Donna Fenn


Starting Over

By Donna Fenn |  Nov 1, 1985

Allen-Edmonds, once a family-owned money loser, is back in the black.  Read story

High And Dry

By Donna Fenn |  Oct 1, 1985

Imports have not stopped Peerless Umbrella Co. In fact, it's growing faster than ever.  Read story

Hot Type

By Donna Fenn |  Sep 1, 1985

Scarlett Letters markets to one group of art directors -- the young go-getters.  Read story

Growing By Design

By Donna Fenn |  Aug 1, 1985

To succeed, Salaminder had to temper its spontaneity with sound business planning.  Read story

Employee Ownership

By Donna Fenn |  Jul 1, 1985

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) serve a variety of purposes, from providing owners with liquidity to rewarding and retaining valued employees to de...  Read story

Mothers Of Invention

By Donna Fenn |  May 1, 1985

Behind every hard-driving entrepreneur stands a hard-driving mom.  Read story

New Faces Of 1985

By Donna Fenn |  May 1, 1985

PAGE AMERICA GROUP (55) Although the formal name of the new venture was Radio Page-America, the grease-stained T-shirt David Post ceremonially prese...  Read story

A Better Mousetrap

By Donna Fenn |  Mar 1, 1985

"If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods the world wi...  Read story

Lending;

By Donna Fenn |  Mar 1, 1985

Three years ago, interest rates nearly forced Naval Mehra, president of a $3-million restaurant management company in Potomac, Md., out of business. But ...  Read story

Family Fare

By Donna Fenn |  Feb 1, 1985

It was all that Elvin Feltner needed to hear. Walt Disney Pictures was beginning to expand beyond the G rating of family films and into the spicier PG an...  Read story

The Kids Are All Right

By Donna Fenn |  Jan 1, 1985

An Indiana plastics company opened a day-care center -- and solved more than its personnel problems.  Read story

Fortune Cookie Say: You Will Find Gold

By Donna Fenn |  Dec 1, 1984

"You will have pieces of gold by the bushel," said the fortune cookie that realtor Bart Conn broke open at a Chinese restaurant. With the fortune in his ...  Read story

Private Lives;

By Donna Fenn |  Dec 1, 1984

Demon dialers, Dungeons Dragons, and the great $5 disposable suit.  Read story

Backpacks For Tubas

By Donna Fenn |  Dec 1, 1984

Donna Altieri was "spending one of those wonderful nights drinking with musicians" when a friend complained about the amount of time he had to spend arran...  Read story

High Technology

By Donna Fenn |  Aug 1, 1984

Now Timothy Leary wants us to turn on our computers. Leary, the former drug guru, is attempting to establish himself as a software impresario of sorts, o...  Read story

Innocents Abroad

By Donna Fenn |  Jun 1, 1984

If lucrative business opportunities beckon to you from some place like Abu Dhabi, there is a wide range of services and publications to help you avoid com...  Read story

Made To Order Mansions

By Donna Fenn |  Apr 1, 1984

If you have a spare million and need a place to hang your polo mallet, Steve Chefan, president of Stevenson Building & Design Inc., is ready to set yo...  Read story

The Latest Boardroom Darwinism

By Donna Fenn

Finding fresh management insights in The Origin of the Species .  Read story

The Kid Behind a $170 Million Website

By Donna Fenn

Aaron Patzer started Mint.com because he was frustrated with Intuit's Quicken. Two years later, Intuit intends to cut him a very big check.  Read story