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Recent Start-up Articles

The Virtue of Necessity

By Jerry Useem |  Dec 1, 1996

Given that the Amish reject self-advancement, what explains their success as entrepreneurs?  Read more


Business for Sale: Coastal North Carolina Blueberry Farm

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1996

A detailed look at a business offered for sale including the price rationale and pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more


Young M.B.A. Seeks Attractive Company

By Jerry Useem |  Nov 1, 1996

There is a new tool that M.B.A.s can use to find a company they can own: a search fund.  Read more


The Best (Way)laid Plans

By Steve Solomon |  Oct 15, 1996

Here's an Inc. 500 CEO who found that focus, fearlessness, and flexibility work better than a business plan.  Read more


Higher Ground

By Donna Fenn |  Oct 15, 1996

Some Inc. 500 CEOs from the 1980s explain how if you don't act fast, your successful business might out grow you.  Read more


What Business Would You Start Today?

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

One Inc 500 CEO explains how he would like to start an all-dance T.V. network as his next start-up.  Read more


Sixty Degrees of Separation

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

A cofounder of an Inc. 500 company tells how he wrote his businesss plan in Antarctica.  Read more


Disco, Duck!

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

Profile of an Inc. 500 CEO whose past venture evolved into the wildly successful T.V. show, Dance Fever.  Read more


Are You Raising an Inc. 500 CEO?

By Christopher Caggiano |  Oct 15, 1996

Stories of what some this year's Inc. 500 CEOs did as children that suggested they were really entrepreneurs as kids.  Read more


Party of Five

By Jay Finegan |  Oct 15, 1996

44.8% of Inc. 500 companies were started by partners. Here's one.  Read more


Nobody Leaves This Room Until One of Us Starts a Company

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

An Inc 500 CEO explains how she decided to start her business.  Read more


The Online Sleuth

By Susan Greco |  Oct 1, 1996

A comprehensive list of sites on the Internet that business people can use for do-it-yourself marketing research.  Read more


The Deal

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1996

A story that follows one small business's attempt at securing capital from the private-placement investors.  Read more


Conversations with Angels

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Oct 1, 1996

Several private investors reveal what it takes to win their money.  Read more


Business for Sale: Northeast Bagel-Bakery Chain

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1996

An upclose look at a business offered for sale complete with price rationale and some pros or cons of the purchase.  Read more


What Do Women Want?

By Kathleen R. Allen |  Sep 1, 1996

A business expert explains why, when it comes to building high-growth companies, men and women aren't so different.  Read more


Basic Instincts

By Edward O. Welles |  Sep 1, 1996

A look at a management appraoch that isn't science, but more a feel for trade and how it happens on the fly.  Read more


Black-Belt Boss

By Robert A. Mamis |  Sep 1, 1996

Here's a look at a day in the life of one of the most physically and psychically prepared CEOs around.  Read more


Business For Sale: Hawaiian Kayaking Company

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1996

A closeup look at a business offered for sale including the price rationale and the pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more


Garbage In, Garbage Out

By Brian McWilliams |  Aug 1, 1996

Bankers and entrepreneurs explain why business-plan software can never deliver what it promises.  Read more


Investment Forums: Blue-Ribbon Fair Presentations

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1996

An organizer of investment forums discusses how to use such a forum and an entrepreneur tells how he is preparing.  Read more


Michael Braun

By Tom Ehrenfeld |  Aug 1, 1996

The CEO of now-dead Kaleida Labs, the Apple-IBM joint venture, on what went wrong.  Read more


Buying/Selling: Deal-Delaying Traps to Avoid

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1996

An investment banker warns sellers how to avoid potential problems and a "how to" book is reviewed.  Read more


Buying/Selling: Deal-Delaying Traps to Avoid

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1996

An investment banker warns how to avoid potential problems when selling or buying a business.  Read more


Marketing: Let Your Packaging Do the Talking

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Jul 1, 1996

A look at how packaging can offer a wide variety of ways to communicate with your customers.  Read more