Kimberly Weisul is Editor-at-Large for Inc. Before joining Inc, she was a senior editor at BusinessWeek, where she spearheaded all coverage of entrepreneurship and small business. She is also the co-founder of One Thing New. @weisul
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Creativity for Entrepreneurs: 4 Tips

By Kimberly Weisul |  May 16, 2012

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

By Kimberly Weisul |  May 15, 2012

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

By Kimberly Weisul |  May 7, 2012

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

By Kimberly Weisul |  Apr 26, 2012

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

By Eric Markowitz and Kimberly Weisul |  Feb 2, 2012

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

By Kimberly Weisul |  Feb 1, 2012

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

By Nicole Marie Richardson, Eric Markowitz, Kimberly Weisul and Eric Schurenberg |  Jan 24, 2012

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

By Kimberly Weisul |  Jan 20, 2012

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?

By Kimberly Weisul |  Jan 12, 2012

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

By Kimberly Weisul |  Jan 4, 2012

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

By Kimberly Weisul |  Dec 14, 2011

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

By Kimberly Weisul |  Nov 17, 2011

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

By Kimberly Weisul |  Oct 1, 2010

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

By Kimberly Weisul |  Oct 1, 2010

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