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Feds Promote Trade Pact
Small firms would benefit from a deal with Colombia that makes U.S. exports duty free, officials say. Read more
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Quick, Get our Agency on the Phone
Keeping your firm 'top of mind' for your customers is critical. Relationship building will help, but how could you ensure that your number is the first on... Read more
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Bogota Latin Bistro
Over the past decade, George Constantinou and Farid Ali have become partners in lifeâ€"and partners running a $3 million-a-year Latin restaurant. Read more
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You Don't Have to be Lucky to be Successful
Luck is no friend of mine. I am the CEO of CellAntenna , a multi-million dollar, multi-national telecommunicatio... Read more
Feds Defend Trade Pacts
American small businesses can help boost the economy by expanding into foreign markets, officials say. Read more
Do Entrepreneurs Need Protection or Free Trade?
THE OBAMA AGENDA, IN DETAIL In speeches, Obama Read more
Do-It-Yourself Phone-Fraud Safeguards
9 precautions to help prevent phone-fraud. Read more
Reader Mail: September 2011
Readers respond to our story about the constant feeling of crisis that is entrepreneurship in Argentina, and others. Read more
Real Men Get Flowers, Too
Flowers have traditionally been regarded as something sent along with a social note or a condolence card but those days are apparently over. "It too... Read more
Feds Rally Small Exporters
Smaller businesses are being encouraged to explore global markets. Read more
Time-outs Are for Kids, Not Economies, Hillary
My wife and I and our two young boys recently made a hotel in Miami our home base for a week while our kids were out of school for Spring Break. When my f... Read more
Independent Coffee Shops Caught in Price Squeeze
As coffee prices soar, small wholesalers and retailers continue to feel the grind of rising costs. Read more
10 Greatest Salespeople of All Time
As a rule, salespeople are keen on measuring themselves against their peers. So who are the best of the best? Here are ten closers who helped invent (and rei... View slideshow
Will Obama Give Entrepreneurs Protection or Free Trade?
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY Most experts believe that on balance trade has delivered much more good than harm to the U.S. Still, some question the free... Read more
Trading Places: Inc.'s 2008 Export Guide
Who has petrodollars to spend? Where can you sell construction equipment? Jewelry? Management consulting? And where is the market that grew an astounding 55,... Read more
Tricks to a Billion Dollar Valuation; NewEgg IPO
Twitter "somewhere between" Google and Facebook. How do you get someone to value your unprofitable, revenue-challenged startup at $1 billion? You c... Read more
Two Pharmaceutical Companies Join Forces
Merging two struggling biotech firms from opposite sides of the globe solved a lot of financial problems—despite some logistical headaches. Read more
Gary Hoover Interview: The Possibilities of Mexico
Gary Hoover is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and educator. He is... Read more
Private Lives
Microcomputers, welding equipment, wheelcharis, prefabricated churches, and five other businesses earned their companies a spot on this year's INC. 500. Read more
Entrepreneurs We Love…Because They Entertain Us
Here’s to the men and women who make us laugh, keep us connected, stoke our creativity, and get us dancing. View slideshow
They Aimed High, but Now Their Translation Business Is Stuck
Could a new CEO do better? Read more
Zumba Turns Dancers Into Entrepreneurs
The founders of the dance fitness craze teach their trainers how to turn a passion into a thriving business. Read more
Case Study: Attempting a Global Merger
The CEOs lived on different continents and barely knew each other. Could they make a deal work? Read more
Fending Off Phone Fraud
New software prevents fraud by 'learning' a company's normal telephone calling patterns and alerting it to anomalies. Read more
Going Global, Part 15: Wheeling and Dealing Around the Globe
Top trade representatives from "the group of six" gathered in Delhi today to formally recommence trade negotiations that stalled last July after failure t... Read more
Argentina: Ripe Market for Entrepreneurs
As part of our company diversification, I had the unique opportunity to look into opening up the CellAntenna market ... Read more
Valuations 2004: What's Your Company Worth Now?
How, and by whom, valuations are established. Read more
How I Did It: Tumi's Charlie Clifford
How Charlie Clifford listened to consumers, salespeople, and employees to build Tumi into a powerful luggage brand Read more
The Silicon Valley of South America?
To spur innovation, Chile is offering American start-ups $40,000 in seed funding. Read more
Packing IT In
Four CEOs share their tactics for on-the-road productivity. Includes tips on avoiding airport hang-ups, dealing with hotel inadequacies, cutting costs, and m... Read more
Dancing to Success
Zumba founders Alberto Aghion, Alberto Perez, and Alberto Perlman created a company out of a dance phenomenon. Read more
Does It Matter That One Candidate is Comfortable Using Technology and One Isn’t?
JOHN MCCAIN'S AGENDA, IN DETAIL Though McCain supports many of the same goals as Obama, his Read more
Would You Fire Someone for Taking Time Off to Donate a Kidney?
A mother's attempt to save her son spotlights holes in the Family and Medical Leave Act: It doesn't apply to businesses with fewer than 50 employees. Read more
Back to School
Successful executives head back to business school for further education in management issues. Read more
Smarter Hiring, the DDI Way
Some companies spend more time selecting the right copier than hiring the right employees. You can do better. Read more
Closing the Deal
Three big-time investors have rolled into Miami to listen to 33-year-old whiz kid Marcelo Claure try to sell them a chunk of his company--and, my God, he's l... Read more
How to Finance Anything
A user's handbook to the hidden cash sources of the '90s. Read more
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