Gauging Your Strategy in the Global Economy
How should you think about your foreign endeavors in a time of economic upheaval? Economists tackle a question on global strategies for turbulent time... Read story
Jerry Useem
Managing through Turbulent Times
By Jerry Useem | Jan 1, 1999
To keep your growing company on track during a volatile economic period, you should know the answers to these six basic questions. Read story
The Matchmaker
By Jerry Useem | Dec 1, 1998
An anatomy of start-up Career Central, a matchmaker for companies and business school graduates. Includes CEO Jeffrey Hyman's business plan, financial strate... Read story
Upstarts: Rookie Venture Capital
By Jerry Useem | Nov 1, 1998
A look at how three businessmen with no venture capital experience started Redleaf Venture Management. Plus, several shorter articles about why so many green... Read story
Three Companies, One Discipline
By Jerry Useem | Oct 15, 1998
By utilizing technology and mental discipline, CEO John Litwinka is able to run three companies simultaneously, including this year's Inc. 500 winne... Read story
Seven Great Salary Resources
By Jerry Useem | Oct 1, 1998
A good introduction to salary surveys is the Salary Survey Guidebook, published this year by the American Compensation Association and the Americ... Read story
I Am My Own HR Department
By Jerry Useem | Aug 13, 1998
At Xerox Corp., managers who want to give an employee a raise no longer call the human resources department. Likewise, workers who want to change their 40... Read story
Happy Endings
By Jerry Useem | Aug 1, 1998
So you and your partner have tried everything. You've seen a marriage counselor. You've done primal-scream therapy. And still you hate each other's guts.<... Read story
Partners on the Edge
By Jerry Useem | Aug 1, 1998
Brett Cosor and Jeff Studley, co-owners of CPR MultiMedia Solutions, came to dislike each other so much they brought in a marriage counselor to help them thr... Read story
The Art (Not Science) of Picking the Right Partner
By Jerry Useem | Aug 1, 1998
ffith, a lawyer at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, in Nashville, remembers the time two men came into his office and announced that they wanted to form a p... Read story
Why do You Want a Partner?
By Jerry Useem | Aug 1, 1998
Mardy Grothe, a psychologist with a long track record of counseling partners, answers the question almost every would-be cofounder avoids: What's real... Read story
Exotic Auto Venture Is $24-Million Nonstarter
By Jerry Useem | Jun 1, 1998
Harold and Ben Rosen, founders of Rosen Motors, failed to redefine the automobile with their hybrid electric car when major manufacturers rejected their new ... Read story
Harvard Business School's 'Woman Problem'
By Jerry Useem | Jun 1, 1998
News of sexual harassment of female students by male classmates surfaced recently at Harvard Business School. Is the HBS administration to blame for not disc... Read story
Happiness and the Downwardly Mobile CEO
By Jerry Useem | May 15, 1998
It's not uncommon today for a CEO to leave a big company to run a start-up--but it was ten years ago. John Sculley, who went from PepsiCo to Apple, was among... Read story
Ball Club of the New Economy
By Jerry Useem | May 15, 1998
A look at how the Florida Marlins, the 1997 World Series winners, have worked much like a high-tech start-up; they hired the best talent, beat the competitio... Read story
The Icon That Almost Wasn't
By Jerry Useem | May 15, 1998
Henry Ford's venture, Ford Motor Co., was dangerously close to bankruptcy shortly after it started. Were it not for a last-minute investment, the auto compan... Read story
Failure: The Secret of My Success
By Jerry Useem | May 1, 1998
While most entrepreneurs dread the failure of their businesses, sometimes it's their best option. Here's how to know when to throw in the towel, and the less... Read story
Feel the Failure
By Jerry Useem | Apr 28, 1998
"I have not failed," Thomas Edison declared during his search for a workable filament for the electric lightbulb. "I have successfully discovered 1,200 ma... Read story
Harvard Business School's " Woman Problem"
By Jerry Useem | Apr 21, 1998
This is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the June 1998 issue of Inc. On June 4, when members of Harvard Business School's class... Read story
Aftermath: Anatomy of a Yanked Public Offering
By Jerry Useem | Mar 9, 1998
For David Coté , the cost of his company's failed initial public offering is measured in more than dollars. "If it hadn't been for the stress of the IPO ... Read story
All Dressed Up and No IPO
By Jerry Useem | Feb 1, 1998
While going public can yield a huge payoff for many companies, it can be a disastrous undertaking for others. Here's why Wired magazine's IPO proved a stunni... Read story
How Not to Fire Up Your Banker
By Jerry Useem | Dec 1, 1997
In 1930, Motorola founder Paul Galvin needed a banker to back his production of car radios. Unfortunately, the radio he installed in the banker's car went up... Read story
The New Entrepreneurial Elite
By Jerry Useem | Dec 1, 1997
Lured by enormous compensation packages and the excitement of fast growth, many big-company executives are leaving cushy positions to run start-ups. Read story
Reach Out and Touch Bangladesh
By Jerry Useem | Nov 27, 1997
Chamurkhan, Bangladesh - Mosammat Anwara Begum has three moneymaking enterprises here in the rural hinterlands of Bangladesh: her chickens, her ducks, and... Read story
Giving Business a Lift
By Jerry Useem | Nov 1, 1997
In 1852, Elisha Otis had to risk life and limb to promote his invention, the elevator, and secure a future for his business. Read story
One Red Chevy--to Go
By Jerry Useem | Oct 1, 1997
A brief look at General Motors' most famous engineer, Charles Kettering, founder of Delco. Read story
Managing: Treating Temporary Work as a Permanent Fixture
By Jerry Useem | Sep 1, 1997
Here is a start-up non-profit that just may do for temp work what the labor unions did for employees in the 1930s. Read story
The Richest Man You've Never Heard Of
By Jerry Useem | Sep 1, 1997
To make a fortune on America's mountain of credit-card debt, this CEO had to go broke first. Read story
Development Plan Spells Trouble for River City
By Jerry Useem | Jul 1, 1997
The story of how a small town embraced a creative financing strategy to stimulate the economy, and why the plan failed. Read story
Hoop Dreams: New League Banks on Sisterhood
By Jerry Useem | Jun 1, 1997
A look at a women's basketball league that is banking on grassroots marketing and worker solidarity. Read story
Company Goes Crazy over Partnerships, Gets Committed
By Jerry Useem | Jun 1, 1997
The story of how a little company was able to grow to trust a corporate behemoth and the benefits of the relationship. Read story
Churn, Baby, Churn
By Jerry Useem | May 15, 1997
Some experts explain why all the turmoil associated with the new economy is actually good for us. Read story
Start a Company, Save the World
By Jerry Useem | May 1, 1997
A report on this year's World Economic Forum, a gathering of global CEOs and politicians. Read story
Start-ups Target Old Bosses as New Customers
By Jerry Useem | May 1, 1997
More and more employees are leaving large corporations and starting businesses with their old employers as customers. Read story
Start-up Chasers Track New-Biz Storm
By Jerry Useem | Apr 1, 1997
Start-ups are enjoying newfound importance with policymakers and here's how they're being tracked. Read story
Looking for Customers? Pick on Someone Your Own Size
By Jerry Useem | Mar 1, 1997
Start ups looking for rapid growth, might want to try signing up smaller companies rather than blue-chip behemoths. Read story
Help Wanted: Smart CEOs. No Ideas Necessary
By Jerry Useem | Mar 1, 1997
Unlikely as it sounds, venture firms are setting up entrepreneurs just so they can decide on a what business to start. Read story
For Sale: Management Expertise from Small Companies
By Jerry Useem | Feb 1, 1997
Entrepreneurs are following a new trend that leads from their areas of expertise to a new business in consulting. Read story
The Start-up Factory
By Jerry Useem | Feb 1, 1997
The story of how Bill Gross has channeled his creative zeal into a business that generates start-ups and why. Read story
The Myth About the Mrs. in Husband-and-Wife Teams
By Jerry Useem | Jan 1, 1997
A psychologist debunks some of the myths surrounding wives who team up with their husbands to run family businesses. Read story
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