Building a Brand


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Blessing in Disguise 

What does it take to boost your revenue by almost 700 percent? A little help from Harry Potter and Spider-Man never hurts. Meet Kate Maloney, CEO of Costu...  Watch video

Case Study: The Reluctant Entrepreneur 

Nanda Home creates cute, clever products that are intended to "humanize technology." Founder Gauri Nanda talks with staff writer Max Chafkin.   Watch video

Biggest Challenges for Inc. 500 Entrepreneurs 

The founders of Method, Barefoot Books, and other Inc. 500 entrepreneurs discuss the biggest challenges in starting a business. Breaking through in the ma...  Watch video

High Design Under the Sink: Method at the Inc. 500 

Method is taking on huge competitors with its environmentally friendly, well-designed household products. Meet co-founder Adam Lowry.   Watch video

Is Dave Insane? Inside a Brand Makeover

The branding experts said he desperately needed help with his image. But were they right?  Read more

Doug Ducey, Cold Stone Creamery 

CEO Doug Ducey takes Inc. TV on a tour of the flagship NYC store, and discusses how he is building an empire with premium ice cream and singing staffers.   Watch video

Bootstrapping 101: Brand It Creatively

In launching Madsoul, an urban streetwear label, in 2000, Marc D'Amelio raised guerrilla marketing to an art form.  Read more

Hatching New Revenue Streams [Video] 

Associate editor Nadine Heintz explains how the maker of Marshmallow Peeps, the colorful Easter candy, learned to cash in on its cult following -- and how...  Watch video

It's Not Easy Being Green

Jeffrey Hollender and Alan Newman disagreed about strategy, fought bitterly -- and created two successful companies. They'd set out to change the world, but ...  Read more

Building a Brand

Branding isn't just a logo that you slap on or a fancy ad campaign. Your brand is a reflection of your business's personality.  Read more

A Brand Is Born

In just under a decade, Viewpoint International Inc., a retailer of clothing, accessories, and home furnishings, has built the Tommy Bahama product line into...  Read more

Brand in the Making

If all goes well under James Prosek's ambitious business plan, he will be elevated from mere fish aficionado to standard-bearer for an entire way of life. Pl...  Read more

How Can I Dominate My Competitors?

A milk company builds a brand around organic dairy products.  Read more

How Perception Creates Reality 

Barbara Corcoran learned early the value of always making her business appear bigger, more successful, and specialized, than it was.  Watch video