Tom Ehrenfeld


Where Do You Go?

Small-business expert and former Inc writer Tom Ehrenfeld discusses the various financing options entrepreneurs have in this excerpt from his b...  Read story

A Closet Full of Cash

Think you have to burn through all your funding to develop your brand? Not true, according to Fashionmall.com CEO Ben Narasin, who believes in spending money...  Read story

The Theory Economy

How is it that the markets can value a company at $11 million when its total cash holdings are over $35 million?  Read story

A Closet Full of Cash

Think you have to burn through all your funding to develop your brand? Not true, according to Fashionmall.com CEO Ben Narasin, who believes in spending money...  Read story

The Theory Economy

How is it that the markets can value a company at $11 million when its total cash holdings are over $35 million?  Read story

I Feel Your Payroll

Various politicians grade Bill Clinton on his legislative achievements in the small-business area.  Read story

Bookstore Owner Refuses to Grow, Pays Price

A look at why a legendary, community-based bookstore failed after years of success.  Read story

Michael Braun

The CEO of now-dead Kaleida Labs, the Apple-IBM joint venture, on what went wrong.  Read story

Out of the Blue

Several former IBM employees are featured in an attempt to see why past Big Blue employees often become entrepreneurs.  Read story

The New and Improved American Small Business

A close-up look at what it takes for a small business to battle with giant, nationwide competitors.  Read story

Friend of the Family

The Socially Responsible EOY winner and runners-up for 1994.  Read story

Growing Up in Public

Discussion of the 100 fastest-growing small public companies in the U.S.  Read story

The Business Lesson of AIDS

How a company responds to AIDS reveals much about how it faces reality.  Read story

The (Handbook) Handbook

A guide to writing the perfect manual for employees you care about.  Read story

Face-off

Two men, each with an Inc. 500 clothing company, debate the differences between their companies.  Read story

The Productivity-Boosting Gain-Sharing Report

A well-designed weekly gain-sharing report to encourage labor-cost savings that benefit employers and employees.  Read story

Best Training: School's In

How some companies tap valuable labor sources their competitors can't touch by training their employees well.  Read story

Best Compensation: Cashing In

Pay alone does not qualify a company as a great place to work.  Read story