Universities: Your New Best Friend
For resource-hungry entrepreneurs, the explosion of university-based business-development programs comes as sweet relief in tight economic times. From Ann Ar... Read story
Emily Barker
Dossier: Trade Secrets
By Emily Barker | Aug 1, 2002
Stephanie Black's film Life and Debt challenges a political position that many CEOs support. Read story
60-Second Business Plan: Blot-Com
By Emily Barker | Aug 1, 2002
Psychological testing over the Internet: does it allay employers' misgivings or merely make them worse? Read story
The Road to Wall Street
By Emily Barker | Jun 1, 2002
Everyone thinks an IPO is the last hurdle to success, and everyone has it all wrong. It's what happens after you go public that makes all the difference. Read story
Making the Most of the IPO Road Show
By Emily Barker | May 20, 2002
The CEO of Peet's Coffee, Chris Mottern, shares some advice for pitching potential investors during an IPO road show. Read story
The Quiet CEO
By Emily Barker | Apr 1, 2002
After a day spent caring for her business, Gayle Martz spends an evening caring for herself. Read story
Finance: Cheap Executive Officer
By Emily Barker | Apr 1, 2002
For most businesses, there's one person who wastes more money than anyone else: the CEO. Here's how Rick Sapio, CEO of Mutuals.com, reined in the biggest spe... Read story
Start with Nothing
By Emily Barker | Feb 1, 2002
Greg Gianforte, founder of $30-million RightNow Technologies Inc., learned that bootstrapping is not simply about pinching pennies and cutting costs. Smart b... Read story
60-Second Business Plan: Good-Bye Doesn't Mean Forever
By Emily Barker | Jan 1, 2002
When employees leave, they're gone for good, right? Not if Cem Sertoglu has anything top say about it. Read story
Let's Make a Deal
By Emily Barker | Jan 1, 2002
The fine art of raising your prices in a recession. Read story
The 24-Hour Recovery Plan
By Emily Barker | Dec 1, 2001
These days, even the smallest companies are putting backup plans in place. Read story
You Just Don't Get It
By Emily Barker | Nov 1, 2001
Salespeople are from Mars, customers are from Venus, and more scary revelations. Read story
Helping Employees Cope
By Emily Barker | Oct 1, 2001
When a terrorist attack destroyed the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon on September 11, business--and the employees who conduct it--stopped sho... Read story
Disaster Recovery Planning 101
By Emily Barker | Oct 1, 2001
Ann Machado has spent a lot of time preparing for disasters. As CEO of Creative Staffing, a temporary employee agency based in hurricane-prone Miami, she ... Read story
Inside Information
By Emily Barker | Oct 1, 2001
The lowdown on competitive intelligence. Read story
The Bulletproof Business Plan
By Emily Barker | Oct 1, 2001
How to bulletproof your business plan during a slumping economy. Read story
Hot Tip: Team Up with Competition
By Emily Barker | Aug 1, 2001
Save money on material costs by teaming up with your competition. Read story
High-Test Education
By Emily Barker | Jul 1, 2001
A training program that really beefs up profits. Read story
Hot Tip: Who's Running the Show?
By Emily Barker | Jul 1, 2001
When seeking outside financing, family owned businesses need to effectively communicate the roles and responsibilities of its members. Read story
Hot Tip: It Never Hurts to Ask
By Emily Barker | Jul 1, 2001
This oil service increased revenues 30% by purchasing small-scale businesses that large companies wanted to get out of. Read story
Global Trade, Zero Angst
By Emily Barker | Jul 1, 2001
International trade without the stress. Read story
Taking the Sting Out of the Courtroom
By Emily Barker | Jun 1, 2001
In an economy where more and more companies are laying off employees, employment-practice liability insurance makes sense even for the most employee-friendly... Read story
Hot Tip: Product Mix
By Emily Barker | May 1, 2001
Find out what your distribution strategy will be before you start selling your product. Read story
A Taxing Recruiting Problem
By Emily Barker | May 1, 2001
Imaginative CEOs can still find ways to recruit in a tight labor market. Read story
Upstarts: Internet Salvage
By Emily Barker | Mar 1, 2001
Online companies are falling left and right. But for some start-ups, that spells opportunity. Read story
Upstarts: Internet Salvage
By Emily Barker | Mar 1, 2001
Online companies are falling left and right. But for some start-ups, that spells opportunity. Read story
Obits: Despite Student "Army," Ice-Cream Venture Is Frozen Out
By Emily Barker | Feb 1, 2001
Jeremy Kraus took the principles of microbrewed beer and applied them to ice cream. His unique marketing efforts built a loyal cult following, but it wasn't ... Read story
Relocating Brings Big Savings for Company
By Emily Barker | Dec 1, 2000
Relocating only part of a company can free up an entrepreneur to pursue new opportunities more easily. Take Tom Hursman of Spectrum MedSystems Corp. He wa... Read story
Best Cities: The Location Advantage
By Emily Barker | Dec 1, 2000
Is it time to make your move? These CEOs bet that their companies would thrive in a new location. Read story
Energy Goes Cellular
By Emily Barker | Nov 15, 2000
Along with more competition and -- theoretically, at least -- lower prices, energy deregulation is bringing some uncertainty to the nation's power grid. A... Read story
Q&A: Energy Deregulation
By Emily Barker | Nov 15, 2000
Current Events Energy deregulation can be confusing. To make some sense of the muddle, Inc. magazine spoke with Hugh Holm... Read story
Red Tape Brainstorms
By Emily Barker | Nov 7, 2000
Name: Cherrill Farnsworth Number of companies founded: Six Why the big appetite: Irresistib... Read story
When Creating Companies Is Habit-Forming
By Emily Barker | Nov 7, 2000
Name: Stanley Adelman Number of companies founded: Four Why the big appetite: Potential for n... Read story
Upstarts: Energy Deregulation
By Emily Barker | Nov 1, 2000
If you don't currently have a choice about where you buy your electricity, you will soon. Read story
Upstarts: Energy Deregulation
By Emily Barker | Nov 1, 2000
If you don't currently have a choice about where you buy your electricity, you will soon. Read story
Snapshots: Start-up Gluttons
By Emily Barker | Oct 15, 2000
Learn about three Inc. 500 entrepreneurs who have each founded several start-ups. Read story
The VC in My Dorm Room
By Emily Barker | Oct 1, 2000
Business school students have gone beyond starting their own companies. Now they're funding one another's ventures. Read story
Bananas, My Brand, and Me
By Emily Barker | Oct 1, 2000
Jessica Nam never thought of becoming "a brand" when she started a cottage business while in school. That's changed. Read story
Same-Day Internet Delivery
By Emily Barker | Sep 1, 2000
Donna Iucolano, vice-chairperson of Shop.org , an Internet retailing trade organization, and former chairperson... Read story
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