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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

Turning a Reality Show Appearance Into Lasting Fame

The original Top Chef, Harold Dieterle, gives advice on turning a reality show appearance into an entrepreneurial reality.  Read more

Female Chefs Dish it Out

In chef Gabrielle Hamilton's best-selling memoir Blood, Bones & Butter , she tells of runnin...  Read more

Is This the Future of Retail?

SHOPBOX, the newest addition to DeKalb Market, a temporary mall in Brooklyn comprised of shipping containers, has its products on display, with no clerks to ...  Read more

The Fastest-Growing Private Company of 2011

Paul Hurley of ideeli, the midmarket fashion juggernaut, on how he rose to the top of this year's Inc. 500  Read more

America’s Fastest-Growing Retail Company

Ideeli sells apparel, accessories, shoes, and home and travel items through a members-only shopping site.  Read more

Reshaping the World of Retail

People are shopping with a mission, and brands are announcing themselves from behind store walls. The Proximity Era has begun.  Read more

America’s Fastest-Growing Manufacturing Company

Solazyme uses algae to create oils for use in food, fuel, and skin care products.  Read more

America’s Fastest-Growing Business Products & Services Company

I.T. Source sells credit card processing services and is a wholesale and retail telecom service provider.  Read more

America’s Fastest-Growing Logistics & Transportation Company

Shipito.com is making use of the extra space in its warehouse by helping U.S. companies ship their products to their international customers.  Read more

America’s Fastest-Growing Media Company

GoLive! Mobile launched in 2006 and brought in $36.3 million in 2010 by providing mobile content to subscribers.  Read more

My Story: Brian Brurud of Check-6

Check-6 relies on the experience of combat-seasoned veterans to save lives.  Read more

America’s Fastest-Growing Energy Company

Greenspring Energy is making solar energy affordable for home owners and businesses.  Read more

America’s Fastest-Growing Food & Beverage Company

Boston-based Big Night Entertainment Group models their nightclub and restaurant business after Steve Wynn.  Read more

A Former NFL Player Tackles a New Restaurant Concept

Former Patriot Matt Chatham opens Skycrepers, a fast-serve crepe shop.  Read more

Frank Campanaro of Trillacorpe Construction

When Wall Street crashed and credit lines dried up, Campanaro relied on his military training to lead his company through the tough times.  Read more

America’s Fastest-Growing Government Services Company

Crystal Clear Technologies sells communications and technology systems to the Department of Defense.  Read more

My Story: William Wheeler of Veteran Corps of America

Doing whatever it takes to do things right  Read more

Our Story: Zak Boca and Dan Ushman of SingleHop

The co-founders of SingleHop, a Web-hosting company, became business partners before they ever met.  Read more

America’s Fastest-Growing IT Services Company

Advantis provides IT staffing for large and midsize companies in banking, health care, and retailing.  Read more

A Few Thousand Reasons to Be Optimistic

Despite one of the most stagnant economic periods in recent memory, Inc. 5000 companies continue to growâ€"with a surprise industry leading the charge.  Read more

Chatting With the Spanish Wine Diva

It wasn't too long ago that traditional riojas and sherries were the only wines associated with Spain. And while the crazy popularity of Spanish cuisine h...  Read more

Starting Up America

In this Q&A with Inc.com, SBA chief Karen Mills talks about loan levels, a $1 billion injection of capital in small business--and numbers-centric leadership.  Read more

Bad Service Begets a Scandal

It may seem like I've been harping on service lately, since my last post was about tipping inattentive wai...  Read more

Obama: Strong Recovery Begins With Small Business

He also announced the SBA will double its investment in rural small business over the next five years.  Read more

The Birth of the iRestaurant

Running a restaurant has never been easier, thanks to the iPad. De Santos is the first in New York to run its restaurant completely off Apple's tablets.  Read more

The Tipping Point

Your food sucked, your server's attitude hovered somewhere between dismissive and hostile, and if there was an award for longest time elapsed between cour...  Read more

Sister Act

Sisters Sabina and Lorraine Belkin get on sickeningly well: They live together, have the same friends, even go to the gym together. They also co-own Duo R...  Read more

Soraya Darabi, Digital Strategist for ABC and Co-founder of Foodspotting 

She is one of the co-founders of Foodspotting, one of this year's 30 Under 30 honorees.  Watch video

The Cost of Starting Up a Retail Shop

Starting a retail business isn't cheap. Here, Sharon Munroe shares how much it cost her to open a consignment store in Austin.  Read more

Notable Features Through the Years

Inc. magazine editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan gazes back at the past 15 years of editorial content and walks us through the highlights.  Read more

Hacking the Grocery Store

Caitlin Shetterly, 36, knows how to eat on the cheap: In 2009, her husband, Dan, lost his job and the couple and their newborn baby moved from Los Angeles...  Read more

How It All Began

Leslie Brokaw, a founding editor of Inc. Online, recalls Inc.com's early go-go years.  Read more

Study: IT on the Cheap Causes Problems

A Hewlett Packard study says 93 percent of small businesses have pinched pennies on technology, and 89 percent have had problems as a result.  Read more

A Money-Saving Shipping Strategy

Getting your merchandise from point A to point B can be costly. Follow these tips, and you'll save smart on your shipping strategy.  Read more