I've Got Mail
Readers comfort once and future CEO Andrew Raskin with empathy and job offers. Read more
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Recent Start-up Articles
Obit: Plan to Hook Customers Cooks Billing Service
Red Gorilla, an Internet billing service, gets cooked by a flawed plan to hook customers. Read more
Relocation, Relocation, Relocation
CEOs share strategies for drumming up business when you've relocated. Read more
Upstarts: Internet Salvage
Online companies are falling left and right. But for some start-ups, that spells opportunity. Read more
Energy Boost
Dennis Crum, founder of an energy brokerage firm, has started a dot-com that might kill his original business. So why does he think that's just what he needs... Read more
A Helping Hand With Taxing Matters
Inc. asked 12 small business owners to evaluate the most popular tax advice Web sites. Read more
Wanted: Customers
Experts discuss an IT consulting company's decision to raise venture capital to be used as working capital and to support an aggressive marketing campaign. Read more
Someone to Watch Over Me
The "RegFair" law acts as a helpline for small businesses dealing with the federal government. Read more
Business for Sale: Rocky Mountain Telecom Service
If you're looking for a business with serious growth potential in a hot market, this Rocky mountain telecom service might be your calling. Read more
In a Former Life: David Gochman
A look at some of the lessons that David Gochman, CEO of Academy Sports Outdoors, learned while a grad student at Harvard. Read more
Looking Ahead
Financial experts discuss one company's search for the best source of capital for future acquisitions. Read more
Expansion Dreams
Main Medical Inc. CEO John Tomayko's fund-raising goals are to raise $10 million to $15 million to support expansion and an acquisition. Experts weigh in. Read more
Financing: Where to Find It
The hunt for financing is on. Only a year ago, venture capitalists seemed willing to throw money at just about any dot-com business plan. But funding toda... Read more
How many years should my financial projections cover for a new business?
Writing a Business Plan mentor Rhonda Abrams responds: Let's face it, for a new business, financial projections are a lot like astro... Read more
Will Car Sharing Stall?
As first movers, the current crop of car-sharing start-ups have a huge jump on securing parking spots and member relationships in their given communities.... Read more
Obits: Despite Student "Army," Ice-Cream Venture Is Frozen Out
Jeremy Kraus took the principles of microbrewed beer and applied them to ice cream. His unique marketing efforts built a loyal cult following, but it wasn't ... Read more
Business For Sale--Wisconsin Chocolate Shop
An overview of a business offering, including price, outlook, financial summary, and the pros and cons of the purchase. Read more
Advertising
Industry-specific associations can help you research hard-to-find details about the industry you're in and often offer valuable networking opportunities w... Read more
Producer's Picks: Legal Associations
Industry-specific associations can help you research hard-to-find details about the industry you're in and often offer valuable networking opportunities w... Read more
In Their Own Words: Comments from the E-Culture Survey
The February 2001 issue of Inc. highlights some of the results of the E-culture survey conducted by Rosabeth Moss Kanter's team at the Harvard Bu... Read more
E-Culture Survey Methodology
E-Culture Survey Methodology All e-culture survey responses were received and analyzed by Rosabeth Moss Kanter's E-culture project ... Read more
What are the big mistakes entrepreneurs make in their business plans if they're looking for money?
Writing a Business Plan mentor Rhonda Abrams responds: "I don't need five reasons to reject a plan -- I only need one." That's what ... Read more
What size market interests potential investors?
Writing a Business Plan mentor Rhonda Abrams responds: If you're looking for money for your business, one of the key things investor... Read more
Online Dry Cleaner Tries to Go National
Most of the buzz in dry cleaning today centers on big fish from other industries' ponds. But dry cleaning veterans like Siamak Ghazvini also want to trans... Read more
Online Grocer Fails to Deliver the Goods
Four years after profiling Streamline.com in its Anatomy of a Start-Up series in November 1996, Inc. magazine checked back in to find the company... Read more
As the Start-Up World Turns: The Start-Up Diaries Collection
What's it really like to start a business today? In its January 2000 issue, Inc. magazine started following the sagas of five young comp... Read more
How to Translate Your Brand into an Image
A brand starts with a message about why your company is valuable. The message should communicate this value clearly and consistently. The message s... Read more
Get a Life, Buy a Domain Name
Web-hosting companies are beginning to offer free domain names, or, to put it more accurately, free Web addresses. By signing up for these services... Read more
Once your business plan is done, how do you get investors to read it?
Writing a Business Plan mentor Rhonda Abrams responds: The best way is to find an intermediary -- a person whose name and/or influen... Read more
Hot Tip: Trademark That Idea
"I'd recommend to anyone that you automatically get a national trademark on anything you do. You don't have anything to lose." That poignant advice comes ... Read more
Hot Tip: Lighten That Workload
Overachieving entrepreneur Shawne Kleckner found himself doing too much. He was running three companies at once, including fast-growing Right Stuf Interna... Read more
The Ultimate Start-Up List
Larry Broderick knew that he wanted to run his own company. To guide him, he drew up an exhaustive list of criteria Among the man... Read more
Upstarts: Dry Cleaning
An all-starch cast hopes to bring new-economy practices to the grubby business of cleaning people's clothes. Read more