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America's Fastest-Growing Private Company? It's in Insurance
When the big insurers exited the Florida market, a start-up saw an opportunity Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Technical Consumer Products
Ellis Yan was creating those more efficient spiral light bulbs way before 'green' was a buzzword. Read more
LinkedIn: Lost in Translation?
One professional translator explains why LinkedIn users should be wary of the website's plans to use volunteer translators. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: 352 Media
One entrepreneur's college start-up was never expected to expand past the walls of his frat house. Now it is doing business with Microsoft and other large co... Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Photo-Kicks
Two founders turn their photography and Web-design studio into a movie production company. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: mental_floss magazine
Two Duke University students with a penchant for trivia started their own magazine geared towards factoid junkies just like themselves, of course. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: MonaVie
How this producer of health drinks has gotten the attention of celebs like Rachael Ray, and is saving the rainforest one acai berry at a time. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Johnny Cupcakes
How a 26-year-old college drop-out created a multi-million dollar t-shirt business with no business plan, no advertising, and no investors. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: StarchTech
This packaging manufacturer uses food science and starch technology to develop a biodegradable packing peanut. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Sew What? Inc.
This family business has a rocking good time sewing stage draperies for the biggest names in the entertainment industry. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Iridium Satellite, LLC
The world’s largest commercial satellite constellation allows phone service even at the far reaches of the Earth. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group
The pioneer of boutique hotels continues to grow through stellar customer care and eco-friendly practices. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Plus1 Marketing
How two brothers grew an online marketing firm from the successful strategies of their previous businesses. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Attack! Marketing and Promotions
Three friends use guerrilla marketing techniques to take their agency to the next level. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Train Signal
A company that makes IT training look easy. Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Emergint Technologies
A healthcare research consulting company that's helping the government do its job. Read more
I Knew I Made It When: Success Stories from the 2008 Inc. 5000 
Successful Inc. 5000 entrepreneurs discuss the magic moment when they realized they had made it as small-business owners. Watch video
Social Responsibility at the Inc. 5000
With the bonuses at AIG and major financiers like Bernie Madoff indicted for fraud, the issue of social responsibility in business is more apparent than e... Watch video
Work/Life Balance from the Inc. 5000
How do you manage your life with the demands of owning your own business? Inc. 5000 attendees have some ideas. Hear from Clint Greenleaf, founder of busin... Watch video
Being an Entrepreneur from the Inc. 5000
Hear from Inc. 5000 winners such as Noah Lehmann-Haupt founder of Gotham Dream Cars, on what being an entrepreneur is all about. Watch video
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Mary's Gone Crackers
Entrepreneur Mary Waldner’s gluten allergy led her to start a cracker company. Read more
The 2008 Inc. 500 Investor's Guide
Four venture capitalists peruse the list of fastest-growing companies and tell us what looks good. Read more
A Conversation with Tesla CEO Elon Musk
The founder of Tesla and SpaceX speaks with Inc. senior writer Max Chafkin at the 2008 Inc. 5000 conference in National Harbor, Maryland. Watch video
Optimism is the New Cynicism
Innovation and design expert Paul Bennett, chief creative officer of IDEO, presents inspiring examples that show it's hip to be happy and that playful can... Watch video
Marketing Drives Pop Culture
Alex Bogusky, co-chairman of ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, says it's the job of pop culture to change constantly—all it needs is a catalyst. A... Watch video
A Discussion on Culture and Change
Marilyn Carlson Nelson is the leader of one of the largest privately held companies in the country, Carlson Companies, with sales of nearly $40 billion do... Watch video
Profits and the Pursuit of the Common Good
A prank turned natural foods leader, Newman's Own pulls in nearly $300 million a year. Co-founder A. E. Hotchner discusses how this unorthodox company don... Watch video
We Went Public
It's not an easy process, but the CEOs of these Inc. 5000 companies believe it was worth it. Read more
Inc. 500 Status is Just the Beginning
Learn how nine firms increased revenue from an average $14 million to $800 million from the author of the best-selling The Breakthrough Company: How Every... Watch video
How Google Inspires Innovation
R&D chief Alfred Spector takes you on a tour of the idea factory that is Google. A flat management structure eliminates impediments to the flow of ide... Watch video
Decentralize to Thrive
Author and entrepreneur Rod Beckstrom uses powerful current day examples to explain how starfish companies are taking the business world by storm and chan... Watch video
The Candidates and Your Business
The nation's financial system took another nosedive this week. Part of the job of fixing it will fall to the next president. Here John McCain's top econom... Watch video
Rethinking Minority Business
Population trends and globalization are making the United States even more of a melting pot and putting the Inc. 500|5000 top 10 minority CEOs ahead of the c... Read more
Products: What Does That Do?
Have a guess. Looks can be deceiving when it comes to these products from Inc. 500|5000 companies. Read more
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