Columbus (Ohio)


Jason Ross, Founder of JackThreads

The founder of this men's fashion e-commerce company based in Columbus, Ohio, talks about building a brand, bootstrapping a start-up, and where he finds his tatted-up models.

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Elevator Pitch: DivotCard

The DivotCard offers customers discounted golf rounds. Can it raise $1 million from investors?

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Recent Articles about Columbus (Ohio)

A $10-a-Seat Airline Launches--But Can It Fly?

Skybus , an airline offering $10 seats, launched this morning, and by midday, it had sold Read more

Reference-checking Tips

Advice on checking a candidate's references.  Read more

Customer Loyalty Marketing Tool

March 14, 2007 -- Leadwav, a Sacramento, Calif.-based targeted-marketing firm, has launched a new application to help small businesses re...  Read more

New Search Engine Optimization Methodology

While teaching a social media class last Friday in Columbus, OH, I ran across a company at the technology incubator up there called Read more

A Golden Alternative

Using alternative airports is a form of creative ticketing that airlines don't really object to, but they will not offer alternative airport options when ...  Read more

Rebel with a Cause

How a body shop became its market leader by using radio attacks aimed at the car-insurance industry.  Read more

How I Did It: Vickie Stringer, CEO Triple Crown Publications

Redemption doesn't come easy.  Read more

Quick Tickets

Business launches a network of automated teller machines that deliver airline tickets.  Read more

The Best Things in Life Are Free

Having a hard time competing with all the perks that well-heeled companies seem to throw around? Here's a benefit with no out-of-pocket costs that will thril...  Read more

Managing People;

Employee absenteeism costs companies millions of dollars every year in lost productivity and/or increased overtime costs, but ask a manager to quantify th...  Read more

Winnebago Take All

Keith Stevens, CEO of Team 2000 Staffing Services, tells his managers to go out and find workers instead of waiting for them to come in.  Read more

Look to Low-Cost and Niche Airlines for Low Fares

One of the best ways to get the lowest fares is to know where low-cost and niche airlines fly. These carriers allow you to create your own system of airfa...  Read more

The Complete Guide to E-mail

E-mail is--well, yes, it's your excuse for carrying a BlackBerry. But it's also the essential business tool. A complete guide to keeping your system...  Read more

Highlights from Our Annual Inc. 500 Conference

Editor-in-chief George Gendron's thoughts on the Inc. 500 companies.  Read more

If You Come, They Will Build It

Have a great product idea but lack the resources to develop it? Here's how inventors-for-hire can take your brilliant germ of an idea and transform it into a...  Read more

Back To Basics

The high-tech boom went bust, and investors started looking for managers with proven track records, and flocking to companies like Roto-Rooter and OshKosh Bh...  Read more

Corrections

In "Back to Basics" (February), the chart titled "The Changing Industry Mix: 1983 and 1985" should have been credited to Securities Data Co., New York Cit...  Read more

Assets And Liabilities

For the CEO of a fast-growth company, yesterday's strength may be today's weakness.  Read more

Boosting Small Business

Overcoming an antibusiness bias The idea of states cutting red tape for development permits and business licenses is nothing new, but Oregon has add...  Read more

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

A list of 1992's Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year.  Read more

Should Norm Sell? The Readers Have Spoken

By better than a five-to-one ratio, readers who wrote in think Norm should sell. Here's what some of them had to say:  Read more

Companies Greet E-Mail Nation

Examples of companies who use E-Mail to handle customer requests.  Read more

Ask Inc.

Finding contacts in China, getting meaningful reviews of the boss.  Read more

Network: February 1991

Network resources.  Read more

The Following Client Has Been Rated R

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The Following Client Has Been Rated R

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Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the August 1999 issue.  Read more

Pitching the Right Stuff

Pointers on making presentations to venture capitalists.  Read more

Marketing Research Vs. The Marketing Mind

While marketing-research firms are struggling to create products aimed at smaller companies, such sophisticated research as Information Resources Inc.'s B...  Read more

The Cash-flow Crunch

Big firms are dragging their feet on payables, taking as long as 60 days to settle up, and creating new problems for entrepreneurs.  Read more

John Mackey of Whole Foods on Hiring Leaders

He used to be impressed by people who were articulate. Not anymore.  Read more

Somebody Is Still Buying De Loreans

The past two years have been far more auspicious for the gull-winged De Lorean cars than they have been for the entrepreneur who brought them to the publi...  Read more

The Decade-Long Overnight Success

The turnaround EOY for 1994: A close-up look at a one company's struggle to return to former glory.  Read more

A Tax Cut for Angels

How states such as Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota give angel investors (and start-ups) a break.  Read more

Five Surefire Tips for Great Speeches

Come out punching! Grab your audience's attention. One way is to make a startling statement. Fora recent speech to th...  Read more

The King of Perks

One technique for keeping people is offering great perks, and Gary Quick, president and CEO of Quick Solutions Inc., in Columbus, Ohio, was the Perk King ...  Read more

Why Don't Your Kids Want To Be Entrepreneurs?

Freedom! Independence! The dream of being on one's own! That's the American ethic, nurtured by tales of hardy immigrants who took their lives into their...  Read more

Staying Afloat in a Down Economy

Here are 10 tips for keeping your business in business during the economic crisis: No.1 - Protect Your Revenues Without rev...  Read more

Marketing;

Ten years into the personal-computer age, the promise of massmarket electronic selling has remained just that -- a promise. Electronic shopping services,...  Read more