No WiFi at CES. No Joke.
A lot of cool gadgets will be announced this week at CES. But so far, the most astounding thing I've seen here has to do with the management of the confer... Read story
Hannah Clark Steiman
Could You Use a Two-Screen Laptop?
Earlier today, I got a glimpse of Lenovo's new laptop, the ThinkPad w700 DS, which has a second screen that pulls out of the main screen. It's a behemoth-... Read story
A Cheap Way For Road Warriors To Access Their Files
Have you ever forgotten a crucial file while traveling for business? Now you can view and edit files, perform remote tech support, and play music stored o... Read story
A Cheap Way For Road Warriors To Access Their Files
Have you ever forgotten a crucial file while traveling for business? Now you can view and edit files, perform remote tech support, and play music stored o... Read story
A Lesson in Bad Customer Service at CES
A lot of cool gadgets will be announced this week at CES. But so far, the most astounding thing I've seen here has to do with the management of the confer... Read story
Could You Use A Two-Screen Laptop?
Earlier today, I got a glimpse of Lenovo's new laptop, the ThinkPad w700 DS, which has a second screen that pulls out of the main screen. It's a behemoth-... Read story
Last-Minute Gifts for the Office
Today, most offices are winding down in preparation for the holidays. And, let's face it, we've all been thinking a little too hard about the recession. M... Read story
The Weekly Deal: Aeron Chair Discounts & More
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells I want an Aeron chair Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells And some QuickBooks software Yes, dear Inc. reader, ... Read story
Aeron discounts, cheap shipping & more
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells I want an Aeron chair Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells And some QuickBooks software Yes, dear Inc. r... Read story
The Weekly Deal: A $3 Gift for Your Employees
In the second installment of our series on great deals for business owners, we've got free software, an idea for a cheap holiday gift, and (finally!) a $1... Read story
A great $3 gift for your employees
In the second installment of our series on great deals for business owners, we've got free software, an idea for a cheap holiday gift, and (finally!) a $1... Read story
Where to spend your last budget dollars of 2008
There's one good aspect to this gloomy recession: you can save on stuff for the office. We scoured discount and coupon websites to find the best deals for... Read story
Why I will never do business with American Airlines again
American Airlines says it will charge me $150 to change a ticket. Why do I have to change the ticket? BECAUSE THEY GOT MY HUSBAND'S NAME WRONG. They didn'... Read story
Let's Get Together
How to persuade workers to cut costs. Read story
Why did I get this Jet Blue voucher?
This weekend I flew on JetBlue from New York City to Portland, Maine. Today, I opened my email and learned that I received a $15 voucher because the DIREC... Read story
Gold-plated networking groups
In the last issue of Inc. we wrote about networking groups that char... Read story
A Socialist CEO Grows Up
His company tries to, too. Read story
An Entrepreneur Buys His Company Back
It's a pretty common story: an entrepreneur raises money from VCs, and then isn't happy with the direction the investors take the company. In our latest i... Read story
Should You Fire Unmotivated Employees?
In the advice column in our June issue, a reader asked: "How can we keep employees excited and motivated when we're no longer seeing skyrocketing growth?"... Read story
Panos Bethanis Went $4.5 million in the Hole to Buy Back His Company
Should he have let it fail? Read story
Bear Stearns: It's all about cash
Jeremy Siegel from Wharton always has great insight. In a recent Q&A , he talke... Read story
Changes at Starbucks: lipstick on a pig?
I have to say, I'm impressed by the latest moves at Starbucks. Found... Read story
PayPal Redeemed?
My blog entry on PayPal a few days ago garnered a lot of comments,... Read story
PayPal redeemed?
My blog entry on PayPal a few days ago garnered a lot of comments,... Read story
Have you invested in auction-rate securities?
I've been trying with all my might not to learn about auction-rate securities. It's one of those financial tools I read about in the Money and In... Read story
Microsoft's bid for Yahoo
There's an interesting story in today's New York Times about the anti-... Read story
Why I'm Done With PayPal
I've never been the victim of an online security breach. I've never had my identity stolen. That's partly because I'm lucky, and partly because I'm consc... Read story
Small Company, Great Service
In the last couple weeks, I've had a terrible customer service experience and a great one. The terrible one, not surprisingly, came from a big, establishe... Read story
Why I'm Done With PayPal
I've never been the victim of an online security breach. I've never had my identity stolen. That's partly because I'm lucky, and partly because I'm consc... Read story
Beating A Weak Dollar
When Inc. first discussed doing a story about the weak dollar last fall, we were a... Read story
Striking a Balance at Starbucks
One summer during college, I got a job at coffee shop owned by a chain--not Starbucks, but a mid-sized chain that had a big presence where I went to schoo... Read story
Starbucks' lame ploy
UPDATE: Starbucks just announced the first big step in its turnaround: it's closing all its stores. That's right, for three hours tonight the company will... Read story
Protecting Company Secrets [Audio]
Every company has secrets. But what's to prevent an employee from jumping ship and sharing this information? Non-compete agreements. And they're becoming ... Watch video
The demise of Eons
At least once a day, I get a press release about a new social networking site -- inevitably, it's billed as "MySpace for chicken farmers," or "Facebook fo... Read story
Speaking of Starbucks ...
Last year, Howard Schultz, the guy who is largely responsible for making Starbucks what it is today, wrote a memo to then-CEO Jim Donald saying the chain ... Read story
Does Starbucks hurt small cafes?
Ever since the Phoenix Coffeehouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts closed down a decade ago, I've been lamenting the rise of Starbucks. Around the time it mov... Read story
Short On Cash?
There's a new way to sell receivables: on an exchange. Read story
Short on Cash? [Audio]
They say cash is king. But it can take customers months to pay up, leaving you in the lurch. So where can you turn? Associate editor Hannah Clark Steiman ... Watch video
First, the Merger. Then, the Culture Clash [Audio]
Mergers may seem like a great way to expand your company. But at least 60 percent of them fail to achieve their goals. And culture clash is a big reason w... Watch video
The end of the holiday bonus?
Though they were once as American as overeating and credit cards, holiday bonuses are fast becoming an endangered species, according to a Read story
