Big Manager on Campus
Here's how some dorm-room entrepreneurs founded their first company, before they got a first degree. Read story
7-Eleven Inc.
Knowing What Customers Want
The “sense and respond?? business model helps companies keep up with rapidly changing markets. Read story
Getting Even
After a contract fell through with 7-Eleven, a Maryland businessman started his own chain of convenience stores. Read story
Just-About-In-Time
The Japanese (and others) are having second thoughts about their system of just-in-time inventory management. Read story
Strategy
Related Terms: Business Planning "Strategy... Read story
Labor Shortage;
TODAY, WHEN YOU ORDER A large Pepsi at your local Burger King, the cashier may hand you an empty cup to fill at the self-service drink machine. In 10 yea... Read story
In Search Of Software
Need a software package to handle legal billing? How about one for taking care of real estate amortization, or helping with inventory control? Here's an i... Read story
A Blockbuster Video Idea
Inc. 500 CEO Greg Pabich finds a market for used movies and video games with his company, Movies Games 4 Sale. Read story
Outer Resources
A look at two companies, Air Taser and CFData, that became successful largely because they outsourced the technology-intensive aspects of their businesses. Read story
The Declaration of Independents
Just when economic bullying by big corporations threatened the whole idea of independent small business, company builders nationwide did the last thing anyon... Read story
Is the Price Right? Ask Jay Walker
Like every other network before it, the Internetwill eventually become as routine as the highway system,electric grids, and telephone networks. And when i... Read story
Where Is Your Business On the Insistence Scale?
Customers always had, and always will have, choices. Dissatisfaction with goods and services results in spending migration, compounded with ease of access to... Read story
Congressman Wants A Business Soap
Texas congressman Jim Collins comes from Dallas, but he's no great follower of J. R. Ewing. He'd much rather see a TV series on John D. Rockefeller. "The... Read story
Search
Spot that opportunity: the definitive guide to finding promising new markets, and more. Read story
What's Next: Staying Connected
A slew of new gadgets can help you compete. Read story
A Tale Of Two Companies
There's more than one way to bake a cookie -- and build a business. Read story
The New Issei
How a few Japanese managers broke free of Theory F by exporting themselves to America. Read story
Main Street: Frozen Assets
Some 70 years after the introduction of the refrigerator, an ice supply company continues to remake itself. Read story
Find It. Use It.
It's a good bet your company possesses intellectual property it isn't exploiting. Here's how to identify those assets and turn them into new business. Read story
The Most Entrepreneurial City in America: Vegas
A look at why Las Vegas, a city with little history and very few natural resources, is the country's hottest spot for start-ups. It produced over 17,000 new ... Read story
Two Men and a Bottle
The cofounder of Nantucket Nectars recounts how he and his partner, Tom First, started their business almost unintentionally and soon found themselves runnin... Read story
Starting Up in a Down Economy
Nobody loves a recession*. But many successful entrepreneurs say that, in retrospect, they were lucky to have launched their businesses in tough times. Read story
Fanatics!
During these soft economic times, small businesses are uniquely positioned to offer something that many lumbering giants can't: peerless customer service. He... Read story
In Search Of The Perfect Business
Successful franchise marketing leads a deli business to explosive growth. Read story
What's Luck Got to Do with It?
A latex-glove and -condom manufacturer wins the 1993 Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Read story
Brief Profiles of Inc. 500 Companies
A collection of 27 short articles about companies from the 1998 Inc. 500. Read story
Kinder-care's Standard Formula For Success
Back in 1968, real estate developer Perry Mendel had an idea that many people he talked to thought was outrageous, impractical, and probably immoral. Men... Read story
Confessions of an Entrepreneur's Wife
She was proud to support her husband's dream of building a great business. But five years is a long time to watch someone focus on his company at the expense... Read story
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