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Getting Over the Threshold

By A. Alfred Taubman |  Apr 1, 2007

Many obstacles stand between a customer and a sale. Your job is to remove them.  Read more


Richard Thalheimer on Selling Through Infomercials

By Richard Thalheimer |  Mar 1, 2007

Infomercials 101 from the man who brought you massage chairs and white-noise machines.  Read more


Web 2.0, Energy Technology Drive Venture Capital to New Highs

By Leslie Taylor |  Jan 30, 2007

Analysts say the increase reflects lessons learned from the dot-com bust.  Read more


Green 50: Recycline [Audio]

By Rod Kurtz |  Nov 8, 2006

Recycline's toothbrushes, razors, and plastic flatware can be found on the shelves of Target and Whole Foods. Founder Eric Hudson explains the challenges ...  Watch video


Green 50: The Ryzex Group [Audio]

By Rod Kurtz |  Nov 1, 2006

The Ryzex Group recycles everything – literally. The company eliminated trash cans in 2006 and went 100 percent waste free. How? Founder and CEO Rud...  Watch video


The Futurists

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 2006

From solar panels to clean coal, betting big on the future of energy.  Read more


Doug Ducey, Cold Stone Creamery

By Rod Kurtz |  Oct 3, 2006

CEO Doug Ducey takes Inc. TV on a tour of the flagship NYC store, and discusses how he is building an empire with premium ice cream and singing staffers.   Watch video


Vernon Hill on Store Hours

By Vernon Hill |  Oct 1, 2006

Should you stay open on Sundays? The CEO of Commerce Bank says... it depends.  Read more


How to Be an Effective Leader

By Danny Meyer |  Oct 1, 2006

A legendary restaurateur taught me to use constant, gentle pressure to manage my growing company.  Read more


The Squash Blossom Solution

By Arthur Lubow |  Oct 1, 2006

At the high, high end of the market, the Jones family of Huron, Ohio, outruns the economics of modern farming.  Read more


Christmas All Year Round

By Rod Kurtz |  Aug 7, 2006

CEO Fred Schwam takes us inside his workshop, which designs holiday decorations for Radio City Music Hall, Saks Fifth Avenue, and other New York City land...  Watch video


Zappos.com: Amazon for Shoes

By Rod Kurtz |  Jul 4, 2006

With its recent sale to Amazon for over $800 million, Zappos.com has come a long way in the three years since we recorded this interview, at the Inc. 500 ...  Watch video


Hatching New Revenue Streams [Video]

By Nadine Heintz and Rod Kurtz |  May 30, 2006

Associate editor Nadine Heintz explains how the maker of Marshmallow Peeps, the colorful Easter candy, learned to cash in on its cult following -- and how...  Watch video


The Billionaire Bootstrapper: Extended Q&A

By Tom Nawrocki |  May 23, 2006

A $550 sink nearly prevented Fred DeLuca from amassing a billion-dollar fortune  Read more


The Zingerman Empire

By Rod Kurtz |  May 2, 2006

Ari Weinzweig, co-founder of Zingerman's Community of Businesses, talks about generating a company culture that puts the customer first. With innovations ...  Watch video


10 Questions for Fred Franzia

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 2006

Interview with disruptive winemaker Fred Franzia.  Read more


How to Manage a Retail Business

Mar 28, 2006

What a fledgling retailer needs to know about pricing, competition, inventory, collecting customer data, and more.  Read more


Running Through the Legs of Goliath [Audio]

By Rod Kurtz and Stephanie Clifford |  Mar 17, 2006

Staff Writer Stephanie Clifford explores how Method is using cutting-edge innovation and design to take on the giants of the household-products industry.   Watch video


How We Did It: Suzanne Somers and Alan Hamel, Co-owners, Somers Licensing Cos.

By Suzanne Somers and Alan Hamel |  Mar 1, 2006

Millions of women love and trust Suzanne Somers. That, as Somers and her husband, Alan Hamel, realized long ago, is the definition of a market niche, one the...  Read more


Geraldine Laybourne on Work and Family

By Stephanie Clifford |  Feb 24, 2006

I'm always impressed by business schools' women-in-business conferences. They must be among the most well-organized functions on the planet. How B-school ...  Read more


How I Did It: Steve Sabol, President, NFL Films

Feb 1, 2006

With his very first documentary, in 1965, Steve Sabol of NFL Films became the designated mythmaker of pro football. Now the company is a $50 million family o...  Read more


Outlook 2006: Logistics

By Stephanie Clifford |  Jan 1, 2006

The shipping news.  Read more


Doug Harrison, The Scooter Store

By Michael Shick |  Dec 1, 2005

Coming out of the American's with Disabilities Act in 1991, and his own grandmother's nursing home stay, Doug Harrison launched his business to help the d...  Watch video


Small Businesses to Get Boost from Retail Sales

By Max Chafkin |  Jul 14, 2005

Strong car sales suggested smaller firms in other industries could see a sales boost in the near future.  Read more


Placing Your Bets

By Ted Hurlbut |  Jul 1, 2005

Managing your pre-season commit percentages is one of the keys to having a profitable season.  Read more