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Breaking Into the New Hispanic Marketplace

Break Media's new site, TuVez, is aimed at Hispanic males. Here's how it's been growing fast while navigating a complex new market.  Read more

How One CEO Took on the Law

Omar Ansari of Surly Brewing had to fight the law to launch his craft brewery.  Read more

Gourmet Lunches for Start-ups

Gastronaut, a San Francisco catering company, delivers lunch to local tech companies such as Square, Grockit, and Yelp.  Read more

Eric Ripert: Keeping a Grande Dame Sexy

The founder of New York City's newly redesigned Le Bernardin restaurant says there's one sure way to fail: stop changing with the times.  Read more

Jim Beam Trying to Stay Edgy at 216 Years Old

After revenues soared in 2010, Beam split from Fortune Brands to be traded publicly this month. And it's taking a shot at serving new drinks to a few unusual...  Read more

The McRib's Magic Marketing Sauce

McDonald's brought back the McRib this week, but once again just for a limited time. Cruel and unusual? Maybe. It's also brilliant marketing. Here's what you...  Read more

Facetones Brings a Social Element (and Pictures of your Mug) to the Smartphone

Verizon has a new service called Facetones , a mobile app that creates and displays a video slideshow of...  Read more

How Miniskirts Changed the Food World Forever

Thanks to the innovative cuisine of Ferran Adria, few people can remember a time before molecular gastronomy. But what does that have to do with short hemlines?  Read more

How I Reinvented My Business

Curt Richardson escaped a moribund industry by taking control of his company's product line and tapping into mobile technology trends.  Read more

Market Research is the New Black

Start-up Stylitics allows marketers to have a voyeur's view into the daily clothing choices of consumers.  Read more

How I Beat the Distribution System

Honest Tea founder Seth Goldman faced major challenges getting his healthy tea on shelves. Here's how he got around the problem.  Read more

What Farm-to-Table Really Means

Taking a rare peek into what really goes into creating the fresh, local ingredients your waiter rattles off when explaining that day's specials.  Read more

An Inside Look Into the Nuclear Industry

As I’ve mentioned before , I’m a fan of nuclear ene...  Read more

From Haute to Hot (Dogs)

Brandon Gillis and Josh Sharkey definitely have high-end chef cred: Gillis graduated from the French Culinary Institute and has worked at New York City's ...  Read more

Feeding the Staff

Long before the first customer walks into a restaurant, the most important meal of the day, arguably, has already been prepared: The Family Meal. It's the...  Read more

Inc. 5000 Update: Costume Craze

Kate Maloney of Costume Craze finds success selling Halloween costumes.  Read more

Obituary: Norbert Olberz, 1925-2011

With a firm hand (a very firm hand) and an eye for detail, he built a regional sporting-goods giant.  Read more

How Much Would You Gamble to Put Your Brand on Prime Time?

A fashion entrepreneur takes a major leap of faith, and it pays off at the Emmys.  Read more

Start-up Says: Move Over, Vogue

He aims to create the next great media empire out of his young New York upstart. We spent Fashion Week with Ari Goldberg of StyleCaster.  Read more

Courting a Certain Kind of Diner

There is a new wave of diners who are heading in a more restrained direction food-wise. The author of Clean Start weighs in on the trend.  Read more

Entrepreneurs Vie for a Piece of Fashion's Night Out

Want to get in on the action at fashion week? Here's a look at how some small businesses are using the event to market their brands.  Read more

365 Days a Year, the Oil & Gas Industry Delivers

The oil and gas industry hardly innovates!  They just dig up oil!  Who cares? Actually, I care and I believe that you should, t...  Read more

Made in Louisiana

Two New York fashionistas launch their fashion house Jolie & Elizabeth in New Orleans and lead the charge of bringing fashion back to the Garden District.  Read more

How I Opened an Office in a War Zone

Just months after assuming the role of CEO, Lisa Hogan went the extra 6,562 miles to accommodate her employees in Afghanistan.  Read more

Innovation in the Oil & Gas Industry

The oil and gas business never changes!  You get oil out of the ground, turn it into gas and put it in your car.  Nothing ever changes, righ...  Read more