Tailor-made boards
Using an advisory board to help plan for the future. Read more
Strategy and Planning
Recent Strategy and Planning Articles
It's Showtime
Silicon Valley speech doctor provides public speaking lessons to start-up executives. Read more
Strategic Planning: Small Is Beautiful
Chart depicting areas in which small companies believe they have an advantage over big-company competitors. Read more
Silver Lining, For Some
Former municipal comptroller starts his own financial service, helping corporations and cities out of debt. Read more
Strategic Planning: Acquiring Minds
Chart: Survey of companies, asking their reasons for wanting to acquire another company in the next 3 to 5 years. Read more
Low-Brow Financing
How to make the most of the source of capital everyone loves to hate -- factoring. Read more
Newsbreakers
Newsbreaker information paragraphs about CEOs in the news. Read more
Unlimited Partners
A profile of three companies and their relationships with their boards of directors. Read more
Talking Heads
Inc. 500 CEO starts another company: a motivational seminar group for executives. Read more
Trick Of The Trade
How to screen prospective advisers when looking to buy or sell a company. Read more
Plan On It
Design company asks to see business plan before doing business with a start-up. Read more
Growth Strategies: Fast Track
A short-line railroad company narrows its focus on specific growth opportunity goals. Read more
Growth Strategies: Cleaning Up
Environmental consulting firm stays competitive by being the first to stay on top of new innovations in the field. Read more
White Knight of Kitty Litter
Edward Lowe Industries Inc. helps small manufacturers with advice and capital. Read more
Adventure Capital
A handful of sucessful entreprenuers become venture capitalists, helping small companies with money and advice. Read more
Is Peace Bad for Business?
Businesses that formerly relied on government military contracts will have to adapt due to lower defense budgets. Read more
Global Start-up
CEO's plan for world-wide sale of his medical device that will make certain types of surgery obselete. Read more
Keeping Tabs On Your Company
How to track the vital signs of your business' overall health. Read more
Dress Rehearsal
An environmental consultant provides mock inspection service to companies to ensure adherence to EPA standards. Read more
Quote of the Month
A quotation from Robert Ronstadt about focusing on value rather than money. Read more
The Company Money Almost Killed
Profile of one CEO and his management of a computer chip company on the brink of bankruptcy. Read more
Trading Places: Small Businesses and Global Trade
Economist David L. Birch on the state of our global competitiveness and the surprising truth about small exporters. Read more
Zero-Defect Management
One quality expert's advice: start running your company differently. Read more
Cashing In On Creativity
Creative Think, in Menlo Park, Calif., a consulting firm founded and operated by Roger von Oech, 35, is dedicated to planting fresh ideas in stale minds. Read more
A Better Way to Tax Small Business
Small companies should work for a totally new and separate income tax that would help, not hinder, their growth. Read more
