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How An Esop Works;
A nonleveraged ESOP -- still the most common variety -- is simply a trust set up to hold company stock for the benefit of employees. ABC Inc. creates the... Read more
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The View From The Nets
"The men in the bow ties," one colleague calls them, referring to the network business reporters. "They're all so predictable," another complains. "... Read more
A Viral Campaign Bombs
The suspicious packages that caused alarm in the Boston area today were part of a viral marketing campaign, ABC News is reporting. The campaign for the Ca... Read more
How to Meet Angel Investors
The most effective way to get set up with people who will invest in your fledgling business is to actively and creatively seek them out. Read more
Russia's Entrepreneurship Problem
Is Russia scaring off its entrepreneurs? In a bid to revive their ailing economy, Russian officials are building a $3.5 billion "Innovation City" j... Read more
The Shopper's High
An ABC News story this morning notes that for some shoppers discoveri... Read more
The Lamborghini Hybrid; How to Pitch VCs on TV
How hot are green cars? This hot: Lamborghini is making a hybrid. (Yes, Lamborghini of the 13 mile-per-gallon Gallardo.) The Wall Street Journal's ... Read more
Salon Charges Overweight Customer Extra
Things got ugly when a Georgia beauty salon added $5 to an overweight customer's bill to offset wear and tear on the chairs. Read more
Farewell Michael Scott. Greetings Casey McCall.
Last month marked the season finale of NBC's The Office -- the only half-hour comedy I expect to mis... Read more
What's Cooking in YOUR Kitchen?
I am one hundred percent psyched about last night's finale of American Inventor . Not only did Janusz's spherical safety car seat for children win t... Read more
Small Businesses Grapple with New Health Care Law
One important aspect of the legislation: Two part-timers count as one full-timer for the purposes of determining whether a business is required by law to pro... Read more
Touch That Dial
New business introduces interactive television system. Read more
Clinton Vs. NAFTA: The Smoking Schedule?
Senator Hillary Clinton made quite a spectacle of herself in the w... Read more
Health Care Costs, Click Fraud, and Local Fast Food
In trying times, try new new things. Even as the economy continues to struggle, the L.A. Times Read more
"Grey's" Profitability?
At the upfronts today, ABC announced that one of its 11 new series will be about a CEO peer group of sorts. 'Big Shots" will star Dylan McDermott, Christo... Read more
Alumni Updates
Since being featured on our 30 Under 30 list, Mint.com founder Aaron Patzer sold his company for $170 million, College Hunks Hauling Junk founders Nick Fried... Read more
Five Tips for Choosing a Phone System
Cut through the clutter with some simple tips. Read more
Is an IT Exodus Coming?
A recent study by Robert Half Technology shows that many CIOs are prioritizing employee retention quite highly for the coming year. Read more
The Alphebetizer: Barbara Corcoran, Barbara Corcoran Inc.
Barbara Corcoran made her mark building one of New York's largest real estate companies. Today, she is a panelist on the ABC program Shark Tank... Read more
Firing Up American Innovation
It will take the freedom to pursue ideas and the freedom to fail, says Vint Cerf. Plus, another Facebook lawsuit, and the rest of today's news. Read more
Immigration, Valley Blues, and Easy Managing Tips
Immigration and innovation. In the New York Times, Thomas Friedman has a Read more
YouTube Reaches Two Billion Hits a Day
Video-sharing website YouTube celebrates its fifth birthday today with the news that it receives more than two billion hits daily. That's a... Read more
Inc. Ticker: Entrepreneurs in the News
John O'Hurley went from playing J. Peterman on Seinfeld to co-owning the Peterman catalog business. Now, the ac... Read more
'goalpost' Brown's Amazing Flying Camera
In which a talented inventor perseveres against long odds and countless mishaps, first with financial disaster, and pushes himself and his troupe of dungaree... Read more
How to Weed Out Bad Hires and Vetting Your Congressman
Screening out the bad seeds. Okay, pop quiz: "Any trouble you have is your own fault." Do you disagree, strongly disagree, agree, or stro... Read more
Patent Problems, Airline Upgrades, and Bank Start-ups
Patents are increasingly pending. If you've filed a patent application recently, don't count on a speedy turnaround. The U.S. Patent and ... Read more
Reality TV for Entrepreneurs; SBA Lenders Say No to $15B
And you thought the competition for venture capital was fierce. Got a business plan and an appetite for televised humiliation? Good news: Survivor ... Read more
Are You Ready for Some -- Ads?
By all accounts, this year's Super Bowl will be a mixed bag of advertisements, enticing its audience in ways both provocative -- and playful. From suggest... Read more
An Entrepreneurial Safari
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ... Read more
Alexa Andrzejewksi, Soraya Darabi, and Ted Grubb, Founders of Foodspotting
Alexa Andrzejewski returned to San Francisco from a vacation to Japan with an idea: a field guide to global food. To learn about bootstrapping her ... Read more
Entrepreneur Says "I Do" to Divorce Insurance
A North Carolina businessman who describes his own failed marriage as "world-class ugly" has come up with a novel product aimed at helping people defray the ... Read more
Horse Race: Branded Entertainment
Four start-ups vie for leadership in the lucrative new space of branded entertainment Read more
Soaps And Serials
Our man has been dreaming up new business ideas since his days in the sandbox, only to watch others make a business of them. But this is the last straw. Read more
Inc. Ticker
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has signed on as chief scientist of data storage start-up Fusion-io. But the really big news about Wozniak... Read more
Is Your Dress Code Discriminatory?
A 61-year-old lifeguard is suing for age discrimination after he was fired for refusing to wear a Speedo. Read more
How to Manage Your Own PR
Ten tips for running a successful public-relations campaign. Read more
Use Two Monitors at Once
Desktop real estate - the amount of monitor screen space you have - comes at a premium these days. As people use more applications, the standard 15- or 17... Read more
Use Two Monitors at Once
Desktop real estate - the amount of monitor screen space you have - comes at a premium these days. As people use more applications, the standard 15- or 17... Read more
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