Jess McCuan


Five Ideas to Watch

...including sunscreen wipes and a new way to say "I love you!"  Read story

Turner Serves Up Bison, and Copies Donald Trump

The latest on Ted Turner's bison biz.  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

...including sunscreen wipes and a new way to say "I love you!"  Read story

Entrepreneurs Pitching In

In the aftermath of a catastrophic wave, entrepreneurs cook up creative ways to help. There was no champagne on New Year's Eve at the Jeric...  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

...including hemp foods, snowboarder hotels, a pay-per-call policy, and a devilish remote control.  Read story

Honorable Mention: Frank Altman

Thousands of small businesses in impoverished communities now have a shot at funding, thanks to him.  Read story

Giving Back with Jess McCuan

Inc. staff writer Jess McCuan shares stories and insight into socially responsible companies in her series, Giving Back. Making Charitab...  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

Including headphones for inmates, a chair with vertebrae, and props for peeved workers.  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

Including headphones for inmates, a chair with vertebrae, and props for peeved workers.  Read story

Giving Back

Creative ways to aid pet causes.  Read story

It's Not Easy Being Green

Jeffrey Hollender and Alan Newman disagreed about strategy, fought bitterly -- and created two successful companies. They'd set out to change the world, but ...  Read story

My Favorite Inc. 500 CEO: Rhonda Turner

The first in a series of weblogs on the most inspiring CEOs on this year's list from the staff of Inc . magazine Rhonda Turner's com...  Read story

How To Give Your Money Away

Here are some tips for finding a satisfying way to give back.  Read story

Minimum Wage Hikes Eyed Nationwide

The latest on minimum wage hikes.  Read story

Guerrilla Tactic Targets Golfers

Golf, meet guerrilla marketing...  Read story

Seed Capital for Farm Communities

Financing for rural businesses.  Read story

Reeling In the Big One

Landing a big, brand-name client can make all the difference. Here's how a start-up can do it.  Read story

NASA Offers Free Rocket Scientists

A great NASA giveaway.  Read story

Perspective: Doing well by doing nothing.

Meditation at work.  Read story

Overtime Reform Overdoses on Politics

Overtime, overwrought.  Read story

Sued Over an Employee's Phone Call

Your mobile phone's liability.  Read story

No, They Can't Do It Themselves

Ready or not.  Read story

The Ultimate Sales Incentive

What's the ultimate sales incentive? A seller of dirt has found that awarding free vacations is one way to move tons of product.  Read story

Where Are They Now?

Is there life after entrepreneurship? Can business leaders find happiness outside their company walls? Find out whatever happened to some of yesterday's icon...  Read story

Guard Your Exits!

With the job market slowly recovering, brace yourself for a tidal wave of employee turnover.  Read story

When an Addict Seeks a Job

Fresh from rehab, a former worker wants his job back. What can you do?  Read story

Mad Cow Doesn't Scare This Rancher

A top rancher's mad cow moment.  Read story

Mad Cow Doesn't Scare This Rancher

A top rancher's mad cow moment.  Read story

The Well-Balanced Life: Got Game?

When life makes you want to call a time-out, perhaps it's time to call in a coach.  Read story

Leavitt to Bush's EPA

People dress as trout to protest Bush's new EPA chief.  Read story

It's Good to be King

It's official: Bosses have more fun--and they're rich.  Read story

Why Charities Don't Want Your Money

Why the Salvation Army doesn't want your nickel.  Read story

Year-End Bonus Points

A fat check or three nights at a resort--which would you choose?  Read story

IPO an Inner City 100 First

Molina Healthcare becomes the first Inc. Inner City 100 company to go public.  Read story

What the Judges Look for...

What's going to put your business plan in the winner's circle? Here's what the judges look for when choosing winning business plans.  Read story

Getting Money for Good Ideas

Business plan competitions are growing in popularity, with social entrepreneurship contests proving a particularly burgeoning niche. These reward business...  Read story

The Art of the Real

Donald Trump is looking for a protégé (and no, we don't mean another Marla Maples). NBC's new reality series.  Read story

Failure of Genius

The founders of Future Beef were the smartest, most forward-thinking people in the beef business -- and if you didn't believe it, they'd tell you twice. So w...  Read story

Cleaning Up At Newsstands

Mr. Sam's minions find Mental Floss more newsworthy than Maxim .  Read story

Comp Time Swaps Soon to Be Legit

Private companies may soon be able to offer hourly employees paid leave time instead of overtime pay.  Read story