A Buyer's Market: What Is Your Business Worth Now?
As part of Inc.'s 2009 guide to business valuations, we look at why now is a great time to buy a business Read story
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A New Way to Cash Out
The IPO market has all but disappeared, and lofty merger and acquisition deals are unthinkable. So entrepreneurs, as well as their employees and investors... Read story
Case Study: An Indie Record Store Fights for Survival
To save their indie record store chain, the owners of Millennium Music decided to completely change it. Read story
Loans You Pay Back Every Day
One firm gives loans when banks won't -- and, yes, there's a catch Read story
Power Plays: Cool Cordless Chargers
To charge all your electronic devices, you probably have to deal with more wires than a bomb squad does -- which is especially annoying when ... Read story
That Certain Something: Influential Entrepreneurs
We put the question to six experts: Who are the five most interesting entrepreneurs of the past 30 years? Read story
Business for Sale: A Louisiana Racetrack for $6.75 Million
Infographic: Graph... Read story
Marketing: A Wine Derivative
Crushpad , a San Francisco winemaker, wants to make you feel better about your battered 401(k) -- and sell you some wine. So it's offering... Read story
Pricing: How Low Can You Really Go?
Businesses reexamine their prices 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
Business for Sale: Pocket Change?
A Washington, D.C.-area pool table retail chain priced at $5 million. Read story
Naming Rights and Wrongs
NameThis, an online service launched in August, lets businesses crowdsource their branding efforts. Are user-generated trademarks any good? The suggestions p... Read story
The Rebranding Game
If at first you pick the wrong name, you can always try, try again. Read story
The World's Most Extreme Business Trip
Maximillion Cooper, the British founder of the Gumball 3000, looks back on his latest adventure, which brought his infamous band of speed-pushing misfits to ... Read story
Business for Sale: Deep in the Heart of Texas
A 12-room country inn priced at $4.6 million. Read story
Business For Sale: A Foam-based Business
A Southern California fire-safety company for $8.5 million Read story
The Get Ahead Guide: Perry Chen Thinks His Website Could Be as Big as YouTube
Isn't the concept of a giant website a bit passé? Read story
Defying Gravity
Some of America's iconic companies took flight in gloomy times. Read story
Blessed Events
How to make a sponsorship pay off. Read story
Weighing Risks
Here are four things to think about before signing a work-for-equity deal. Read story
Will Work for Equity
Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. Read story
Mobile Phones: A Pocketful of Marketing
The future is calling. Pick up! Read story
Your Websites: Age-Old Problems; New Age Solutions
How to get maximum impact. Read story
How to Jazz Up Your Website
Do you want to have a top-notch website? Here are 8 important questions to ask yourself. Read story
Blogging: More Than Idle Chatter
Do it--and do it as if you mean it. Read story
The New Basics of Marketing
What you need to know about: websites, email, mobile phones, social networks, viral video, blogging. Read story
Social Networks: Up And Down The Social Register
For companies that market to niches, one of these specialized social networks may be a better value. Read story
MyPunchbowl is Aiming to Knock Evite Off Its Party-Planning Pedestal
The Pitch: MyPunchbowl.com offers everything you need to plan a party or event. Evite is our largest rival, but what we do is diff... Read story
What's In Your Wallet?
Credit-card companies continue to roll out new offers aimed at business owners. How do you choose the right card? Reporter Ryan McCarthy explains. Read story
"Help Wanted" Meets "Buy it Now"
Why more companies are integrating marketing and recruiting. Read story
Update
Battle Over the Bay July 2006 After spending $600,000 defending her company from a trademark lawsuit filed by eBay, Jacqu... Read story
What's In Your Wallet?
A card for every purpose. Read story
In Memoriam
The notable entrepreneurs who died in 2007 helped to shape some of the major trends in business in the past 50 years, from the rise of socially responsible b... Read story
An Investors Guide to This Year's Inc. 500
Which companies on the 2007 list are poised to hit it big? The money guys weigh in. Read story
Keep Those Cards and Letters
Direct mailers face a rate hike and other woes. Read story
Voice Mail 2.0
New tools for small businesses. Read story
Voicemail 2.0
A growing number of new voice mail tools are making life easier for business owners. Reporter Ryan McCarthy explains. Read story
Thinking Small
When it comes to venture capital, small may indeed be the new big. A growing number of firms are giving away small amounts to young start-ups. Reporter Ryan ... Read story
VCs are Thinking Small
VC's are learning that tiny deals can go a long way. Read story
Where New Ideas Flourish
A recent report puts the new economy in perspective, ranking states for innovation. Reporter Ryan McCarthy offers his take on the most forward-looking and th... Read story
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