Laura Rich


A 23 Year-Old CEO

By Laura Rich |  Jul 18, 2006

Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of United Bank Card, talks about starting his business when he was sixteen years old.   Read story

Seller's Market

By Laura Rich |  May 1, 2005

Even as the M A market heats up, unloading a company gets trickier.  Read story

Don't Be a Stranger

By Laura Rich |  Jan 1, 2005

Alumni programs are a great way to stay in touch and boost business.  Read story

QA with Amber Chand of Eziba

By Laura Rich |  Sep 1, 2004

Amber Chand emigrated to the United States and worked for years in a museum gift shop before launching Eziba in 1999. Initially an online retailer that so...  Read story

Q and A with Gloria and Richard Pink of Pink's

By Laura Rich |  Sep 1, 2004

Since 1939, Pink's has been serving up hot dogs to crowds that line up day and night in front of the Los Angeles stand. As Gloria Pink notes, even the sta...  Read story

On Naming Your Business, and Getting It Right

By Laura Rich |  Jun 1, 2004

What's in a name? Plenty, according to Alex Frankel, the author of Wordcraft (Crown Publishing, April 2004), a book about the business of naming ...  Read story

Understanding How Your Customers Think

By Laura Rich |  Jun 1, 2004

John Zogby on how business owners can use polling to better understand their customers.  Read story

Google Guns for Small Business Customers

By Laura Rich

Jan. 18, 2005 -- In the hopes of growing its share of the business market, Google Thursday unveiled an enterprise search tool for small b...  Read story

Improved Business Conditions Expected, Say Owners

By Laura Rich

Jan. 17, 2005 -- A mixed report from the National Federation of Independent Business found that 30 percent of owners planned to increase ...  Read story

Retail Sales End Up for December

By Laura Rich

Jan. 14, 2005 -- Despite early warnings of weak sales from the likes of Wal-Mart and Target following a sluggish back-to-school period, U...  Read story

Sarbanes-Oxley Draws Renewed Criticism

By Laura Rich

Jan. 13, 2005 --Less than three years after the public scandals of Enron, WorldCom and Global Crossing first came to light, a group of com...  Read story