How to Improve Your Employees' Work-Life Balance
Telecommuting, daycare, and other employee benefits help workers balance their duties at work and at home. Read more
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Giving Back as a Company
At Torch Technologies, employees run and fund a nonprofit that gives charity donations. Read more
What's Your Company's Personality?
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The Price of a Healthy Staff
Three companies share their employee wellness budgets. Read more
How to Fix a Toxic Workplace
Jeffrey Pfeffer, author of The Human Equation, on how to save an unhappy workplace. Read more
In China, the Cost of Doing Business Rises
Recent wage hikes combined with rising prices mean China isn't as cheap an option as it once was. Read more
PortionPac: The World's Coolest Chemical Company
PortionPac's worker-friendly environment consists of fine art and palm trees. Did we mention it's a chemical factory? View slideshow
A Makeover for Pabst Blue Ribbon?
C. Dean Metropoulos – who made billion-dollar brands of Chef Boyardee, Birds Eye, and others – has bought the iconic Pabst Brewing Company. Read more
Lessons From a Pawn Star
Rick Harrison of The History Channel show Pawn Stars , doles out advice on keeping the customer satisfied and keeping the peace in a family-run busin... Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Brooklyn Brewery
How a former war correspondent built a craft brewery into a $20 million global brand. Read more
Making the Move to Mobile Payments
Your customers are accustomed to conducting life through their mobile devices. And soon, they may expect to be able to pay through their cellphone as well. Read more
How to Determine Which Franchise Business is Best for You
With thousands of franchise opportunities, it's no easy task. Follow our guide to choosing one that will give you a greater chance of success. Read more
Trivial Pursuit Co-Inventor Chris Haney Dies
The high school drop-out exhausted his savings and suffered panic attacks en route to creating what Time magazine dubbed "the biggest phenomenon in game hist... Read more
How to Deal With a Worker Classification Tax Audit
The IRS plans to audit the worker classification practices of 6,000 randomly selected companies, many of them small businesses. Here's what you need to know. Read more
How to Boost Traffic at Your Trade Show Booth
Want to stand out? Plan ahead and skip the tchotchkes and gimmicks. Read more
Norm Brodsky on When It's Time to Sell
An entrepreneur in financial distress wonders whether he should take an offer to sell his business. Read more
A Honey Maker Fights Back
How honey companies are dealing with colony collapse disorder. Read more
All4: William Straub
All4 has a slew of amenities for its employees—massages, dry-cleaning pickup and dropoff, a gym. Read more
Alternate Solutions HomeCare: David Ganzsarto
ASH values staff development and engagement enough to have on staff a culture coordinator. Read more
Biomark: Dean Park
Because Biomark believes cross-training and variety make for higher job satisfaction, all employees have the opportunity to do fieldwork and get their hands ... Read more
Chroma Technology: Paul Millman
Chroma fills a third of its job openings from within. Read more
Daphne Utilities: Rob McElroy
At the nonprofit Daphne Utilities, employees have a bank of leave days they can use as they see fit—including contributing days to a co-worker who needs them. Read more
Dealer.com: Mark Bonfigli
Dealer.com is a training machine thanks to uFuel, the company's online learning system. Read more
Dixon Schwabl: Lauren Dixon
Dixon Schwabl's strategy for encouraging employee suggestions is elegant in its simplicity: The leaders guarantee a yes or a no on any idea—be it introduci... Read more
Ginger Bay Salon and Spa: Laura A. Ortmann
In an industry that largely relies on independent contractors, Ginger Bay provides stylists, masseuses, nail technicians, and others with health benefits, li... Read more
New York Jets: Woody Johnson
The Jets’s new 120,000-square-foot complex is the key to providing a superior workplace that unites the business and football sides of the organization. Read more
Patagonia: Richard Sheahan
Patagonia's corporate identity is built on philanthropy and environmental consciousness. Read more
PortionPac Chemical: Marvin Klein and Warren Weisberg
Out of respect for family life, PortionPac never runs three shifts; it changed work schedules so employees can spend more time with their kids. Read more
Return Path: Matt Blumberg
Return Path offers a flexible work policy that allows employees to conduct business from home. Read more
The Sky Factory: Bill Witherspoon
There are no employees, just owners, and people take turns leading. Read more
A Yard and a Half Landscaping: Eileen T. Michaels
A Yard & a Half has a peer-led bilingual training program for employees whose first language is Spanish; it also reimburses employees for ESL classes. Read more
Akraya: Amar Panchal
Nothing makes a new employee feel more welcome than the CEO of the company personally going out to buy everyone ice cream to celebrate his or her first major... Read more
Azavea: Robert Cheetham
Azavea employees are given 10 percent of their time to pursue independent research interests, a policy which is intended to let employees hone a wider variet... Read more
Cargas Systems: Chip Cargas
It’s a good sign when employees are eager to invest in their company, and at Cargas Systems, 95 percent of employees have dug their own money into company ... Read more
Cooper Pest Solutions: Phillip D. Cooper
When you walk in the doors of Cooper Pest Solutions (CPS), you’re greeted not by a receptionist but by a director of first impressions. Read more
