5 Things You Should Never Say While Negotiating
If you're new to negotiating or find it difficult, here are some missteps to avoid. Read story
Creating Apps to Fuel Growth
How mobile apps spurred the growth of GasBuddy.com into a successful web business Read story
When Partnerships Work
Placing second in a business plan competition convinced David Weber and Kenny Lao that they had a viable business idea. Six years and 70 employees later, the... Read story
5 Takeaways from Growco
A look at some lessons I learned at Inc. magazine's 2011 Grow Your Company Conference. Read story
Peter Guber on the Power of Effective Communicators
In his new book, Tell to Win , the Hollywood producer and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment addresses the importance of storytelling in business. Read story
Great Storytellers, Great Leaders
Peter Guber, author of "Tell to Win," argues that the best leaders are also great storytellers. So who are among the best of the best? View slideshow
Pandora Joins the IPO Parade
The web radio company files for a public offering, and reports revenue of $55.2 million in its most recent fiscal year. Read story
A Hidden Social Media Opportunity
At Social Media Camp New York yesterday, I picked up an unexpectedly simple tip on how to get your customers to listen to what you have to say. Read story
AOL Buys Huffington Post
Arianna Huffington's news site reportedly fetched $315 million. Read story
LinkedIn Files for an IPO
In its S-1 filing, the Mountain View, California, company reported revenue of $161.4 million in the first nine months of 2010. Read story
Aveda's Founder Goes Organic
Aveda founder Horst Rechelbacher is getting back to his roots with a new line of beauty products from his company Intelligent Nutrients. Read story
A New Way to Search
Frequest users of this site may have noticed a new feature recently—I'm talking about that black search bar that now appears at the top of your scre... Read story
Introducing Inc.com's Local Sections
With apologies to Tip O'Neill, you might say that all business is local. That is why Inc.com is rolling out 12 new sections devoted to some of the major m... Read story
File Under "Shameless Self-Promotion"
Jill Blashack Strahan, founder and CEO of Tastefully Simple , says that in ... Read story
The Great Leaders Series: David Sarnoff of NBC and RCA
Rather than fearing the disruption caused by new technology, David Sarnoff embraced it, building a broadcast empire first in radio and then in TV. Read story
Mad Men, Episode 4: A Cloud of Success
"During the Depression I saw a man throw a loaf of bread off the back of a truck," says Don Draper at the beginning of this week's episode of Mad Men<... Read story
Mad Men, Episode 3: Work Disguised as a Party
Would your employees argue that your organizational hierarchy produces its haves and its have-nots? That's the question posed in Read story
A Sales Force Built Around Cold Calling
To thrive in a recession, the sales force at iCore Networks focuses on cold calling Read story
Mad Men, Episode 2: Client Lies
The second episode of Mad Men (Season 3) focused primarily on the private lives of some of the main characters. Betty's dad is not well, leading ... Read story
5 Management Lessons from "Mad Men"
The third season of Mad Men , the critically-acclaimed television series set during the golden age of advertising in the 1960s, debuted on Sunday ni... Read story
Amid the Downturn, Some Companies Thrived
Inc. ’s 28th annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America reveals broad economic trends and a positive outlook. Read story
A Note on Design
Today is a big day at Inc.com, as we unveil the next phase of a site-wide redesign that began in December. Our regular visitors will notice that the templ... Read story
Amazon Acquires Zappos
In a letter to employees, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh announced today that his board of directors had agreed to sell the online shoe retailer to Amazon.com. Sor... Read story
Please Take Our Reader Survey
Here at Inc.com, we're constantly using the tools at our disposal--including web analytics, interactions with readers via social media, and private conver... Read story
What's Professional When It Comes to Social Media?
How much information is too much on the Web? What kind of information sharing is smart? And what is unprofessional? A month ago, I sat on a panel at Inc.'... Read story
GDP Fell 6.1 Percent in Q1
"Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- decreased at an annual rat... Read story
The Great Leaders Series: Juan Trippe, Founder of Pan American Airways
He saw globalization coming before almost anyone, pioneered modern branding, and left his mark on the Manhattan skyline. Read story
The Great Leaders Series: Mary Kay Ash, Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
She brought multi-level marketing mainstream, turned employee recognition into a branding exercise, and spoke up for work-life balance. Read story
9 Tips from Smart Company Builders
Gather a bunch of smart small business owners in a hotel ballroom and you are bound to emerge with a list of clever management ideas to try back at your o... Read story
Another Cost of Doing Business?
Will this downturn prove to be harsher than the last one in 2001? And if so, how? A news report out of Massachusetts raises one possibility: a spike in th... Read story
Thought for the Day: The Power of Bootstrapping
Some colleagues and I were just in a meeting with Bob LaPointe, the funder and president of a company called Trendline Communications, based in Marblehead... Read story
New Data on Small-Business Profits
With the economy prone to wild fluctuations these days, it is more difficult than ever to forecast accurately and to know whether a down month should be v... Read story
Data Point
A Cease-fire in the War for Talent Read story
Some Good Earners
Preparing prison inmates to start businesses upon their release Read story
Logo of the Year?
It's rare that a logo breaks through into the popular consciousness a la Nike's swoosh or Starbucks's mermaid. Graphic designer Sol Sender produced just s... Read story
Don't Worry, Start a Company
Y Combinator's Paul Graham makes the case that now is a perfectly fine time to start a company—maybe not a restaurant, he says, but certainly anythi... Read story
EBay Buys Bill Me Later for Nearly $1 Billion
Online auction giant eBay has acquired Bill Me Later , the Maryland-based p... Read story
Obama's iPhone App
I am beginning to feel like the last person on earth who does not have an iPhone—and that sense of being left out was amplified recently, when I rea... Read story
Is Viral Video Dead?
Just as marketing departments the world over are rushing to deploy viral v... Read story
Jay Mariotti and The Problem With Star Employees
Star employees are tough to manage. Employers value them so highly (too highly?) that they fear offending them. Co-workers resent them. And the stars them... Read story
