Inc Business Owners Council
The Business Owners Council is a network of top performing entrepreneurs in regional groups coast-to-coast. Through peer-to-peer events and online community, members of The Council meet, collaborate and advise each other. This channel collects the lessons they’ve learned in the course of their entrepreneurial journey. MORE INFO ABOUT THE COUNCIL >.

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Recent Inc Business Owners Council Articles

How I Did It Event Recap: How I Turned My Product Into a Service (and vice versa)

Bruce Eckfeldt of Cyrus Innovation and David Harouche of Multimedia Plus share their internal strategy  Read more

David: How I'm Turning My Product Into a Service
Bruce: How I'm Turning My Service Into a Product

Find out how Inc. 5000 CEOs seek smart ways to scale their businesses  Read more

San Francisco-Silicon Valley Inaugural Event to Feature Outstanding Bay Area Success Story

Join us as Brian LaCorte, CEO of XOJET, tells his remarkable success story.  Read more

Compensation Design for Fast-Growing Private Companies

The rise in pay-for-performance compensation is a boon to smaller companies.  Read more

Mayor Bloomberg Wants Entrepreneurs to Step Forward

This summer, you can be recognized by New York City for your small business achievements.  Read more

Council Member Colleen Molter Appears at Inc. Women's Summit

Molter imparts lessons on how she survived "the brink of disaster."  Read more

How I Got My Business Model Right With My Second Company

The CEO of Stage 2 Networks, an Inc. 5000 company, recaps his $100 million education.  Read more

How to Join the Top 10 Percent

A recent portrait of top wealth-earners describes a recipe for success.  Read more

Inc. 5000 CEO Speaks: How I Got My Business Model Right With My Second Company

How does that old saying go? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me? Not so for Joe Gillette.   Read more

Shocking News: Rich and Poor Don't See Eye to Eye

According to Pew Research, 66 percent of Americans say there's conflict between the classes. Do you agree?  Read more

Congratulations Jennifer Maanavi, Entrepreneur and now Author!

Council Member Jennifer Maanavi, proprietor of Inc. 5000 co. Physique 57, is now also a published author!  Read more

How I Transitioned From Saleswoman to Business Owner

One business owner's strategy for embracing her role as the boss.  Read more

Question for Job Creators: What Is A Good Job?

As someone who works with entrepreneurs for a living, I'm always very proud of the role business owners play in supporting the economy.  Read more

Reflections from Occupy Wall Street

As the tents are carted away from Zuccotti Park this morning, just blocks away from Inc. Magazine's headquarters, I've been reflecting on the "Occupy" movement.  Read more

LinkedIn's Big Problem: Most People Waste Their Time

Social media continues to offer greater and greater efficiency in networking. But do most people need to be more productive?  Read more

Russell Simmons Silences 150 Entrepreneurs

Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records, Phat Farm, Argyle Culture, Read more

Rule-Breaking CEOs

Entrepreneurs think of themselves as "rule-breakers" but even seasoned business owners can find themselves falling under the spell of conventional wisdom....  Read more

Congratulations Council Members Bonnie Schnitta and Vigdis Eriksen

Congratulations to two Council Members for recognition for business achievements that will help take their companies to the next level. Read more

Inc. Business Owners Council Visits 9/11 Memorial

On September 15, 2011, the week of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Lower Manhattan and The Pentagon, a group of Read more

Congratulations to Inc. Business Owners Council Members on 2011 Inc. 5000 List

A special nod to this year's Council Members who made 2011's Inc. 5000 honoree list. Many are multiple year winne...  Read more

Lessons From "The Kings Speech"

This is a guest blog post from Tim Askew, founder of b espoke sales outsourcing service,  Read more

Better Team-Building Through Science

This is a guest blog post from Herb Greenberg, CEO and Founder of Caliper , a human resour...  Read more

From Hero to Bum with a Keystroke

This is a guest blog post from George Bresler, President of GB Collects , an accounts receivabl...  Read more

How Do You Build a Killer Sales Force?

In 2010, several Inc...  Read more

Year End Power Moves for Business Owners

We exit 2010 with historic uncertainty about taxes and other government policies which go to the heart of business ownership, employment and healthcare.Read more

Buying and Selling Companies

As the great capitalist, Bob Dylan (over 100 million albums sold) once said, "The Times They Are A-Changin'". How right he was. Company mergers an...  Read more

The Brake Pad Economy

In early 2009, in the depths of the nation’s economic turmoil, Sean Fredericks, president of CodeShre...  Read more

The Mayor of New York Wants You

On July 27, 2010, Mayor Bloomberg's Commissioner of Small Business Services ...  Read more

From Coffee to Coffins

I recently asked my colleague at NYC Business Solution, Cristina Shapiro to share some ideas of what kinds of products and services New York City purchase...  Read more