The Ultimate Business Makeover
Have you ever thought about making a massive change? Meet five entrepreneurs who did. Facing tough challenges, they took radical steps, remaking their products, markets, executive suites -- even their personalities

• The Personality Makeover
• The Product Makeover
• The Real Estate Makeover
• The Leadership Makeover
• The Brand Makeover

The Wexley Way
In the advertising racket, the future is coming up fast. Or maybe it's already here, at an obstreperous little agency called Wexley School for Girls

The Coolest College Start-ups
Meet the future of American business. To quote one of the companies' websites, "Prepare for awesomeness."

• Yale University:
  MySpace Meets World of Warcraft
• University of Missouri:
  A New Life for Old Phones
• Indiana University:
  A Jolt of Energy, Minus the Crash
• University of California, Berkeley:
  A Place to Find Great Internships
• University of Pennsylvania:
  Bottled Water You Can Feel Good About
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
  Saying All the Right Things
• University of Michigan:
  A T-shirt Line With Great Word of Mouth
• University of Southern California:
  Smells Like Team Spirit
• University of Houston:
  The Doughnut King of Texas

Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
Hattiesburg Train Station, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 12.19.08 9:30 a.m.

Launch
Marketing: A Wine Derivative

Blogger Logic
Hip Today; Test Tomorrow

Pandora's Near-Death Experience
Founder Tim Westergren tells how millions of fans rescued Web radio

The Ticker

We Asked, You Twittered
What's the best part of owning your business?

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books

Business for Sale: A Louisiana Racetrack for $6.75 Million

• Business for Sale Update

Guidebook
How to: Create a Smart Credit Policy

Innovation
Innovation: The HyDRAS Robot

The Goods
Bookmark This: New Tools to Simplify Your Schedule

The Goods: Flash and Substance
A new crop of portable drives offers more than just storage

Getting Paid
Accept credit card payments on the go

The Portability Revolution
Four netbooks for business users

• Free!
• Technology

Have Fun at the Airport
Five cures for the layover blues

• Keeping Clean
• Office on the Go: Print Anywhere

Skip That Phone Tree

Things I Can't Live Without
One bag to hold it all

A Computer in a Pen
Have you ever wanted a pen that could play the piano, solve math problems, record a lecture, speak Spanish, and translate your handwriting into type? No? Well, you do now.

Pricing: How Low Can You Really Go?
Businesses reexamine their prices

Elevator Pitch
Rescue Air Systems helps firefighters breathe as they battle high-rise blazes. Can it get $10 million?

Sales & Marketing: He Can Close, But How Is His Interpersonal Sensitivity?
Testing sales recruits

• Summing Up Salespeople

Leadership: Armed With Data
How the military can help you learn from your mistakes

• Drilling Down

One Company's Budget: Getting Back Into Shape
An IT department overhaul

Passions: Jeffrey Sweeney, Yogi

Mail

Editor's Letter: Safe Landings

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