Bedford (Massachusetts)


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Think Tanker

In the age of niche markets, it behooves niche-oriented providers to think outside the box of their own niche to really serve their customers. Yellowbird ...  Read more

Three Down, Six Lives To Go

Miracles do happen -- especially when a governor-cum-Presidential candidate is on your side. That's what workers at Morse Cutting Tool's New Bedford, Mas...  Read more

Reengineering the Human Body

Today’s biotech entrepreneurs are confronting medical conditions head-on with innovative technologies -- some changing the way new procedures are marketed,...  View slideshow

Building trust

Trusting employees with keys to the store.  Read more

Cheap Showmanship

There's so much noise and commotion at trade shows that if your product is unknown or very technical, it can seem impossiblefor your company to stand out....  Read more

Play Computer Games to Sharpen Skills

Sneaking in a daily round or two of Doom might actually help you run your business better, says Lewis Paine of Opta Food Ingredients, in Bedford, Mass. Th...  Read more

" Talk Is Cheap, Literally"

There are codes your phone company would prefer you didn't know--codes that would give you access to cheaper long-distance carriers that bypass your prima...  Read more

For Everything a Season

If you're competing with a pack of companies in an overcrowded market, discovering an overlooked niche is like getting a breath of fresh air. Ed Fitzsimmo...  Read more

Students Win Money for Best Business Plan

NFTE selects the winners of it's annual youth entrepreneurship challenge; winners to meet President Obama.  Read more

Drop a Dime -- and More

When AT& T orders you to "know the code," it's referring to its 800 number for collect calls. But there are codes it would prefer you didn't know -- codes...  Read more

Hiring;

Outplacement -- a service provided primarily by large employers to help laid-off employees find new jobs -- is thriving, following a rash of plant consoli...  Read more

Turning The Sun's Power Into Affordable Energy

"Solar electricity is now a commercial business, something we couldn't say five years ago," says Roger G. Little. As a result, he expects his company, Sp...  Read more

The Fight To Harness The Sun

Roger Little of Spire Corp. is betting that his strategy for making solar power pay can overcome foreign competition, big oil, and lack of government support...  Read more

Special Report: Sales-What Works Now, Part II

Experts take on questions relating to recruiting salespeople, the value of independent reps, geographic sales territories, and sales compensation.  Read more

Who Wants To Be A Milliner?

New England's apparel industry has been in decline for decades. But that hasn't stopped Ken Schwartz from making a fortune in the hat business. The story of ...  Read more

Trade Shows: How to Be an Exhibitionist

A quick look at how a marketing expert lures potential clients, and how to get a free trade show kit.  Read more

Managing and Benefits

Selling employees on health savings accounts. Plus, how to motivate junior staffers who are short on humility.  Read more

Things We Love

A CEO explains how Maxis' SimCity allows him to relax and learn.  Read more

Smart Money

Last fall, Allen Kirkpatrick set out to raise $500,000 from an elite subset of private investors: smart ones. He was looking for backers whose know-how co...  Read more

The Art (Not Science) of Picking the Right Partner

ffith, a lawyer at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, in Nashville, remembers the time two men came into his office and announced that they wanted to form a p...  Read more

Clip Here and Save Big

How to trim your IT budget without making sacrifices.  Read more

Bulletin Board

A collection of short pieces focusing on various aspects of technology, such as new products and services.  Read more

Ownership: ESOPs Motivate

A CEO explains why he is sold on employee stock ownership plans.  Read more

Managing: Outsourcing to Save Money?

Be careful, or your plan may backfire  Read more

David Birch: Practice What You Teach

When David Birch says that "start-up is a terrible phase," he sounds more like a fledgling entrepreneur than a respected Massachusetts Institute of Techno...  Read more

Update: Morse Tool "we Really Could've Made It'

Like a "stove" boat out of its hometown's whaling past, historic Morse Cutting Tool is about to go under -- ending what readers will remember ("Against Al...  Read more

The No.1 Companies From 1982 -- 2005: Where Are They Now?

Seven are still private, twelve have been acquired, three went public, and one was shut down by the Feds.  Read more

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on: choosing the best investor for your company, saving money by recycling paper, having employees work from home, implementing groupware, a...  Read more

Forecasting A Profit

Weather Services Corp. has made a business, if not a science, of predicting the weather.  Read more

Staying Innovative Now

During a recession, many businesses are focused simply on surviving. But our panel of forward-thinking entrepreneurs says tough times are often the best time...  Read more

I'd Rather Be Flying (Myself)

Entrepreneurs have always been more likely than most folks to be private pilots; now they have new reasons to leave commercial flight behind. Here's what new...  Read more

The Apprentice - Season Premiere

I didn't have very high hopes for the new season, especially after that weird publicity stunt that the Donald pulled last week. His letter to Martha was a...  Read more

A Piece of the Action

Think your company is too small for a formal employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)? Maybe not. Bruce Pinsky, presidentof Packaging Consult...  Read more

Against All Odds

Even with his union and the governor on his side, turning around a troubled company in a troubled industry has proved tricky business for Jim Lambert.  Read more

Uncle Sam, Research Director

The nation's 400 national labs want to transfer their know-how to you. For sale: 28,000 patents.  Read more

In the Eye of the Beholder

An up-close look at the 1990s fad, 3-D images, and how one entrepreneur stumbled into it and hit pay dirt.  Read more

The Future of the Human Body

Ten innovations that will improve quality of life—and bring down health care costs  Read more

The Ties That Bind

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) can speed up work flow by uniting different corporate divisions under a single family of software modules. Now, smaller co...  Read more

Worst of Times, Best of Times

Seven reasons why a recession is the best time to start a business.  Read more

Contempt of Court

How to avoid litigation and cut legal costs.  Read more

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