Leigh Buchanan


How to Start an Adventure Travel Company

Check every hotel personally, says Brian Morgan of Adventure Life. Same goes for the zip lines.  Read story

How to Start an Aerospace Company

Just seal yourself and your partner in a bubble for two years, then work your NASA contacts, says Jane Poynter of Paragon Space Development  Read story

Review: The Cost of Bad Behavior

In The Cost of Bad Behavior, Christine Pearson and Christine Porath argue that office incivility is contagious  Read story

Six Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business

Do you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur? Here are six things to consider  Read story

How to Start an Advertising Company

Take years of experience in the corporate world, and then turn the model on its head.  Read story

When the Boss Gets Cancer

What happened to a start-up when the founder discovered he was fighting cancer  Read story

How I Did It: Margot Fraser

Margot Fraser, the founder of Birkenstock, USA, recalls 40 years of peace, love, and clunky sandals  Read story

Obituary: Edward Anderson, 1931-2009

As founder of Lil' Orbits, the world's foremost supplier of nonindustrial mini-donut makers, Edward Anderson was an all-American inventor and entrepreneur.  Read story

Review: In Pursuit of Elegance

Author Mathew E. May writes about the virtues of simplicity and symmetry in solving business problems  Read story

Cutting Customer Service with Care

I hate to kick a dog when it's down. But there are so many prostrate pooches in business today you can't walk a block without digging your toe into one of...  Read story

The Next New--Potentially Illegal--Thing

In part one of Inc .'s interview with Larry Downes, the author of the forthcoming The Laws of Disruption , he explains why the legal system is th...  Read story

When Collaboration and the Law Collide

In part two of Inc. 's interview with Larry Downes, an IT, business strategy and legal expert and partner with Bell-Mason Group, he explains why allowi...  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books

The book: Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy, by Isadore Sharp; Portfolio; May 2009. The big idea:...  Read story

Charles Jacobs Goes Inside the Entrepreneur's Brain

Leading corporate consultant, Charles Jacobs discusses how brain structure can impact business management.  Read story

Legacy: Ann Wilder, Vanns Spice

The life of "Spice Queen" business owner Ann Wilder, 1931–2009  Read story

The Personality Makeover

Lots of people in Silicon Valley wanted to work at the same company as Selina Lo. But few wanted to work with her.  Read story

The Real Estate Makeover

Logistics Plus had been homeless for too long. But how much home did it need?  Read story

The Brand Makeover

How appropriate that Carolina Pad is a stationery company. Its product line never moved.  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books

The book: It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand For: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven by Purpose , by Roy M. Spen...  Read story

Leadership: Armed With Data

How the military can help you learn from your mistakes  Read story

Is Your Company Inbred?

Many companies pay a referral bonus to employees when they recommend a friend for a job down the hall. But do they carefully consider the implications of thi...  Read story

Too Smart for Comfort

CEOs are often too quick to feel threatened when a new hire pulls out the smart card.  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books

The book: What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis; Collins Business; January 2009. The big idea: Google an...  Read story

Legacy: James Benson, 1945-2008

A One-Man Space Program  Read story

Training Young Salespeople

A program at MIT offers a window into the minds of Gen-Y sales reps  Read story

The Ultimate Business Tune-up for Times Like These

In a tough economy with credit extremely tight, big investments are not an option for most companies. Yet no business can afford to stand still. We asked our...  Read story

I Hereby Resolve…

I resolve that in 2009 I will blog for Inc.com every day.  Read story

Entrepreneur of the Year: What Alison Schuback Wants

Her life was changed forever by a speeding car. From now on -- with her independence growing, her family close, and her business moving forward -- the chang...  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books: Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

The book: Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else , by Geoff Colvin; Portfolio; Oct...  Read story

How I Did It: Restaurateur Barbara Lynch

Fake it till you make it, then make it big.  Read story

Is It an Annual Meeting?

Or an episode of Oprah?   Read story

Legacy: Ed Justice Sr., 1921-2008

Cars, cars, and more cars.  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books: Changing the Game: How Video Games Are Transforming the Future of Business

The book: Changing the Game: How Video Games Are Transforming the Future of Business, by David Edery and Ethan Mollick; FT Press...  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books: Billion Dollar Lessons

Chunka Mui follows Unleashing the Killer App with Billion Dollar Lessons.   Read story

Inc. 500

Half-a-thousand reminders that business ingenuity and economic leadership still start with entrepreneurs.  Read story

Whatever It Takes

Managed care, the human version, at Senior Whole Health.  Read story

No Roomba at the Inn?

The Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner is one of the great small-company innovations, right up th...  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books

The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management , by Art Kleiner; Jossey-Bass; August 2008.  Read story

Legacy: André Galerne, 1926-2008

An adventurer's approach to life and work.  Read story

Luck is for Losers

A gambler who loathes risk, Bill Kaplan ran his famed MIT Blackjack Team like a business and left the table with more than $10 million in winnings. Can the l...  Read story