Running a Business


Recent Running a Business Articles

Are Your Kids Good Enough to Run Your Business?

By Donna Fenn |  Aug 1, 1994

Even if you've never considered your company a family business, that question could be very important.  Read more

The Education of a Big-Company Man

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jul 1, 1994

Jim Kilmer's years at H.J. Heinz didn't prepare him for company-building as well as he had expected.  Read more

Built by Association

By David Whitford |  Jul 1, 1994

We've found the best little trade association in America. Why doesn't the one for your industry do this much for you?  Read more

A Tie-in with Big Brands

By Susan Greco |  Jul 1, 1994

Two entrepreneurs who made a successful pitch to Warner-Lambert to co-market their product share their strategy.  Read more

Cheaper Loan Closings

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1994

Four techniques for controlling legal expenses incurred by loan closings.  Read more

Dingdong! OSHA Calling

By Michael P. Cronin |  Jul 1, 1994

How to handle OSHA inspections properly.  Read more

Setting the Stage

By Brian Henson |  Jun 1, 1994

Jim Henson's son Brian writes about how he and his siblings filled his famous father's shoes in the family business.  Read more

Sole Survivor

By John Case |  Jun 1, 1994

One third-generation family business has survived imports, mergers, offshore manufacturing and new technologies.  Read more

Coping with Stress Claims

By Michael P. Cronin |  Jun 1, 1994

How to make yourself less vulnerable to employee lawsuits claiming disabling workplace stress.  Read more

Tortilla Flap

By Teri Lammers Prior |  Jun 1, 1994

Cofounder jeopardized his control of his 3-year-old company when he fired his partner.  Read more

The Inc. Network

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1994

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Why Us?

By Judy Wicks |  Jun 1, 1994

Restaurant owner writes about why she agrees with President Clinton that businesses should fund the nation's health care  Read more

Black Entrepreneurs: A New Generation

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Jun 1, 1994

As traditional black-owned retail and service businesses decline, new, more ambitious black entrepreneurs emerge.  Read more

Charged Up: Electric Vehicles

By Alessandra Bianchi |  May 1, 1994

Three start-ups that are developing, converting, and manufacturing electric vehicles.  Read more

The Best Little Advocacy Group in America

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  May 1, 1994

NAWBO, with its assertive marketing and effective consensus building, could best represent small business in Washington.  Read more

Before Calling Your Lawyer . . .

By Phaedra Hise |  Apr 1, 1994

Information on two booklets from the American Arbitration Association on mediation and arbitration.  Read more

Picking a Prime Partner

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Apr 1, 1994

Entrepreneur teamed up with 'legend' of the cardboard industry to launch his new product, Box Boy.  Read more

Law and Disorder

By Jay Finegan |  Apr 1, 1994

How company owners can protect themselves from employee litigation.  Read more

I Spy

By Michael P. Cronin |  Apr 1, 1994

Congress is considering a bill that would limit electronic surveillance in the workplace.  Read more

The Inc. Network

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 1994

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

What Start-ups Don't Need Is Money

By Richard Florida |  Apr 1, 1994

Making the federal government a venture capitalist won't fix America's technology woes, says author.  Read more

Who's Going Global?

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Mar 1, 1994

Chart showing numbers of Inc. 500 exporters doing business in specific countries.  Read more

The NAFTA Factor

By Susan Greco |  Mar 1, 1994

Four CEOs' expectations of the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on their companies.  Read more

Calling All Aliens

By Phaedra Hise |  Mar 1, 1994

The INS will grant resident visas to foreign citizens who invest in U.S. companies.  Read more

It's Just Not the Family Way

By Bruce G. Posner |  Feb 1, 1994

A nationwide survey asked family-owned companies to rate the importance of various sources of financing.  Read more

Finding the Right Partner

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1994

A pharmaceutical company formed international partnerships to reach foreign markets.  Read more

The Inc. Network

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1994

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Shark Repellent

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1994

Ideas for protecting personal assets against financial claims by creditors and litigants.  Read more

Growing Your Business by Going Global

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jan 1, 1994

Lessons from a company that leapt unwarily into foreign-distribution, plus intelligence on Saudi Arabian markets.  Read more

The Complete Export Primer

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1994

Review of 'Export Profits,' by Jack S. Wolf (Upstart Publishing), a comprehensive guide to exporting.  Read more

Encyclopedia for Security

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jan 1, 1994

Review of the book 'Crimeproofing Your Business,' by Russell Bintliff (McGraw-Hill).  Read more

News from the Front

By John Rollwagen |  Jan 1, 1994

Four months after a former CEO went to work in the Commerce Dept., he quit. Here's his opinion on Washington now.  Read more

Naturalizing Foreign Workers

By Phaedra Hise |  Jan 1, 1994

The three-step process of backing a foreign-born worker's bid for a green card.  Read more

The Year in Court

By Michael P. Cronin |  Dec 1, 1993

A brief look at 1993 court rulings on disability, firing, sexual harassment, and hiring.  Read more

Bored With the Board

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 1993

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more