Inc. Magazine: October 1, 2005
Features
- 75 Reasons to Be Glad You're an American Entrepreneur Right Now
- Let's compare notes. Here's our tally of the diverse ways the culture, the economy, and entrpreneurship's own history are combining to make this a great time--the best time, in fact--to be building a business
- The Remote Control CEO
- Stephen McDonnell insists that he stays home four days a week because it's good management--not because it's fun. The performance of his company, Applegate Farms, seems to back him up.
- How to Run Your Company in Your Pajamas
- Stephen McDonnell's tips on how to be an at-home CEO.
- Trading Office Spaces
- Everone's talking about the importance of design, but is it possible to make a big statement with a reasonable budget? Here are five companies that think it is.
- The Complete Guide to E-mail
- E-mail is--well, yes, it's your excuse for carrying a BlackBerry. But it's also the essential business tool. A complete guide to keeping your system secure, efficient, compliant, and affordable.
- How to Avoid Scammers, Spammers, and the Rest of the Bad E-Guys
- Spam Glossary
- 5 Ways to Avoid the Junk Mail Folder
- The Coolest PDAs and Who Needs Them
- 5 Things You Didn't Know About E-mail
- Software Buyer's Guide
- The Secrets of E-mail Stash
- Is Instant Messaging an Instant Menace?
- The Government's Take on E-mail
- The Rules You Make about E-mail
- 5 Ways to Avoid the Junk Mail Folder
- Q&A: Paulette Cole
- Your partner wants to focus on growth. You want to follow a passion more than a strategy. Could you walk away? Paulette Cole recently did that with ABC Home, and she recently made a joyous return.
- Craig Rosebraugh's War
- Oregon restaurant owner Craig Rosebraugh is much like any other person battling to get an ambitious new business onto solid ground. Except for the part about striving for the overthrow of the United States government.
Priority
- The Disability Advantage
- Even as the number of workers with disabilities grows because of factors like the Iraq war, fewer of them are finding jobs. Here's one employer that bucks the trend.
- Hiring Employees With Disabilities
- Three in four firms have no ADA workers. Rookie employers should consider these guidelines.
- Agenda 10/05
- Falls first full month can bring financial unrest.
- One Man's Alien is Another's Employee
- Unlikely Iowa becomes the center of an immigration debate.
- Cement Shortage Has Builders in a Bind
- Governors of five states say tariff exacerbates the problem.
- Granting Options Like It's 1999
- New rules do little to dampen private companies' use of stock options.
- Quiet Period Rules Revised
- Good news! Appearing in Playboy is no longer out of the question.
- Most Likely to Succeed
- Products for anxious parents.
- The Hidden Value of Slow Sellers
- Products that turn slowly are not necessarily a drain on resources.
Hands On
- Ready, Set, Strategize
- Strategic planning is time-consuming and labor-intensive, right? Not necessarily. One consultant says he can craft a bold new action plan in just 48 hours.
- The Need for Speed
- Keith McFarland says he can draft a new strategic plan in just 48 hours. Here's how:
- The Survey Says...
- Want to know what consumers think? Put down the comment cards and poll them online instead.
- The Skinny on Survey Software
- Want to know what consumers think? Put down the comment cards and poll them online instead.
- Deal Jitters?
- You're not alone. Now more acquirers are buying insurance to ease their fears.
- Training Wheels
- You're not alone. Now more acquirers are buying insurance to ease their fears.
- Back to School
- Ben Serotta changed the way his independent dealers sell bikes. Here's how:
- Localizing the Brand
- Henry Estate's push into China flopped--until it learned that exporting means more than just translating the words on a label.
- Going South
- Opportunity is in season as CAFTA opens up Central America.
- Why Cornice Said No, Thanks, to Apple
- Apple wanted Cornice to supply tiny hard drives for a new device, the iPod Mini. Would it be completely nuts to say no?
- Ask Inc.
- Personality tests; getting better financial terms.
The Inc. Life
- Exit Strategy
- Chasing a dream at 170 miles per hour.
- So You Want to Burn Rubber
- Get the family truckster out to the racetrack at one of the 1,300 amateur races held every year.
- Caution: Objects in Mirror Aren't Intimidated
- The new Hummer H3: not quite suitable for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Snooze Survival
- An alarm that watches you sleep.
- A Business, a Blog, a Banana at the Beach
- Adam Seifer is not on a diet, and he has the pictures to prove it.
- Things I Can't Live Without: Anne-Marie Faiola
- Showing up to work in the right outfit makes the Segway a necessity.
Columns
- Street Smarts: Marketing for Dummies
- Because only dummies would waste their money on it.
- What's Next: Service With a Smile. Really.
- How technology ruined customer service--and how three start-ups plan to rescue it.
- Grist: Save the Founder
- Every business--no matter how big or how "mature"--needs an entrepreneur at the helm.
Views & Opinion
- Editor's Letter
- This month's letter from the editor considers the source of entrepreneurship.
- This month's letters to the editor.
- Op-ed: Foreign Students Who Study Engineering Deserve Citizenship
- It's time that we stop envying China, and start making the U.S. a friendlier place for engineers.
