Mary Kwak


People Person

The government specializes in creating employee-related red tape. The Outsource Group, America's fastest growing private company on the 2002 Inc 500...  Read story

A Brief History of Innovation

Many of the revolutionary products of the last century sprang from small companies. If you don't already appreciate the impact that entrepreneurial businesse...  Read story

Cities that Have Soared or Sunk as a Place to Start a Business

A look at the big and small cities that have shown the greatest rise or fall on Inc. 's list of the best cities in which to start a business, from 19...  Read story

Getting In on the E-Signature Game

Over the centuries, signatures have come in many forms, from a simple mark to a copperplate John Hancock to the imprint of an intricately carved ivory sea...  Read story

Getting In on the E-Signature Game

Over the centuries, signatures have come in many forms, from a simple mark to a copperplate John Hancock to the imprint of an intricately carved ivory sea...  Read story

Trading Places: Inside the Barter Economy

Once a dusty corner of the economy, barter is emerging as a hot entrepreneurial niche and a valuable tool for cash-crunched companies.  Read story

For Rent: Savvy CIO, Available Fridays

It's no secret to executives of small businesses that good tech help is extra hard to find these days. In a market where Ferraris and options are becoming...  Read story

Better than Invisible Ink?

E-mail may seem to resemble shifting sand, but when it comes to staying power, those bits streaming through the ether might as well be carved in stone. Lo...  Read story

A Rose.com by Any Other Name

What's in a name? Possibly returns that beat the market by nearly 100%. That's the conclusion reached by Michael Cooper, Orlin Dimitrov, and P. Raghavendr...  Read story

Cut-Rate Collaboration

Free intranet services provide a simple way for smaller companies to communicate with employees, customers, and suppliers.  Read story

For Rent: Savvy CIO, Available Fridays

It's no secret to executives of small businesses that good tech help is extra hard to find these days. In a market where Ferraris and options are becoming...  Read story

Better than Invisible Ink?

E-mail may seem to resemble shifting sand, but when it comes to staying power, those bits streaming through the ether might as well be carved in stone. Lo...  Read story

Cut-Rate Collaboration

Free intranet services provide a simple way for smaller companies to communicate with employees, customers, and suppliers.  Read story

Fair Play?

Come April 21, Zeeks.com will face a new challenge -- as if constantly coming up with "kewl" features for its ever-chan...  Read story

Fair Play?

Come April 21, Zeeks.com will face a new challenge -- as if constantly coming up with "kewl" features for its ever-chan...  Read story

Fast-moving Cars

Here's how turning his hobby into a business made Steve Halsell, Owner of Twin Hills Collectables, the largest independent distributor of die-cast NASCAR col...  Read story