Strategy and Planning


Recent Strategy and Planning Articles

For Sale: Management Expertise from Small Companies

By Jerry Useem |  Feb 1, 1997

Entrepreneurs are following a new trend that leads from their areas of expertise to a new business in consulting.  Read more

Feedback from Everybody

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Feb 1, 1997

An up-close look at a firm's use of 360-degree reviews in order to see if it's a silly fad or a smart management tool.  Read more

Boards That Are Not Bored

By Bradley Feld |  Feb 1, 1997

Invigorate your company by putting outsiders on your board. An experienced board member offers basics on size, compensation, and how best to keep your board ...  Read more

Focus Lens on Focus Groups

Jan 1, 1997

Video your next focus-group sessions and use them for a variety of creative purposes.  Read more

Form a Customer Advisory Board

Jan 1, 1997

To get more formal feedback on an ongoing basis, this garden center invites its "regulars" to sit on a customer advisory board.  Read more

Keep Customers in the Know to Grow

Jan 1, 1997

A risk management and consulting firm provides its clients with market research free of charge.  Read more

I Wish Our Sales Presentations Were More Polished

Jan 1, 1997

Sharpen up your sales team by having them rehearse pitches in front of a live audience of senior staff.  Read more

Small Biz Gets No Charge from Electricity Deregulation

By Hal Plotkin |  Dec 1, 1996

Here's why small businesses better pay attention when its electric-utility market becomes deregulated.  Read more

What Entrepreneurs Are Telling Inc. About. . .Consultants

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1996

Quotes from three different businesspeople explaining what they think about consultants.  Read more

Playing by the Rules

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  Nov 1, 1996

An interview with a successful entrepreneur about how clear rules and new technologies can be a winning combination.  Read more

My Brother, Myself

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

A quick look at two brothers, who each run an Inc. 500 company, and how they share ideas.  Read more

What Business Would You Start Today?

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

An Inc. 500 CEO tells why he would like to market microdistilled whiskeys.  Read more

The 10 Stages of Corporate Life Cycles

By Ichak Adizes |  Oct 1, 1996

An excerpt from Adizes' book The Pursuit of Prime.  Read more

The Dream Team

By Joshua D. Macht |  Sep 15, 1996

Insights from people behind the technology at one of Hollywood's hottest start-up.  Read more

The Rise of the Micromoguls

By Joel Kotkin |  Sep 15, 1996

In the wild world of high-tech special effects, a handful of upstarts are challenging the kingpins.  Read more

GuruWatch

By Inc. staff |  Jun 15, 1996

An expert on business technologies answers questions about how some companies can improve their technology strategies.  Read more

Looking Out for Number One

By Jim Collins |  Jun 1, 1996

A management expert explains that the board of directors you really need cares about you, not your company.  Read more

Pitching Peppers

By George Gendron |  Apr 1, 1996

A quick review of a new book on marketing.  Read more

Trade Shows: No-Frills Tactics that Pay

By Robina A. Gangemi |  Apr 1, 1996

Three tips on how to take full advantage of your next trade show.  Read more

Does Your Technology Fit?

By John Thackara |  Mar 15, 1996

A first-hand account of how high the price can be when you buy your technology before you assess your business needs.  Read more

Speed Demon

By Joshua D. Macht |  Mar 15, 1996

A look at how a courier company turned to technology to gain a competitive edge.  Read more

Advisers: Peer Counsel

By Donna Fenn |  Mar 1, 1996

A CEO discusses why he assembled a group of peer advisers and how he uses the group.  Read more

International: Calling the Shots with Export Traders

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Feb 1, 1996

A CEO explains how he used an export trader to take his product international and the deal that was struck.  Read more

PC Power for Hire

By Sarah Schafer |  Dec 15, 1995

Growing companies are finding out-of-house analysis and services that used to be available only to big businesses.  Read more

The Consultant Trap

By Eileen Shapiro |  Dec 1, 1995

A business expert explains there is a time and place for calling outsiders in to help in decision making.  Read more