Bill Hewlett


Recent Articles about Bill Hewlett

About Face on Facebook

By Renee Oricchio |  Aug 28, 2008

Earlier this month, I commented on a previous posting of mine that the mixing of personal and professional life that seems to happen on Facebook leaves me...  Read more

The Sacred and the Mundane

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  May 15, 2000

Icons of business prove that the more things change, the more the important stuff remains the same.  Read more

Grist: Trampling on Our Icons

By Adam Hanft |  Apr 1, 2004

If politicians and economists love entrepreneurs so much (and they say they do), why do entrepreneurs face so many hurdles, whether they're starting their bu...  Read more

Archive: From Boardroom to Steam Room

By Mike Hofman |  Apr 1, 2002

The origin of the 'HP Way,' the vaunted corporate culture for which Hewlett-Packard is highly regarded.  Read more

Give The Cubicle a Proper Burial

By Renee Oricchio |  Mar 6, 2009

Yesterday I called for a proper burial for the desktop PC. It stands to reason that it should really be a double funeral. After all, don't the two go toge...  Read more

Those Were the Days

By Steven Berglas |  Apr 1, 2000

Start-up myths can be invaluable motivators. But they can also backfire.  Read more

Defying Gravity

By Ryan McCarthy |  May 1, 2008

Some of America's iconic companies took flight in gloomy times.  Read more

Entrepreneurs of the Year

By Ian Mount |  Jan 1, 2004

Be fast, be frugal, be right. These are the business principles that spurred Janie and Victor Tsao to transform their home-based start-up into a $500 million...  Read more

Entrepreneurs of the Year

By Ian Mount |  Jan 1, 2004

Be fast, be frugal, be right. These are the business principles that spurred Janie and Victor Tsao to transform their home-based start-up into a $500 million...  Read more

How My Client Became My Partner

By Eric Markowitz |  Oct 24, 2011

After working together as client and vendor, a real estate broker teamed up with his Web services provider to launch a firm that combines each of their best ...  Read more

A Call To Action

By Joel Kotkin |  Nov 1, 1983

Jim Pinto is betting his company on a humanistic approach to commerce that makes Action Instruments everybody's business.  Read more

Sonic Boom

By David H. Freedman |  Oct 15, 1997

A profile of Optiva, the number one Inc. 500 company, and the unlikely product -- an electric toothbrush -- that brought it to the top of the 1997 list.  Read more

The Importance Of Being Excellent

Jun 1, 1983

Just when you were getting used to Theory Z and the Japanese style of management, along come Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman to say that some Americans ...  Read more

17 Recession Success Stories

Jan 1, 2008

Seeing that the country desperately needs a drink amidst a deep six-year recession, a 26-year-old Prussian immigrant...  View slideshow

Creators of the New Economy

By Tom Richman |  May 15, 1997

A look at why, in the new economy, amateur entrepreneurship is over, and how the professionals are now in control.  Read more

An Excellent Question

By Tom Peters |  Dec 1, 1984

The author of In Search of Excellence answers the 10 questions most frequently asked about his book.  Read more

Life In The Silicon Rain Forest

By Susan Benner |  Jun 1, 1984

Oregon has always been a great place to fish or raise a family. Lately it has become one of the hottest places around to start a company.  Read more

Dear Jon,

By Susan Benner |  Feb 1, 1985

Three years after founding Northwest Instrument Systems, Jon Birck became a cliche -- one more entrepreneur squeezed out of his fast-growing company.  Read more

Jim Collins: How to Thrive in 2009

By Bo Burlingham |  Apr 1, 2009

As part of our 30th-anniversary issue, Inc. asked Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last , what we might expect in ...  Read more