How much equity will venture capitalists want in my start-up?
Internet in Business mentor Bradley Feld responds to the following question from an inc.com visitor: What is the typical composi... Read more
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The Importance of Corporate Minutes
Forming a corporation is an important, and sometimes exhausting, task. Typically, after the new entity is established and the initial shares sold to stock... Read more
Which Legal Form Is Best for Your Business?
When you start a business, you must decide on a legal structure for it. Usually you'll choose either a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a limited liabi... Read more
The Next Next Thing
Three entrepreneurs decided they could turn their money-losing brick-and-mortar business into a well-funded dot-com. The question: Will they be able to win S... Read more
Sites for Singles
Running a business on your own and looking for some virtual guidance? A panel of entrepreneurs helps us review a handful of Web sites designed for soloists. Read more
My partner is leaving my business. What's a good strategy for going it alone?
Running a One-Person Business mentors Paul and Sarah Edwards respond to the following question from an inc.com reader: My wife a... Read more
Is There Gold under That There Hype?
Business-to-business (B2B) commerce. Is it a market worth $7.3 trillion and 6.9% of the global economy by 2004? Or is it a media extravaganza promising an... Read more
Music to the People
Rapper Chuck D. on the Web and the beat of change in the music industry. Read more
The Greenhouse Effect
Gene Gage wanted a quiet life in the country where he could indulge his hobby of growing herbs. That was before he hitched his wagon to an Internet star. Read more
Electric Currency
The former director of the U.S. Mint on whether Internet technology will displace hard currency. Read more
Corporations Defined
The following information deals primarily with the small, privately owned corporation. It assumes that all of the corporate stock is owned by one person o... Read more
Creating a Corporation
Corporations are controlled primarily by state, not federal, law. This means that 50 different sets of rules cover how corporations are created. Terminolo... Read more
Sole Proprietorships Defined
The simplest form of business entity is the sole proprietorship. If you choose this legal structure, then legally speaking, you and the business are the s... Read more
Choosing between a Corporation and an LLC
Let's assume that you've read all of Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia material on Read more
Five Key Ways to Improve Your Customers' Experience
Have you ever been to a Web site and had an all-around excellent experience? The site was easy to use, the checkout was flawless, and when you had to call... Read more
Does the Internet help small businesses compete -- or help large corporations dominate?
Jennifer Lawton, an Internet in Business mentor at inc.com, responds: I think it does both of those things. It's an inexpensive pl... Read more
I'll be the sole owner of a party production company. Which form should my business take?
Law & Taxation mentor Barbara Weltman responds: As the sole owner, your choices are limited to sole proprietorship, S corporation,... Read more
Why Sell Goods in Online Auctions?
From Beanie Babies to large pieces of industrial equipment, if there is a product that can be bought and sold, there is probably an auction site selling i... Read more
Managing by the Web
Inc. asks 34 CEOs to test drive small-business Web sites. Editor's note: inc.com, chosen #1 for entrepreneurs by Forbes , w... Read more
Entrepreneur Profile: Terminalmarkets.com
From Wall Street stockbroker to vegetable importer to Internet entrepreneur, Sinan Talgat has trusted where his serendipitous career would lead. ... Read more
Is the Price Right? Ask Jay Walker
Like every other network before it, the Internetwill eventually become as routine as the highway system,electric grids, and telephone networks. And when i... Read more
Read moreA New Chapter for E-Books
After falling flat in the early 1990s, are digital books ready to fly? Entrepreneurs are betting that new technology is creating a legitimate market. Read more
The Thing That Would Not Die
Toy maker Playing Mantis had a devout online community. So why did they almost kill it? Read more
Can You Survive the Ebay Economy?
If you think Web auctions are only for collectibles, you're in for a surprise. These online agoras now sell everything from moving services to real estate wh... Read more
Making the Online Connection in China
China and its one billion-plus population have long been the envy of the business community, ranging from huge international consumer goods companies to f... Read more
Start-Up Saga, Part 2: Unveiling a Mission
Editor's note: In December 1999 Knowledge@Wharton and inc.com published "Anatomy of a Start-Up, Part 1: The Cl... Read more
Myth 3: Smart Money Makes You Smart
Think any Internet start-up can get venture capital? Not true. Entrepreneur Cliff Young had to grow his company before the VCs came calling. Read more
Myth 4: Razzle-Dazzle Makes Web Sites Great
Does being bigger and bolder make a great Web site? Here's how the Edler Group discovered that functionality is better than technothrills. Read more
Myth 5: Brand Is Everything
NetGrocer.com's interim CEO Fred Horowitz shifted his site's focus from branding to selling groceries -- and created a spectacular turnaround in the process. Read more
Myth 7: Community, Community, Community
Think you need a chat room on your Web site to be successful? Here's how Paramount Services realized that not every Internet business begets a cult. Read more
What Business Is Amazon.com Really In?
With more than $550 million in losses over the past five years, how can Amazon.com seriously expect to become a viable retail business? Inc. offers ... Read more
From My Kitchen Tabletop to Your Computer Laptop
When I founded Lillian Vernon Corp. on my yellow Formica kitchen table in 1951, I couldn't have imagined selling to customers linked by little boxes calle... Read more
Upstarts: Convenience Cuisine
Not sure where your next meal is coming from? Try the Web. A look at why several Internet start-ups are hoping online shoppers will turn to the Web to satisf... Read more
