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Identifying the Customer-Focused Executive
Whether CEO, CMO, or CCO (chief customer officer), relationship-savvy execs have a lot in common. Read more
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New Talents Ltd.
Entrepreneurs don't grow on trees, and relatively few come out of business schools, either. Lately, however, there have been signs of a new blossoming of ... Read more
Brand Marketing: The Dos and Don'ts of Naming
A marketing expert explains why the name of your company is so critical in making a good first impression. Read more
How Now, Ed Zschau?
One CEO's desire to build a company and then run for Senate. Read more
Birth Of An Industry;
"Industry" births have come easy to the 1980s: personal computing, robotics, biotech. All flared; some, at least momentarily, have fizzled; and now much ... Read more
Bypassing the Bank
A builder finds an alternative to bank loans: a private construction loan pool funded by local individuals. Read more
Small Company Initial Public Offerings: June 1985
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7 Tips for a Social Entrepreneur
Looking to start a benefit corporation, a nonprofit, or a for-profit company with a social purpose? Those who’ve done it say social entrepreneurism takes g... View slideshow
Trend: Sales-Force Automation
Various businesspeople tell how they have turned to sales-force automation. Read more
Making the Switch
When a high-tech trend threatened the future of his business, Michael Edell radically reshaped his company. Two years later, he's suffered record losses and ... Read more
Making the Switch
When a high-tech trend threatened the future of his business, Michael Edell radically reshaped his company. Two years later, he's suffered record losses and ... Read more
Pay as You Glow
Electricity cooperative creates debit-card devices for electric meters. Read more
Natural Partners
New businesses create a major trend by forming partnerships with established companies. Read more
The Social Entrepreneurship Spectrum: B Corporations
A new type of organization that uses business to solve social problems Read more
Striking Out on Your Own
Though going solo can be liberating, it can also be a frustrating experience. Here Inc.com offers resources to help combat some of the challenges of being se... Read more
Requiem For A Heavyweight
At first glance, the competition for Olympics licenses looked like a race, so we called our article on the subject, "The Race for Olympic Profits" (INC., ... Read more
The Return Of Billy Jack
Tom Laughlin has set out to do for videocassettes what Amway did for household products and Domino's did for pizza Read more
Public Companies: $156,000 At The Top
Executives of smaller publicly held companied enjoy fatter paychecks and broader perks than their counterparts in smaller private firms. That's the concl... Read more
The 50 Most Active Venture Capitalists
Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Time from first contact ... Read more
Venture Capital: Weeding Out The Weak
Back in the 1950s, Richard J. Riordan began investing in what he considered high-risk ventures. He put his money (80% of it borrowed, a stock market margi... Read more
A Customer Service Makeover
Seven tips on how to completely transform your company's customer service Read more
Case Study: Was Outsourcing to India the Right Move?
With revenue flattening, David Galbenski needed a bold new plan. Read more
Cheap Talk
What your phone company won't tell you: New Web sites can ferret out the cheapest rates for long-distance and wireless service. I Inc. Techn... Read more
The Making Of The President 1988
THERE IS A RISING GENERATION OF POLITICAL LEADERS -- IN BOTH PARTIES -- THAT IS LOOKING TO SHAPE A WHOLE NEW POLITICS OF GROWTH. Read more
The Mystery of The Blood Red Ledger
CEO Fred LeFranc quickly realized that something was poisoning the profits at Louise's Trattoria, and he didn't have long to find out what. Read more
Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom
Some of America's biggest corporations are discovering that their future may depend on thinking small. Read more
Group Think
A look at how groupware allows small-company employees to work simultaneously, saving both time and money. Read more
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