BUSINESS BRILLIANT: SECRETS OF THE SELF-MADE  

Lewis Schiff is the chairman and executive director of Inc. Business Owners Council. His new book, Business Brilliant: Surprising Lessons from the Greatest Self-Made Business Icons, will be released in March, 2013. His new book, as well as his previous books, The Influence of Affluence and The Armchair Millionaire are based on research on best practices of high net worth and high-performing households. He can be reached by email, on twitter or by telephone: (800) 536-0046. @lewisschiff


Who is Entrepreneur Zero?

Join me April 2, 2013 via web livestream as I reveal this incredible 'uber-entrepreneur' and find out how he made millions.  Read story

What's the Clear Roadmap to Prosperity?

For more than half a century, Americans could confidently follow a path to wealth. In this book excerpt, the author of Business Brilliant explains t...  Read story

Set Your Financial Goal for 2023 Today: Here's How

Research shows that financially successful people are people who set plans. Want to be rich in 10 years? Here are five steps that will get you there.  Read story

Council Member Shares His $100 Million Education

How Joe Gillette got his business model right with his second company  Read story

New White Paper from Council Member, Fernando Sepulveda

After working with growing companies, Impulsa shares what it's learned  Read story

Inc. Magazine celebrates Greater New York area honorees of the 2012 Inc. 500|5000

Hosted by the Inc. Business Owners Council and editor-in-chief Eric Schurenberg, the evening toasted the fastest-growing bunch of r...  Read story

Starting From Scratch

This is a guest blog post from Michael Kavinson, Partner at Azzur Group, LLC and a member of the Inc. Business Owners Council.   Read story

Should You Join a CEO Peer Group?

Great Athletes Have Coaches. Shouldn't You?  Read story

Why Entrepreneurs Should Rejoice at Supreme Court Health Care Decision

There's a silver lining for business owners in the Supreme Court's recent decision to let the Affordable Care Act move forward.  Read story

How To Get Your Site On Google's Page One Search Engine Results

Council Member Gabriel Shaoolian from Blue Fountain Media opens up his box of secrets with Inc. Magazine's Business Owners Community  Read story

HOW I DID IT: "How Being a Woman-Entrepreneur Helped Me Build My Business"

Meet Inc. 5000 CEOs at the top of their game  Read story

Event Recap: Bricks and Mortar's Big E-Commerce Opportunity

Inc. 5000 CEOs present their secrets of success  Read story

Steve Forbes on Economic Cycles & Job Creation

The Forbes Media chairman explains how entrepreneurs are impacted by and can respond to market disruption and financial crisis.  Watch video

Russell Simmons: Identify What's Missing

Russell Simmons, founder of hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings and serial entrepreneur, talks with Inc.'s Lewis Schiff about entrepreneurship, meditation, supe...  Watch video

Howard Schultz: What It Takes to Win

In 2008 Howard Schultz returned to Starbucks and steered it through the financial crisis. Last year, Schultz sat down with Inc.'s Lewis Schiff.  Watch video

Do Your Employees Need a College Degree?

Every business owner with a payroll knows there's a skills shortage in the U.S. workforce. But we won't solve it by sending every kid to college.  Read story

How I Figured Out What My Company Is Worth: A Recap

When it comes to selling your company, the rules are not so obvious  Read story

How I Figured Out What My Company Was Worth

Inc. 5000 CEO takes us through the sale of his company  Read story

How I Did It Event Recap: How I Turned My Product Into a Service (and vice versa)

Bruce Eckfeldt of Cyrus Innovation and David Harouche of Multimedia Plus share their internal strategy  Read story

David: How I'm Turning My Product Into a Service
Bruce: How I'm Turning My Service Into a Product

Find out how Inc. 5000 CEOs seek smart ways to scale their businesses  Read story

Compensation Design for Fast-Growing Private Companies

The rise in pay-for-performance compensation is a boon to smaller companies.  Read story

Mayor Bloomberg Wants Entrepreneurs to Step Forward

This summer, you can be recognized by New York City for your small business achievements.  Read story

Council Member Colleen Molter Appears at Inc. Women's Summit

Molter imparts lessons on how she survived "the brink of disaster."  Read story

How I Got My Business Model Right With My Second Company

The CEO of Stage 2 Networks, an Inc. 5000 company, recaps his $100 million education.  Read story

How to Join the Top 10 Percent

A recent portrait of top wealth-earners describes a recipe for success.  Read story

Inc. 5000 CEO Speaks: How I Got My Business Model Right With My Second Company

How does that old saying go? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me? Not so for Joe Gillette.   Read story

Shocking News: Rich and Poor Don't See Eye to Eye

According to Pew Research, 66 percent of Americans say there's conflict between the classes. Do you agree?  Read story

Congratulations Jennifer Maanavi, Entrepreneur and now Author!

Council Member Jennifer Maanavi, proprietor of Inc. 5000 co. Physique 57, is now also a published author!  Read story

How I Transitioned From Saleswoman to Business Owner

One business owner's strategy for embracing her role as the boss.  Read story

Question for Job Creators: What Is A Good Job?

As someone who works with entrepreneurs for a living, I'm always very proud of the role business owners play in supporting the economy.  Read story

Reflections from Occupy Wall Street

As the tents are carted away from Zuccotti Park this morning, just blocks away from Inc. Magazine's headquarters, I've been reflecting on the "Occupy" movement.  Read story

An Entrepreneur's Ode to Andy Rooney

TV Essayist and 60 Minutes fixture for 33 years, Andy Rooney, died this week after appearing in "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" over 1,000 times.  Read story

LinkedIn's Big Problem: Most People Waste Their Time

Social media continues to offer greater and greater efficiency in networking. But do most people need to be more productive?  Read story

Russell Simmons Silences 150 Entrepreneurs

Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records, Phat Farm, Argyle Culture, Read story

Hip-Hop Impresario Russell Simmons Visiting Inc. in Big Apple on Nov. 1

Russell Simmons--rap impresario and founder of Def Jams Records, Phat Farm and author of "Do You" has a life and career outlook that's made him one of the...  Read story

Rule-Breaking CEOs

Entrepreneurs think of themselves as "rule-breakers" but even seasoned business owners can find themselves falling under the spell of conventional wisdom....  Read story

How I Did It: Inc. 5000 CEOs Share Their Lessons in Live Panel in NYC

When an entrepreneur is trying to flout conventional wisdom, there are no shortage of critics and naysayers. But that didn't stop our Inc. 5000 CEO paneli...  Read story

How Can You Worship An Entrepreneur On Sunday and Step Over One on Monday?

All week, impromptu memorials have been popping up at Apple stores throughout America to commemorate the man who gave Read story