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A Customer Service Makeover
Seven tips on how to completely transform your company's customer service
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How I Did It: Remo Belli
Remo Belli shares how he went from playing the drums to selling them to musicians (and nonmusicians).
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CEO Passions: Roller Derby
An exciting outlet for working off stress, NeighborGoods.net CEO Micki Krimmel laces up to let loose.
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Inc. 5000 Update: Brewing for Dollars
Greg Koch of Stone Brewing shares how he is microbrewing his way to success.
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How to Start a Business in Los Angeles
The diverse economy of Los Angeles provides many great business opportunities, but not without an array of challenges. Here's how to get started.
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6 Contemporary Circus Impresarios
Spurred on by the success of Cirque du Soleil, the circus is in the midst of a renaissance backed by robust creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit. Meet s... View slideshow
Ditch the Rental Car
Here’s a new way to arrive in style. Read more
The Way I Work: Jon Kamen of @radical.media
Producer Jon Kamen, founder of @radical.media, is his company's harshest critic. Read more
Bankruptcies Know No Boundaries
In sifting through small-business bankruptcy data, it wasn't surprising to see that the hardest hit areas in terms of sheer numbers are in Californ... Read more
L.A.'s Fresh Take on Fostering Small Business
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's new Small Business Services team aims to support start-ups and growing companies through advice, resources, and a voice in City ... Read more
What's Hot in Restaurants: Pop Ups
Fashionistas are already accustomed to scoring coveted items at pop-up stores, and now equally obsessed diners are flocking to pop-up restaurants in searc... Read more
Restaurant Fights Critic on Tumblr
When a notoriously tough critic showed up at a Los Angeles restaurant, its staff decided to fight back by throwing her out—and posting a picture of her on ... Read more
Best Extended Stay Chain: AKA
Designed for budget travelers who do not want to sacrifice comfort and style, a new breed of extended stay hotels is putting a sophisticated spin o... Read more
The 2010 Inc. 5000: Top 10 Metro Areas
New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. are home to the most Inc. 5000 companies in America. View slideshow
A Booming Recession Business
Companies that supply dollar stores are raking it in Read more
Clean Your Cell Phone - Avoid Swine Flu
A couple of years ago we found out that germ-a-phobes had something new to worry about - their cellphones were Read more
New Flat-Fee PR Service for Tech Start-Ups
This week, Olmstead Williams Communications, a public relations agency in Los Angeles, launched a new division that charges a flat monthly fee for a full ... Read more
Ask Stephen Covey
Stephen R. Covey is co-founder of FranklinCovey, a management consulting and training company, and the author of 10 books, most recently The Leader ... Read more
Buy from the Little Guy
I was driving around L.A. recently and was saddened to see "FOR LEASE" signs on many of my beloved mom-and-pop boutiques, stores, and restaurants. Which g... Read more
Pinkberry's Unnatural Flavor Leaves a Sour Taste
Pinkberry, the frozen yogurt chain known for its addictive sour flavor, long lines, and cultish band of devotees (Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, much of the... Read more
Comerica Bank Opens Six New Banking Centers
Comerica Bank (NYSE:CMA) has announced the opening of six new banking centers in Arizona and California by year-end. The new centers will serve reta... Read more
Women Entrepreneurs Honored in L.A.
Feb. 6, 2007 -- The Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners will host its annual Leadership and Legacy A... Read more
NASA Conference for Small Businesses
Feb. 9, 2007 -- The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a NASA facility located at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, wil... Read more
Call-Center Software for Small Businesses
Feb. 22, 2007 -- Fonality, a Los Angeles-based IP telephony company, has released a new version of its full-featured call center technolo... Read more
California Small-Business Conference Set for May
April 18, 2007 -- The first-ever California Small Business Success Conference is expected to draw over 5,000 small-business owners from t... Read more
Racing Past the Finish Line
Although the second season of ABC's American Inventor ended this summer, the f... Read more
Opportunities for Minority Businesses Abroad
Nov. 10, 2006 -- The Minority Business Development Agency is hosting the Expanding Horizon workshop on Nov. 16 in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Read more
How To Prepare For The Property Bubble
All but the most stubborn optimist knows that the property bubble of the 2000s is now deflating. This is a cause for concern for just about everyone since... Read more
Running an Event on a Budget
Norm Brodsky offers advice on running an event for your customers without breaking the bank. Read more
Making Customers Work Harder
Momofuku Ko in New York City and Gjelina in Los Angeles draws crowds by playing hard to get. Read more
Starbucks + Pinkberry= ?
You may recall our post on the class action lawsuit brought against the trendy yogurt chain Pinkberry a few months back (Read more
How I Did It: Gloria Pink
Gloria Pink, of the famous Pink's, gives reasons Angelenos of all stations will wait an hour for a hot dog. Read more
Reviving Main Street
Growing up in Los Angeles, I didn't have a "Main Street." We shopped at the mall and drove everywhere, even to buy a carton of milk. In those years, L.A. ... Read more
"I have one life, and it must come together."
Inc. gathered five entrepreneurs to define what The Good Life means to them and how they're living it. Read more
Where's the Capital of China?
Chinese banks have become a source of funding for small-business owners around the world. An overview of China's stake in the world economy and what to expec... Read more
Terms of Endearment
Don't sign on new customers until they've agreed to your payment terms. Read more
Quote: Business Plan
'The first business plan I wrote was 20 pages long. Then I learned it had to be thick--so I repeated everything three times.' --Jaye Muller, presiden... Read more
Urban Renewers
Some thoughts on what groups are making it in the inner-city, and why. Read more
Still the Best Places to Do Business
A public-policy expert explains why some big cities are the best place for successful entrepreneurial commerce. Read more
Life in the Fast Lane
Inc. magazine's editor-in-chief offers some highlights from the annual Inc. 500 conference. Read more
Small-Business Research--Job Detection
An urban economist offers a way to identifying start-ups and counting the jobs they create. Read more
Economic Development #2: The Answer
Economic-development agencies spend too much time luring business from outside their area. Read more
Cavalry? No, Pension Fund
Commercial lender's pension pool invests exclusively in commercial mortgages. Read more
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