Leadership Advice: Strike a Pose
Want to become an effective leader? Watch the way you sit, stand, and posture, says a Harvard B-School professor. Read story
Why the Most Successful Leaders Are Givers
Inc. editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan talks to organizational psychologist Adam Grant about his new book, Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success. Read story
Why Generosity Is the Most Powerful Networking Tool
A Skimmer's Guide to Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success , by Adam Grant. Read story
How Patagonia's Roving CEO Stays in the Loop
San Francisco start-up 15Five is making a business out one of Yvon Chouinard's best management practice. Read story
What If Your Gut Is (Gasp!) Wrong?
Chip and Dan Heath, authors of Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work , on how to make better executive decisions Read story
A Skimmer's Guide to Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Are you wired to win? Or just not to lose? Read story
What a 'Big Bang' Disruptor Could Do to You
A new innovation theory suggests your product could be wiped out suddenly, and swiftly. Here's what you can do about it--and up-and-comers can too. Read story
Why You Get Things Wrong (And What You Can Do About It)
A Harvard Business School professor addresses three common start-up dilemmas--and how to make good choices when you face them. Read story
Loud and Proud
The famous foam finger: Only the roots are humble. Read story
When Good Leaders Go Bad
A Skimmer's Guide to Tipping Sacred Cows: Kick the Bad Work Habits That Masquerade as Virtues, by Jake Breeden Read story
Reading This May Be Your Only Non-Sales Activity Today
Daniel H. Pink talks with Inc. editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan about his latest book, To Sell Is Human, and the ubiquity of sales today. Read story
How China's Cultural Revolution Stirred Entrepreneur Ping Fu
In her new memoir--and this Q&A--entrepreneur Ping Fu describes her journey from communist China to co-found Geomagic, a 3D imaging and design company. Read story
2 Women Serial Entrepreneurs Tell All
Susan Leger Ferraro, founder of an early-childhood schools chain, and Laura Fitton, digital business owner, irreverently detail what has helped them most alo... Read story
6 Must-Read Tips From Sara Blakely, Steve Case & Others
David S. Kidder, serial entrepreneur and Clickable founder, divulges the most important advice that came out of interviews he did with the world's most succe... Read story
Start-up Conversations With Elon Musk, Tony Hsieh, Reid Hoffman & More
Inc.'s Leigh Buchanan talked to Clickable founder David S. Kidder about "The Start-up Playbook," his upcoming book of interviews with seriously-accomplished ... Read story
The Most Talked About Business Moves of 2012
This year some businesses fell out of favor with the entrepreneurial gods, while others basked in their glory. See who came out of 2012 on top. View slideshow
How to Think Globally
Business smarts are not enough. The best global leaders are also political gurus and experts in dealing with the nonrational. Read story
Zumba: At War With the Pirates | Company of the Year
This fast-growing company is besieged by imitators, counterfeiters, and fakes. In defense, it employs a fleet of about 20 in-house lawyers and retains law fi... Read story
Zumba: Loud & Proud | Company of the Year
Zumbawear, like Zumba-everything-else, aims to help instructors make money. And it's selling 3 million items of clothing this year. Read story
How I Did It: Rick Smolan
An old-school gonzo photojournalist tells the story of leaping from a career in magazines to a venture involving large-scale documentation of human life -- i... Read story
Quiz: The Craziest Business Stories of 2012
We hope you didn't miss these stories! Test your knowledge of the weirdest business news of 2012. Read story
How Big Can a Zumba Business Get? | Company of the Year
Z Club NY expects to produce revenue of $350,000 next year, which puts it near the pinnacle of Zumba businesses. Here's how it became the black label of Zumb... Read story
Bringing Zumba to the People | Company of the Year
How three sisters designed, marketed, and expanded their own fitness business, Chicago Latin Fitness. And it all started with Zumba. Read story
Why Some Bureaucracy Is Good for Business
A Skimmer's Guide to The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office, by Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan. Read story
How Music Keeps Zumba Movin' | Company of the Year
Today, both record labels and individual artists come to Zumba. Hip-hop star Pitbull created a special Zumba mix of a track from his album Planet Pit, and Zu... Read story
Zumba Fitness: Company of the Year
You know what's even healthier, stronger, and more flexible than a Zumba instructor? The business model behind Zumba. Read story
'Zumba Is a Huge Opportunity'
Z Club NY, one of several thousand standalone Zumba start-ups, expects to hit revenue of $350,000 next year. But it's still a work in progress. Watch video
Suster Blasts 'Entrepreneurshit,' But Still Misses the Game
Former entrepreneur Mark Suster drops a much-deserved bomb on those who glamorize start-ups. But even he wouldn't mind another go. Read story
High Fashion with Native Roots
Indigenous founder Scott Leonard blazes a trail from hardscrabble Andes villages to Saks and Bloomingdale's. Read story
Invincible Ball Brings Joy to Kids (& Lions)
Soccer balls from the One World Futbol Project stand up to life in a refugee camp. Read story
Take Coffee Grounds. Add Spores. See Success Sprout.
With their popular mushroom kits, Back to the Roots' founders Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez are restoring the connection between people and food. Read story
Who Are the Vendors in My Neighborhood?
BALLE founders Judy Wicks and Laury Hamel are forging a new economy based on local commerce. Read story
Honoring the Champions of Do-Good-ism
Business icons, including Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, turned out this week to celebrate the Social Venture Network's inaugural Hall of Fame. Read story
Ballooning Across the Pacific, Facing Almost Certain Death
In 1991, Branson attempted a balloon flight across the Pacific Ocean with balloonist, Pers Lindstrand. Though they ended up in the Arctic, they survived. Watch video
What You Name a Venture Is Important
Branson set up "war rooms" to tackle global issues like climate change and disease in Africa. Watch video
New Technology Opens Up Markets
How Sir Richard Branson plans to bring down the $200,000-per-ticket price to bring passengers to space. Watch video
Difficulties & Opportunities of Regulated Businesses
In some cases--like Branson's space ship company Virgin Galactic--helpful regulators can make new business ideas possible. Watch video
Big Ideas Also Mean Big Risks
Sir Richard Branson put a firewall between each Virgin company so that--if something goes wrong at one--it won't take down another. Watch video
Build Successful Businesses Out of Helping Lives
Rarely does Sir Richard Branson start a business just because he thinks he's going to make money out of it. Watch video
Business Is All About Details
Unless you get thousands of tiny details right when you launch a new business, you'll have nothing. Watch video
If You Don't Dream, Nothing Happens
"If you set seemingly impossible challenges," says Sir Richard Branson, "you make what people believed impossible possible." Watch video
