Kimberly Weisul is editor-at-large for Inc. Before joining Inc., she was a senior editor at BusinessWeek, where she spearheaded coverage of entrepreneurship and small business. She is also the co-founder of One Thing New@weisul
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6 Hiring Secrets From Chobani HR

As Chobani, the Greek-yogurt maker, grows astronomically, so does its workforce. Today, the company has 1,630 employees; in 2008, it had just 50. Here's how.  Read story

5 Reasons Chobani Rules | Company of the Year Runner-Up

Chobani grew 2,662% over the past three years and has revenue of about $1 billion. The numbers tell only part of the story of why this Greek-yogurt maker is ...  Read story

How Turkish 'Dairy Boy' Hamdi Ulukaya Started $600 Million Chobani

Turkish immigrant Hamdi Ulukaya always wondered why U.S. yogurt was so bad. Now, his New Berlin, New York-based Chobani is the leader in Greek-style yogurt.  Read story

Peruvian Immigrant Andres Ruzo: A Serial Entrepreneur by Necessity

Andres Ruzo came to the U.S. with two bags of clothes. Now his LinkAmerica brings in $250 million in sales a year.  Read story

Where Great Entrepreneurs Come From

Cheer up, Buffalo, Indianapolis and Salt Lake: A new study of the Inc. 500 shows that fast-growing companies can come from just about anywhere.  Read story

The Lehman Hangover, 4 Years Later

Four years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, American small businesses are still dealing with the fallout. Inc.'s reporters and editors examine...  Read story

6 Classic Ways to Crash Your Company

Every fast-growth company eventually runs into at least one of these all-too-common obstacles. How you handle them can make the difference between success an...  Read story

Entrepreneurs and VCs: Turning the Tables

A new study from law firm Cooley finds that entrepreneurs may be gaining the upper hand in VC deals. Or that we're in a bubble.  Read story

Obamacare & the Coming Entrepreneurship Boom

For ages, the most important asset an entrepreneur could have is a spouse with health insurance. That's about to change as more corporate employees feel free...  Read story

Leading When God Is Your Boss

Reverend T.D. Jakes, an entrepreneur and lead pastor of a 30,000 member megachurch, on leadership, firing people, and the role of forgiveness at work  Read story

Creativity for Entrepreneurs: 4 Tips

We spoke to Jonah Lehrer, author of the bestselling Imagine: How Creativity Works, to learn how entrepreneurs can be more innovative.  Read story

Fast-Growth CEOs: Bullish on the Economy

At a recent gathering of fast-growth inner city companies, founders and CEOs were surprisingly optimistic about the economy.  Read story

Jim Collins: Good to Great in 10 Steps

Management guru Jim Collins asks entrepreneurs to do 10 things that will dramatically improve their companies. What are you waiting for?  Read story

Fast Growing, Women-Owned

The Women Presidents Organization announces the fastest-growing women-owned company at its 2012 conference.  Read story

21 Gems of Facebook's S-1 That Will Boggle Your Mind

Private jets? $200 million paintings? Zuckerberg's salary? Here are few things the financial analysts won't be talking about this morning.  Read story

The Lowdown on Obama's Small Business Plan

The president is right that current rules make it very hard for growing businesses to raise money. Will Congress really cooperate to change them?  Read story

CEOs' Burning Questions to the President

We asked members of the Inc. community what one question they want the president to address in Tuesday night's State of the Union. Here's what they had to say.  Read story

Investors Put More Money In Bigger Companies

A new report shows that venture capitalists invested much more in 2011 than in 2010 -- but that the amount of money going into seed-stage deals plummeted.  Read story

Is Private Equity a Friend or Foe of Entrepreneurs?

Mitt Romney is being slammed for his work at Bain Capital. But for small business, private equity can work much differently than it does for big public compa...  Read story

How a Big Federal Budget Helps Small Businesses

Republican presidential candidates can't wait to cut the federal budget. But for small businesses, big government isn't just a big pain -- it's a big client,...  Read story

Venture Capitalists are Bullish on Consumer Internet Companies—and New York

As much as VCs may complain about 'froth' in the market, a new survey shows that they don't expect it to go away soon. And they pick New York over Boston as ...  Read story

We're in a recession. Time to start a company

Members of the Millennial generation say they're ready to start companies, but the soft economy is stopping them. Bad excuse.  Read story

Start-Ups 2010: Gourmet Ice Cream, Served From a Truck

Ben Van Leeuwen and Laura O’Neill on how to launch an ice-cream company.  Read story

Start-Ups 2010: A Dog Lover Builds a $5 Million Business

Marie Moody loves her mutts enough to feed them organic meat. Turns out, plenty of other dog owners feel the same way.  Read story