Max Chafkin

Senior writer Max Chafkin has profiled companies such as Twitter, Threadless, and Tesla for the magazine. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.


The Future of Manufacturing

A New Zealand company called Ponoko has reinvented the factory for the 21st century.  Read story


19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now

We scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest business bloggers. Their advice just might help you run a better company.  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Ethan Zuckerman

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Penelope Trunk

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Craig Newmark

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Anonymous Banker

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Dave Winer

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Michael Arrington

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Tim O'Reilly

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Fred Wilson

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Seth Godin

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Paul Graham

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Rashmi Sinha

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Tim Ferriss

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Jason Calacanis

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Howard Lindzon

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Charlene Li

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Matt Mullenweg

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Mark Cuban

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Jason Fried

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Guy Kawasaki

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

Investors Pick the Best 2009 Inc. 500 Companies

Venture capital is hard to come by; investors explain what makes a company a good investment.  Read story

Amazon Buys Zappos for More Than $900 Million

Tony Hsieh, CEO of online shoe retailer Zappos, announced on Twitter that he had agreed to sell the privately-held company to Amazon.  Read story

A New Electric Motorcycle Hits the Road

A start-up company named Brammo introduces the Enertia, a battery-powered motorcycle  Read story

Good Domain Names Grow Scarce

Most of the good, short words you would want for making a great domain name are already taken  Read story

Turning Web Browsers Into Buyers

Strategies to reduce shopping-cart abandonment and keep prospective customers on your site longer  Read story

Using an Innovative Communications Strategy to Fight the Taliban

Wexley School for Girls, an innovative ad agency that specializes in guerrilla marketing, is helping the Army's mission in Afghanistan  Read story

10 Questions for Paul Graham

1. What's your favorite part of a typical day? Walking to University Avenue in Palo Alto for breakfast and mulling over ideas. ...  Read story

The Start-up Guru

Paul Graham's business school and investment fund, Y Combinator, has launched 145 companies -- for a lot less money than you would think  Read story

10 Questions for Tony Hsieh

What's your favorite part of a typical day? Anytime I'm building something new. What's the least glamorous thing yo...  Read story

The Zappos Way of Managing

How Tony Hsieh uses relentless innovation, stellar customer service, and a staff of believers to make Zappos.com an e-commerce juggernaut -- and one of the m...  Read story

The Great Leaders Series: Marc Andreessen, Founder of Netscape Communications

He made the Internet popular, squared off against Microsoft, and then became one of the smartest chroniclers of his entrepreneurial era.  Read story

10 Questions for Nolan Bushnell

1. What's your favorite part of a typical day? My shower in the early morning. It's this time of luxury and of solitude. It's wher...  Read story

Nolan Bushnell is Back in the Game

Nolan Bushnell founded Atari, employed Steve Jobs, built a bunch of robots, and pretty much invented the whole cocky-young-entrepreneurial-genius pose. He's ...  Read story

Update: A Shopping Site Scores

An appearance in Inc. produces a fortuitous phone call -- and a $1.3 million investment  Read story

2. The Product Makeover

For years, OMI sold its odor-masking chemicals to big, stinky factories. Did it make sense to target Whole Foods as well?  Read story

The Wexley Way: How to Think Creatively in 8 Easy Steps

Wexley School for Girls is an amped-up media-agnostic advertising agency that will do just about anything to attract business for clients. Here, the Wexley t...  Read story

The Secrets of Super-Productive CEOs

In 2001, a recent Princeton graduate named Timothy Ferriss started a little company that sold vitamins on the Internet. Things went well, but instead of t...  Read story

And the Money Comes Rolling In

Markus Frind works one hour a day and brings in $10 million a year. How does he do it? He keeps things simple.  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