?
Litigation from wage-and-hour disputes is skyrocketing. And you may be breaking the law without even knowing it. Read story
Christopher Caggiano
The Right Way to Pay
By Christopher Caggiano | Nov 1, 2002
After decades of paying employees in the same old way, cutting-edge CEOs are solving their worst compensation problems by adding one critical factor: risk. Read story
RE: Positioning -- What's in a Name?
By Christopher Caggiano | Nov 1, 2002
It wasn't until John Marchica set out to change his company's identity that he discovered what his business was really all about. Read story
Take Our CEO Poll
By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 28, 2002
Is Thomas Charlton the toughest CEO you've ever heard of? Take our survey and let us know what you think. Read story
Employment Guaranteed, for Life
By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 15, 2002
Are layoffs simply a necessary evil in today's business climate? This company's founding fathers don't think so. And they've built a culture to reflect that. Read story
Only Connect
By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 15, 2002
If Lief Morin had his way, nobody in his company would telecommute. Now he's fighting back with technology. Read story
A Strategic Misalliance
By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 15, 2002
What happens when the ideal partnership turns into a potential ethical nightmare? Read story
Only Connect
By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 1, 2002
If Lief Morin had his way, nobody in his company would telecommute. Now he's fighting back with technology. Read story
Benefits: Taming the Health-Care Monster
By Christopher Caggiano | Aug 1, 2002
A new kind of insurance plan puts employees in the driver's seat. And the potential savings for company owners look awfully good as well. Could this be the a... Read story
Hands On: All Together Now
By Christopher Caggiano | Jun 1, 2002
Debra Newton, CEO of Newton Interactive, has created 'idea days' to get her nontechnical employees involved in idea generation. Read story
Hands On: Limited Power
By Christopher Caggiano | May 1, 2002
Here's how Frederick Beer, CEO of Auragen Communications, makes sure that homework doesn't consume too much of his family and personal time. Read story
Not-So-Homeward Bound
By Christopher Caggiano | Jun 15, 2001
Inc. Technology executive editor Chris Caggiano reflects on the benefits and distractions of working from home. Read story
Net Flix
By Christopher Caggiano | Mar 15, 2001
Jeff Rix, founder of DVD Empire, discovered that it is possible to bootstrap your way to dot-com success. Read story
E-Tailing By The Numbers
By Christopher Caggiano | Mar 15, 2001
The key to successful on-line sales for this shoe site lies in finding a great niche and sticking to rigorous numerical standards. Read story
Net Flix
By Christopher Caggiano | Mar 1, 2001
Jeff Rix, founder of DVD Empire, discovered that it is possible to bootstrap your way to dot-com success. Read story
E-Tailing By The Numbers
By Christopher Caggiano | Mar 1, 2001
The key to successful on-line sales for this shoe site lies in finding a great niche and sticking to rigorous numerical standards. Read story
Building Customer Loyalty, the Harley Way
By Christopher Caggiano | Nov 15, 2000
Fully aware that banner ads take advantage of only a tiny portion of the Internet's networking power, Sumerset Houseboa... Read story
Web Awards 2000: General Excellence
By Christopher Caggiano | Nov 15, 2000
Sumerset Custom Houseboats earned the 2000 Inc. Web Award for General Excellence because of the innovative ways it maximizes customers' lifetime val... Read story
Web Awards 2000: General Excellence
By Christopher Caggiano | Nov 1, 2000
Sumerset Custom Houseboats earned the 2000 Inc. Web Award for General Excellence because of the innovative ways it maximizes customers' lifetime val... Read story
The Appeasement Trap
By Christopher Caggiano | Sep 1, 2000
Employees these days often ask for the world. But should you give it to them? Read story
A Path for Employee Growth
By Christopher Caggiano | Aug 1, 2000
Michael Parks knows it's hard to grow a company if your employees don't grow, too. So Parks, CEO of the Revere Group, a $33 million technology consulting ... Read story
Five Ways to Save Money on Office Space
By Christopher Caggiano | Jul 1, 2000
Ray Ortega understands why businesses need good space. He just doesn't understand why so many of them insist on paying for it. "People get involved in the... Read story
Merge Now, Pay Later
By Christopher Caggiano | Apr 1, 2000
Take it from the Cuningham Group: When you're merging two companies, crunching the numbers is easy; melding the two company cultures is the hard part. Read story
Minority-Owned Businesses Up
By Christopher Caggiano | Apr 1, 2000
It seems that the rising economic tide of the 1990s did indeed lift all boats. The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that the number of minorit... Read story
The Long Arm of the Boss
By Christopher Caggiano | Feb 1, 2000
Keep your staff close even when they're far away Managing staff is hard enough when they're under your nose. Think how complicat... Read story
The Long Arm of the Boss
By Christopher Caggiano | Feb 1, 2000
Keep your staff close even when they're far away Managing staff is hard enough when they're under your nose. Think how complicat... Read story
Humor Helps Customer Relations
By Christopher Caggiano | Jan 1, 2000
When manufacturer JanSport receives one of its backpacks for repair, it sends out an offbeat response that helps cement customer relationsRead story
The Truth about Internet Recruiting
By Christopher Caggiano | Dec 1, 1999
It seems like every day another Internet-recruiting Web site is hanging out its cybershingle. The sites make it all look so easy: just send us your job de... Read story
Networking: Passively Schmooze, and You'll Lose
By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 22, 1999
Travel time needn't be just a chance to catch up on reading the latest books. Whenever Kathi Jones, human- resources and recruiting manager at Aventail Co... Read story
Hot Tip: Cultivate Your Banker
By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 1, 1999
Steve and Andi Rosenstein couldn't get a bank loan when they first started Fitigues Inc., now a $28-million casual-clothing business, in Chicago. So in 19... Read story
Hot Tip: ADA Scope Limited
By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 1, 1999
Is the Americans with Disabilities Act driving you crazy? Take heart. Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have considerably narrowed the ADA's coverage, s... Read story
Why Partnerships Fail
By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 1, 1999
Like any other business relationship, successful strategic alliances are subject to misunderstandings, poor planning, and sheer caprice. According to Gene... Read story
Why Partnerships Fail
By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 1, 1999
Like any other business relationship, successful strategic alliances are subject to misunderstandings, poor planning, and sheer caprice. According to Gene... Read story
Hot Links
By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 1, 1999
Sarah Gerdes, CEO of Business Marketing Group, is among a new breed of corporate matchmaker who is helping small companies get into the right strategic allia... Read story
The HR Minefield: What You Should Know -- and Probably Don't -- about Employment Law
By Christopher Caggiano | Aug 1, 1999
What you don't know can hurt you -- especially in court. Employment-related lawsuits are on the rise, as are the amounts awarded in compensatory and punit... Read story
HR Red Herrings
By Christopher Caggiano | Aug 1, 1999
For all the recent shifting of the legal ground, some areas of potential employer liability are actually a lot safer than you might think. Despite the war... Read story
Local Ads Are Fresher
By Christopher Caggiano | Jul 1, 1999
It's pretty common these days for deep-pocketed chain stores to wreak havoc on local independent retailers. When Pearle Vision and LensCrafters started mo... Read story
Words of Wisdom from the Chairman of the Board
By Christopher Caggiano | Jul 1, 1999
Some annual reports are worth reading Is there anything more dreadful to read than an annual report? Most are nothing but endless ... Read story
Everything I Know, I Learned from Warren Buffett
By Christopher Caggiano | Jul 1, 1999
An interview with Joe Mansueto, the founder of Morningstar. Mansueto describes how Warren Buffett, legendary investor and owner of Berkshire Hathaway, inspir... Read story
The True and Only Heaven
By Christopher Caggiano | May 15, 1999
Sometimes entrepreneurship can transform an entire geographic region. Here's how Seattle has changed since the rise of Microsoft, Starbucks, and other hot Pa... Read story
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