Strategic Patenting
What to consider when you're filing a patent and strategic decisions you'll need to make. Read story
Jennifer A. Redmond
Form an Inventors Group
An inventors group offers the opportunity to build and improve business skills and to brainstorm and network with other inventors. Read story
Directory of Inventors Groups
Are you an inventor looking for advice or resources? This directory lists inventors groups across the country, organized by state. Read story
Directory of VC and Entrepreneurial Boot Camps
We've compiled a list of boot camps and forums across the country where entrepreneurs interested in acquiring capital are learning to fine-tune business plan... Read story
Make Your Intranet Click
Should your business consider building an intranet? If so, where do you start? We've got recommendations from Web-design consultant Jakob Nielsen. Read story
TemPositions Intranet
Good-bye paper trail. Hello efficiency. A temporary staffing firm matches clients with temporary help through its intranet. Here are screen shots of the intr... Read story
Intranet Shortfalls
Is your intranet the productivity and communications tool it should be? Read story
Make Your Intranet Click
Should your business consider building an intranet? If so, where do you start? We've got recommendations from Web-design consultant Jakob Nielsen. Read story
Crisis Management Guide
Is your business prepared for the worst? Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, we set out to provide entrepreneurs with information to he... Read story
Direct Mail Dos and Dont's
Our postal system is the latest victim of terrorist attacks. How can the $528 billion direct-mail industry avoid becoming a casualty? We spoke with direct... Read story
Survival Tactics: Sales Strategies
In a turbulent economy, marketing and sales strategies must be altered. Here' s a sampling of the new approaches companies in a variety of industries are ... Read story
Recipe for Success
"What do you wish you had known when you were starting out?" "What has hindsight taught you?" We posed those questions to four seasoned restaurant owners ... Read story
Independent Business Alliances: Reports From The Field
Tucson Orignals: An Alliance That Works In 1998 in Tucson, AZ, chain restaurants were moving in and local re... Read story
No More Pre-Speech Jitters
For some of you, being well-prepared and getting a good night's sleep are the keys to a successful presentation. For the rest of us, nerves take over rega... Read story
Hiring a Web Designer: Advice from Award-Winning Sites
We spoke to Inc. Web Award winners to learn how they chose designers for their exce... Read story
Hiring a Web Designer: Advice from Award-Winning Sites
We spoke to Inc. Web Award winners to learn how they chose designers for their exce... Read story
Develop a Loyalty Marketing Program
Loyalty marketing programs are a way to reward your best customers and build long-term relationships, according to Karen Drost, vice president of Tecmark ... Read story
Six Ways to Position Your Company for Success
What do you think the most important trend affecting small business will be? How best can owners position their companies to take advantage of it? We pose... Read story
What software do you recommend for distributing e-mail newsletters?
We posed that question to several inc.com mentors. Here are their responses: Paul Edwards, Running a One-Person Business m... Read story
Is Your Company at Risk?
What causes entrepreneurial companies to go out of business? To find out, we took a hard look at Inc. magazine's archives. From October 1996 to D... Read story