Reconnaissance: Beyond and Back
Yvon Chouinard and the startling power of authenticity. Read story
Michael S. Hopkins
75 Reasons to Be Glad You're an American Entrepreneur Right Now
Here's our tally of the diverse ways the culture, the economy, and entrepreneurship's own history are combining to make this a great time--the best time, in ... Read story
Smarter Than You
You say you can't trust anyone to help you run the company? Wrong. Trust everyone. Read story
Data Is the World
And what a Freakonomics world it's become. Extracting business lessons from Steven Levitt's bestseller. Read story
The Accidental CEO
Beth Williams | Roxbury Technology | Boston The happy story begins sadly. On Thanksgiving morning, 2002, Archie Williams's dream was closer tha... Read story
How To Work (If You Must) With Your Spouse
The challenges of working with a spouse are many. Here's how to overcome them. Read story
Why Leadership Is The Most Dangerous Idea in American Business
If you're an entrepreneur, almost everything about "leadership" as we know it is bad for you. But there's another way to lead. Here are the rules. Read story
Who Do You Call When No One Has the Answers?
Where the smartest CEOs turn for guidance and perspective when company building gets personal. Read story
Best Practices: Great Harvest Bread Co.
The company: Great Harvest Bread Co., headquartered in Dillon, Mont. Business: Franchisor of retail bread bakeries ... Read story
Zen and the Art of the Self-Managing Company
The owners of Great Harvest Bread Co. are building a "learning organization" -- a company that fosters innovation and almost runs itself. Read story
Run Your Company -- and Have a Life
Most company presidents don't fill out time cards. Then again, Pete and Laura Wakeman are no ordinary business executives. In the November 2000 iss... Read story
The Pursuit of Happiness (in an Internet-Clocked, Overnight-Billionaired, 500-Times-Earnings World)
What happens when a small-business owner starts making decisions based not on growth potential and market positioning, but on achieving balance, peace of min... Read story
The Start-Up Diaries: Taking the Leap
What is life really like when you start a business? Inc. profiles five companies and their founders as they journey through the start-up experience. Read story
Paradise Lost
Nearly two years after PRT Group's celebrated IPO, the company's stock price is under water and CEO Doug Mellinger is out of a job. Here's a look at how thin... Read story
A Birth Legend We Love
Inc.'s executive editor tells both the official and unofficial story of why Bernie Goldhirsh decided to launch our small-business magazine 20 years ago. Read story
Out of Thin Air
Whatever companies entrepreneurs are building, they're also building a life. Jim Ansara, the CEO of Shawmut Design Construction, describes his 20... Read story
What Should You Say When an Employee Quits?
An interview with Michael Bloomberg, founder of the news service Bloomberg, Inc. Bloomberg adheres to a code of company loyalty that's so strict he won't sha... Read story
The World According to Me
An interview with management consultant Lanny Goodman of Management Technologies. Goodman explains how a company should be designed to satisfy its CEO's pers... Read story
The Antihero's Guide to the New Economy
Doug Mellinger, founder of PRT Group, is hailed as an entrepreneurial antihero. Read how he created a wildly successful software design company that isn't ce... Read story
The State of Small Business 1997
One of Inc.'s executive editors presents some thoughts and comments about the current state of small business. Read story
Help Wanted
An Inc. executive editor speaks with noted economist David Birch about how growth companies really behave. Read story
The Next Big Things
Inc. asks several ad hoc demographic experts to predict the future and suggest what will be the next big thing. Read story
Get Dumb and Grow Rich
Inc.'s executive editor spends some time with an entrepreneur who sells his ignorance, not his expertise. Read story
Managing in the New Economy
An economist who studies America's business environment talks to the editors about management and planning. Read story
Dream Team
Inc.'s start-up all-stars for 1989. Read story
In Search Of The Perfect Business
Successful franchise marketing leads a deli business to explosive growth. Read story
How to Negotiate Practically Anything
Interview with an attorney who has an unconventional negotiating manner: kind, honest, and fair. Read story
How to Build an Inc. 500 Company
Profile of an Inc. 500 CEO and his success in managing growth while taking his company public. Read story
Publishing Magnate Pat McGovern
How publishing magnate Pat McGovern decentralized his position by investing capital in different companies. Read story
Laura & Pete Wakeman, Great Harvest Bread
for living a little--no, a lot Read story
