What Is an Entrepreneur?
Harvey Mackay's definition of an entrepreneur. Read story
George Gendron
No Confidence
'Rolling Stone' letter to the editor declaring writer's intent to start a business in light of high unemployment. Read story
Life in the Fast Lane
Highlights from the annual Inc. 500 conference. Read story
Inc. Notes
Notes on the disappearance of Ed Baker, Jerry Greenfield's ill-fated bid for selectman and Jack Stack's latest award. Read story
With Friends Like This, Who Needs Enemies?
A series of quotes about the position of small business in the economy. Read story
Misguided Missiles
Large conglomerates are giving small, unprofitable divisions to management or third-party buyers at low prices. Read story
How We Lost the Car Wars
A quote from Negotiating the Future by Barry and Irving Bluestone on how our auto industry missed the mass market. Read story
A Do-It-Yourself Classic
Reviews of Post-Capitalist Society by Drucker and Reengineering the Corporation by Hammer and Champy. Read story
Foreign Affairs
One CEO's account of small businesses' growing interest in international business. Read story
Milestone
Microsoft will soon become the first Inc. 500 company to overtake IBM in total market value. Read story
Regulation Time: 60 Seconds with... Gordon Roddick
Conversation with Gordon Roddick on overregulation in the U.S. compared to other countries. Read story
Thunder in the Sky quote
Quote from Thunder in the Sky: Secrets on the Acquisition and Exercise of Power (translated by Thomas Cleary). Read story
Out on a Limb: Bold Prediction #5
Editor's prediction that aging baby boomers, downsizing and government intervention will cause self-employment to rise. Read story
Fair's Fare
Virgin Atlantic Airways is awarded damages from British Airways for its 'dirty tricks' campaign. Read story
Customer Service: Beyond the Last Word
Senior writer John Case's account of how Intuit's handling of a customer service problem earned his admiration. Read story
What's My Line?
An internal auditor is quoted, saying that a small-company approach to management problems is the way to cut costs. Read story
Profiles in Growth
Highlight of different characteristics of the CEOs of 1993 Inc. 100 companies. Read story
Sue Bender quote
Excerpt from Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish by Sue Bender on honoring the process and product. Read story
The Case Against Job Training
How workers need business training, not job training, to contribute to their company's success. Read story
Fax Fix Nixed
Social Investment Forum sent copy of FaxPoll on social responsibility to its members to rig results. Read story
A Business Type
Excerpt from Modern Business: Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard on the founding of business schools to teach typing. Read story
Class Acts
Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year category added to Inc. Entrepreneur of the Year program. Read story
That Old School Tie
Report shows small companies and companies with university affiliations have better rates of return on R D dollars. Read story
Will the Next Liz Claiborne Please Stand Up?
An Income of Her Own is sponsoring the first annual Business-Plan Competition for Teen Women. Read story
Adventures in Clintonomics: Number One in a Series
Secretary of Labor Robert Reich attributes drop in private sector organized labor to unfriendly regulatory environment. Read story
Peter Drucker quote
Quote from Peter Drucker's 'Post-Capitalist Society'(HarperCollins, 1993). Read story
Entrepreneurial Mystique
Many executives leave big companies to start busineses but can't handle the transition and go back to corporations. Read story
We'd Been Meaning to Ask the Same Thing
Inc. receives query regarding the absence of any Arkansas companies on the 1992 Inc. 500. Read story
Roll Over, James Madison
Treasury Dept. includes Leslie Brokaw's "Books that Transform Companies" in its list of suggested readings. Read story
The Hottest Business Plan Around
Ordering information for Harvard professor Michael Porter's excellent comprehensive business plan for Massachusetts. Read story
Mario Vargas Llosa quote
Quote from Mario Vargas Llosa's foreword to 'The Other Path: The Invisible Revolution in the Third World.' Read story
Giving Back, Big Time
Researchers find that small businesses support community activites more than do large businesses. Read story
The Right Thing
VP sent letter to 500 clients and vendors on behalf of AIDS-stricken employee and received more than 100 donations. Read story
Toward New Economics
New book chronicles creation and development of the Santa Fe Institute. Read story
Have You Been Burned by Bankruptcy?
Faxpoll results from questions on bankruptcy. Read story
Training Wheels-and Deals
Finding affordable ways to train employees. Read story
Extra! Extra! U.S. Wins Semiconductor Wars
News of the United States' victory in the semiconductor wars goes unreported. Read story
The Art of Taking Time Off
The benefits of taking time off from work. Read story
What It's Really Like to Start Your Own Business
An excerpt from promotional copy for a software program called Capitalist Pig. Read story
Cultural Evolution
New software aims at strengthening relationships between strategic partners. Read story
