Paul B. Brown


The Eyes Still Have It

Just how many fortunes can Bob Hillman make by starting the same business over and over?  Read story

Tex's Chain Saw Manicure

What ever happened to company names you can't forget?  Read story

Mother Of Invention

Lots of businesses are born of necessity, but few of so frightening a necessity as this  Read story

Are You Really Running As Fast As You Can?

Discussions of productivity generally focus on such topics as how many worker hours it takes to assemble a car. But a new study, commissioned by Steelcas...  Read story

Mr. Smooth

New, from the man who brought you Armor All, a billion-dollar industry that will change the way you live!  Read story

Every Picture Tells A Story

If the folks at Corporate Interviewing Network are right, you may find your next manager by videotape  Read story

Nice Computer, Dad, But What'll Shep Eat?

You are Thomas J. Watson III and your grandfather and father are the men who made IBM IBM. So what do you do for a living? That's right, you sell a meat...  Read story

Once Is Not Enough

When last we left him, Ronald D. Roberts, one of the creators of Peachtree Software Inc., was blissfully unemployed. Peachtree, you'll remember, was an i...  Read story

The Last Company Man

John MacEachron gave Xerox a proprietary product for an affluent and eager market. Xerox gave it back  Read story

Spokeswoman

Georgena Terry, erstwhile financial analyst, stockbroker, student, and engineer, has finally found a home: making bikes that really are built for women  Read story

Starting Over

He is the myth personified: he's founded nine companies, he's rich, and he's ready to do it again  Read story

Have I Got A Deal For You

From the entrepreneurs-turn-up-in-the-most-unlikely-places file, consider this: Jeff Ostrovsky -- a 24-year-old Russian immigrant -- runs a small Ne...  Read story

"stop The Treadmill, I Want To Get Off"

Lurching from crisis to crisis, growing faster than they could handle, Wes and Nancy Creel's company was in trouble. So were they  Read story

What Would You Do?

Judy George saw an opportunity that might make a fortune -- but for whom? The company she was helping run, or a new one she wanted to own?  Read story

The Odd Couple

Can a billion-dollar giant find true happiness with a San Francisco entrepreneur? Time Inc. is betting $5 million that it can.  Read story

Write It Yourself

There's still a market for CEO-tells-all -- if you know how to approach it.  Read story

Soaps And Serials

Our man has been dreaming up new business ideas since his days in the sandbox, only to watch others make a business of them. But this is the last straw.  Read story

Batting One For Nine

After 15 years and eight different concepts, restaurateur Richard Tanenbaum finally has a winner. Problem is, he has no idea what to do next.  Read story

A Penny For Your Stocks: Splitting Big

"It is easier to compete for financing against penny stocks than against IBM," Warren Kaplan says. That's how he explains one of the more unusual financi...  Read story

Buying High, Selling Low

David Lloyd had a great idea for a company. Then the problems started.  Read story

How to Host the Perfect Weekend

Here's how Maker's Mark president Bill Samuels mixes business with pleasure, turns guests into friends, and converts customers into missionaries during the K...  Read story