Why Dot-Coms Failed (And What You Can Learn from Them)
We all know about the bursting of the dot-com bubble. What seems to be lacking, at least publicly, is a careful examination of why these companies failed. Read more
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And They're Off
The business drama of the Olympic competition. Read more
Reaching Your Goals
How do you break out of the cycle of not reaching your goals? With these tips from small-business columnist Rhonda Abrams. Read more
What Do I Want to Do?
If you're thinking of starting a business, small-business columnist Rhonda Abrams has some tips to help you choose your field. Read more
Planning is Dead? Long Live Planning!
Whether formal and written or merely a well-understood sense of destination with thoughtful plans to achieve that vision, a strategic plan is a critical tool... Read more
Finding the Perfect Business Partner
Finding the Perfect Business Partner, Planning and Strategy Article - The right business partner could help your company achieve success beyond your wildest ... Read more
The On-Line Gourmet
Enjoy fine dining? Our panel of well-fed CEOs rates Web sites geared for the bistro-loving business traveler. Read more
One Man, One Computer, 1,431 Lawn Mowers
A garden-tool distributor rakes it in by carefully deciding what he needs to do himself -- and what he doesn't. Read more
Changing Channel Distribution Models in the Internet Age
Companies should assess their vulnerabilities and opportunities in the e-commerce arena. Read more
Best of the Web: Doing Business Online
These are Inc. magazine's best "Best of the Web" sites. Entrepreneurs gave them their highest ratings. Read more
Tomorrow's Self-Employed American
Who will tomorrow's typical business owner be? Read more
Why Disney and AT
The take-home lesson: Watch out for business plans with a high assumptions-to-knowledge ratio. Read more
Virtual Workouts, Real-World Results?
Can you really get your exercise in front of your computer? Dozens of fitness sites are popping up and Inc. has rated the best. Read more
An Internet Model That Works
The dot-coms may be dropping like flies, but the Internet can still turbocharge a traditional company's sales. CEO Norm Brodsky offers six advantages to maki... Read more
Everything New Is Old Again
In search of dot-coms that are standing on 'terra firma?' By using various criteria ranging from history to profitability, Inc. tries to find six 'r... Read more
Look Who's Making Money On The Net
Profiles of six companies that, believe it or not, are making money doing business on the Web. Read more
Sit! Stay! Make Money! Good Company
Beginning as an information site for dog owners, SitStay.com has turned into a profitable online pet supply store. Read more
E-Tailing By The Numbers
The key to successful on-line sales for this shoe site lies in finding a great niche and sticking to rigorous numerical standards. Read more
Express Delivery
After years of careful, deliberate work in the shipping and logistics business, Accuship's Mason Kauffman pulls out all the stops in a race to rule the onlin... Read more
Upstarts: Internet Salvage
Online companies are falling left and right. But for some start-ups, that spells opportunity. Read more
Energy Boost
Dennis Crum, founder of an energy brokerage firm, has started a dot-com that might kill his original business. So why does he think that's just what he needs... Read more
A Helping Hand With Taxing Matters
Inc. asked 12 small business owners to evaluate the most popular tax advice Web sites. Read more
In Their Own Words: Comments from the E-Culture Survey
Find out what executives from small and growing companies say about their experiences with the Internet. Read more
E-Culture Survey Methodology
Learn how the e-culture survey, whose results were highlighted in the February 2001 issue of Inc. magazine, was conducted. Read more
Online Dry Cleaner Tries to Go National
A family-owned dry cleaner is hoping go national with its online network of independent dry cleaners, à la 1-800-Flowers. Read more
Online Grocer Fails to Deliver the Goods
Four years after profiling the start-up Streamline.com, Inc. magazine checked back in to find the company defunct due to its poorly conceived e-commerce model. Read more
My So-Called Life
In its January 2000 issue, Inc. began following five fledgling businesses. The founder of one, edu.com, shares some lessons and insights. Read more
Best of the Web: Casing Cybermarts for Office Furniture
Several Web purveyors specialize in such goods as office desks and computer tables. Fourteen CEOs rate the online dealers. Read more
The Soloist: Balancing Act
"The Foot Nurse" of Silicon Valley has a growing one-woman business and time for a home life to boot. Read more
Find a Virtual Organization
Learn what a virtual organization is and how you can benefit from one. Read more
I Really Must Be Going
Company founders and their businesses don't always grow at the same pace or in the same direction. Andy Raskin, author of Inc.'s E-Diaries columns, ... Read more
Gearing Up for 2001
It's never too early to start thinking about how to save money on your taxes. Read more
Inc. Web Awards 2000
The 13 winners of the 2000 Inc. Web Awards all use their Web sites to invite participation and engender loyalty from customers, employees, and suppl... Read more
Web Awards 2000: General Excellence
Sumerset Custom Houseboats earned the 2000 Inc. Web Award for General Excellence because of the innovative ways it maximizes customers' lifetime val... Read more
