Redesigning A Travel Co.
Dychtwald on Avis: "Like lots of transportation companies, Avis thinks a cheaper price is the only thing that counts. Sometimes that's true, but not when... Read story
Dychtwald on Avis: "Like lots of transportation companies, Avis thinks a cheaper price is the only thing that counts. Sometimes that's true, but not when... Read story
It's every small-business owner's dream to land a big contract with a big corporation -- or is it? Three years ago, Leslie Saunders, president of L... Read story
Inc.'s Road Warrior abandons maps in favor of the NeverLost global positioning system available in Hertz rental cars. Read story
Interview with six prominent venture capitalists on the industry's future. Read story
Business education is a term that encompasses a number of methods used to teach students the fundamentals of business practices. These methods range from ... Read story
Small and midsize businesses that use the Budget Rent-A-Car System will now be able to earn double cash-back rebates and quadruple Delta SkyMiles through ... Read story
Long-distance resellers provide long-distance services at cut rates. Read story
MasterCard small-business cardholders will be able to save money automatically on purchases made with credit and signature debit cards following the launc... Read story
If you've got "a certain steel in the back," Alamo Rent A Car doesn't care where you worked before. Just as long as it wasn't Hertz or Avis. Read story
Sole proprietors have formed a group to achieve bulk-buyer cost reductions. Read story
A year and a half ago, Marc Leder was a junior in college wondering what he was going to do when he got out. The answer turned out to be Powercard/USA, a ... Read story
Why do stars like Paul Newman, Alan Alda, and Warren Beatty patronize a used-car rental business in West Los Angeles known as Rent-A-Wreck? "They know th... Read story
Finding a company travel service for every budget. Read story
A larger pool of merchants will be offering automatic savings to small-business customers. Read story
The cofounders of Global Travel International rejected traditional travel-industry business models by designing their company to respond to change and opport... Read story
The notable entrepreneurs who died in 2007 helped to shape some of the major trends in business in the past 50 years, from the rise of socially responsible b... Read story
Are we living in an attack culture in America today? Sure seems so. With Fox News, Michael Moore, and the nuclear nature of political discourse in genera... Read story
Silicon Valley companies thought an act of Congress would solve their problems with Bill Lerach and his shareholder lawsuits. But the reforms may end up back... Read story
Before starting the companies that made the 1998 Inc. 500, many CEOs pursued dubious business concepts that ultimately bombed. Here are the lessons ... Read story
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is one of the nation's top family-owned businesses, a $12 billion behemoth that dominates its industry. But CEO Andy Taylor feared it a... Read story
Real-estate broker Barbara Corcoran went from waitressing at a diner to building a $70-million company. Read story
This summer's best reads can be found on the business shelf Read story
Can a thriving little city in Maine bluff its way into the ranks of big-time Internet players? Read story
It's cheap and it works. But can you run your company on Linux? Read story
Procter Gamble veteran James McManus has an uncanny ability to analyze consumer behavior and parlay his findings into a variety of sucessful vent... Read story
The process of selling to the behemoth of Bentonville starts well before you push open the doors of its Arkansas headquarters. But it's within the fortress i... Read story
Zipcar was a classic founder-run company--long on passion, short on cash. Until a new CEO came aboard, gave the business a seven-step tune-up, and put the pe... Read story
The call came from IBM offering Martin Alpert a deal that could give his company a lock on its market. But he wasn't celebrating. Read story
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