Inc. Magazine: December 1, 2004
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Features
- Top 10 Celebrity Entrepreneurs
- Plenty of well-known people dabble in business. A smaller number are talented businesspeople, the real deal, and these are the best of them. Plus: Moby, Remixed One part pop star, one part tea magnate. The story of an unlikely but very determined entrepreneur. Elyssa Lee and Rob Turner
- Learn To Love Your Lawyer
- When it comes to attorneys, even the smartest business owners screw up. It doesn`t have to be that way -- if you follow Inc.`s plan for managing your lawyer. Mark Obbie
- How I Did It: Chip Davis
- The music business didn`t particularly want him. The feeling was mutual. Ian Mount
- No Small Plans
- Harvey Robbins`s tiny hometown had become a shadow of its former self. So this self-made businessman decided to take matters into his own hands. Welcome to Tuscumbia, Ala. Patrick J. Sauer
Priority
- Five Trends That Will Define 2005
- What`s in store for entrepreneurs in the new year? Five pressing trends. Amy Gunderson
- The Entrepreneurial Year That Was
- Take our year-end quiz. Bill Rancic is involved -- how fun is that? (Note: link opens a new window.)
- Firms Turn to Perks in Lieu of Bonus Checks
- The new bonus: It`s an experience. Rod Kurtz
- Fax Regs Rethought
- Junk fax regs prompt a backlash. Darren Dahl
- Five Ideas to Watch
- Including headphones for inmates, a chair with vertebrae, and props for peeved workers. Jess McCuan
Hands On
- The Secrets of Open-Source Managing
- Start treating your customers like employees. David H. Freedman
- The Freelance Conundrum
- Contract workers can save you cash. But an office full of temps contains all manner of other, hidden costs. Mike Brewster
- Main Street VCs
- A new breed of venture capital, coming soon to a town near you. Michelle Leder
- Closing the Books
- It`s time to settle accounts for 2004 -- and prepare for a fruitful 2005. Here are three ways to get the most out of the annual end-of-the-year bookkeeping scramble. Jonathan Sprague
- Case Study
- The Problem: Intellinitiative`s board games were flying off the shelves. Then, a giant brand muscled them out of the store. Lora Kolodny
- Buyer Beware
- Buying a company may be a smart move. But it`s never easy. Dimitra Kessenides
- Ask Inc.
- How to pick a charity, and more.
Columns
- Street Smarts: Pennies From Heaven
- Simple formula: You take care of your employees, they`ll take care of your company. Norm Brodsky
- Grist: Micromanagers, Unite!
- Confessions from a real-life micro-manager -- and how our company can benefit from a little meddling. Adam Hanft
The Inc. Life
- Gift Guide
- Soft silk throws, waterproof MP3 players, and stylish bikes: These (and the growing companies that make them) are a few of our favorite things.
- Rough and Rugged
- All the dirt on the tough new Land Rover LR3. Patrick J. Sauer
- Merry Mishaps
- A broken toe and broken spirits: When holiday parties go bad. Elisa Williams
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- This month`s letter from the editor. John Koten
