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FRANK PERDUCE KNOWS A LOT about chickens, so you can believe him when he says, "It takes a sexually excited man to make a chick affectionate." He do...  Read story

Portrait of the CEO as Salesman

Jim Koch, founder and CEO of The Boston Beer Co., makes the case against 'marketing.'  Read story

The Super Bowl's Real Winners

Our panel of marketing gurus highlight the best (Snickers' kissing mechanics) and worst (CareerBuilder's survivalists) of this year's Super Bowl ads.  Read story

An Industry Insider Makes a Film about the Beer Business

For her first documentary, Anat Baron focused on a subject she knew well: the craft beer business. In Beer Wars , Baron, who once worked as the gener...  Read story

Luxury for the Little People

Desperate for a $300 blender? A look at America's passion for "new-luxury" goods.  Read story

The Real Winners and Losers

Companies shelled out a record $2.7 million for 30 seconds of airtime during the Super Bowl. So who got their money's worth? A look at the best and worst com...  Read story

Hot Product, Cold World

Profile of a beverage start-up and the emotional pain of bankruptcy and failure.  Read story

Designing Success

It's not just the iPod and Target toilet brushes. Even small companies with prosaic products are finding that design can be the difference between success an...  Read story

Portrait Of The Ceo As Salesman

An ex-strategic planner and Harvard Business School graduate makes the case against 'marketing'  Read story

The Plane Truth

Aiming high to change the way we fly, Vern Raburn's $220-million start-up -- aviation's "next big thing" -- faces sudden turbulence.  Read story

Fritz Maytag, Anchor Brewing

for setting limits   Read story

The 10 Commmandments of Hypergrowth

The secret to fast growth is in planning and training, but it's dangerous too.  Read story

Report On The States;

CENTER OSSIPEE, N.H., IS NOT THE sort of town that makes you think instantly of twenty-first-century America. Deserted by the railroad and skirted by Rou...  Read story

When The Magic Goes

The adoring crowd of 300 engineers executives, and reporters fell silent. They had gathered this Friday night in the bright new site of Sente Technologies...  Read story

Ask and You Shall Receive

Company uses customer feedback from focus groups to hone its depth-sounding fishing device.  Read story

Name-calling

What the name of your company and products says about you and your business.  Read story

Grown in Montana

Profile of a bootstrapped start-up nursery.  Read story

Have It Your Way

Mass customization is a popular trend in the business-to-business arena. Read how manufacturing and communications technology have allowed small companies to...  Read story

Serial Entrepreneurs: They Just Can't Stop Themselves

Once exotic, serial entrepreneurs are everywhere these days. From their tolerance for failure to their creative use of resources to their sense of when to le...  Read story

The Race For Olympic Profits

For some small companies, the '84 summer games in Los Angeles have already begun.  Read story

The Wonderland Economy

A close-up look at the vital role small business plays in America's economy that debunks many myths about this sector.  Read story

Marketing: Honeys, Hand Me a Polygamy Porter

Can chutzpah build a brand? Greg Schirf is betting the head off his lager that it can.  Read story

The $2.7 Million Question: Are Super Bowl Ads Worth It?

Companies now shell out nearly $3 million for 30 seconds of precious airtime during football's premier event. But in the Internet age, do expensive, glitzy t...  Read story

Fleshing Out An Empire

Can the mastermind of Browning-Ferris do for fitness what he did for waste management?  Read story

Matters of Import

The benefits of importing an established product and adapting it to the American market.  Read story

Outsourcery

In these days of furious consolidating, outsourcing is the way to go for both corporate giants and small outsourcers.  Read story

Buffalo Pals

It's a city with an economy as wintry as its climate. But those who stick around Buffalo are building flourishing businesses by mustering -- and managing -- ...  Read story

And the Money Comes Rolling In

Markus Frind works one hour a day and brings in $10 million a year. How does he do it? He keeps things simple.  Read story

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