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iPhone 4 Smack Down by Consumer Reports
I'm sputtering as I write this. Headline #1: Consumer Reports is officially "not recommending" the iPhone 4. Headline #2: Apple "lost" (as in the dog-ate-... Read more
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Black Friday To Boost Sluggish Holiday Sales
Nearly one-quarter of consumers plan to shop on Black Friday. Read more
Selling to Young Americans
Resources on marketing to children. Read more
Business Tips from Small-Town USA
Survival stories from rural entrepreneurs. From the pages of The Oklahoman comes a reminder to big-city entrepreneurs that their rural counterparts... Read more
Have You Checked Your Facebook Privacy Settings Recently?
A Facebook glitch points up more security problems on the social networking site, while a new survey shows some people (your employees, perhaps?) don't take ... Read more
Which Anti-Virus Software Should You Use?
A round-up of products that can help protect your company computers from viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other forms of attack. Read more
Ready to Call It Quits
Dealing with telecom contracts. Read more
Monday Morning QBs React to Apple Presser
Whether you think Apple CEO Steve Jobs hit it over the back fence or tipped it foul at his Friday press conference addressing the iPhone 4's antenna probl... Read more
Hands On: Budgeting for Blunders
Lisa Hickey created a fund to support creative risks her Boston-based ad agency, Velocity Inc., takes when trying innovative ideas that might not pan out. Read more
IncQuery: Cracking the Big-Company Market
How to pitch your service to large corporations and to set sales commissions. Read more
Search: The Greatest Stories Ever Told
The 2002 edition of the best business stories, the art of interference, and a Web site that serves as a CEO refresher course. Read more
The Dumbest Products of 2007
What were they thinking?!?! In praise of retail stupidity. Read more
Consumer Reports Slams AT&T
AT&T just can't catch a break ("Poor You!" to quote Olivia Soprano). As if Verizon's "there'... Read more
What Inc. Readers Travel With
What items can't you live without on the road? Inc. asked readers what technology and comforts they can't live without when crossing the country for... View slideshow
Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Tech Gifts
Who doesn't love a great gadget? This year Inc. tweeted our followers at @IncMagazine to find out this season’s best tech toys. View slideshow
Who's Your Daddy? Samsung!
Samsung is kicking butt with it's Galaxy S Android smartphones. Not even a year ago, Samsung held a whopping 9 percent and some change of the Android smar... Read more
Where To Find Help
Reading whatever you can find on word processing is the best way to get a working knowledge of the marketplace and to start comprehending the jargon. The... Read more
Consumer Advocacy
Consumer advocacy refers to actions taken by individuals or groups to promote and protect the interests of the buying public. Historically, consumer advoc... Read more
Losing An Edge
Sharper Image’s founder reflects on the chain’s demise and the challenges retailers face in today’s economy. Read more
Best of the Net: Point. Click. Pay Your Bills
How easy is it to manage your monthly accounting on the Web? Our CEO panel gives credit where it's due. Read more
Start-ups;
TWENTY YEARS AGO, A YOUNG company didn't need to worry much about buying office equipment or business services. The copier came from Xerox, the typewrite... Read more
How to Choose a Long-Distance Plan
Being able to connect with customers, investors and employees in far-flung locations is important for business but there are more choices in telecom than ever. Read more
Sales Strategy Checkup
How to make customers realize they need your product Read more
Too Hot To Handle: Selling Out
"We got out with out skin." Read more
Auto Entrepreneur;
He had no product, no experience, and no money. But that didn't stop Harvey Lamm from building one of the most successful car companies in America Read more
Tech Talk: Ad Agency Migrates to Web App
A 250-person advertising agency based in the southeastern U.S. recently switched its workforce from a traditional software office suite to a Web-based applic... Read more
7 Blogging Mistakes That Small Businesses Make
Many small businesses have turned to blogging as a way to engage and further connect with customers. But making mistakes in your blog can kill your business.... Read more
Why Circuit City Failed, and Why B&H Thrives
Many companies that have gone bust didn't die because of the recession. They failed for one reason: They treated customers poorly Read more
When Copying Is OK -- the " Fair Use" Rule
Sooner or later, almost all writers quote or closely paraphrase what others have written. For example: Andy, putting together a newsletter on... Read more
What You Learn on the Other Side
For some CEOs the best management lessons come from their lives as customers. Read more
Apple Announces Press Conference on iPhone 4
Nero, I mean Steve Jobs, is apparantly ready to lay down his fiddle while Rome, I mean Cupertino burns. Apple, last night, announced it will hold a press ... Read more
The Perfect Host
How to evaluate Web hosts and to choose the one that's best for your business. Read more
The Perfect Host
Choosing the best home base on the Web starts with asking the right questions. For many small to midsized businesses, the first one is, obviously: ... Read more
The Best Cash Back Cards
It's not easy to compare different credit cards—banks go out of their way to obscure key details, and most comparison websites are difficult to navi... Read more
Who Benefits?
The editor of Medical Economics magazine gives the lowdown on tax-exempt medical savings accounts. Read more
RE: Positioning -- What's in a Name?
It wasn't until John Marchica set out to change his company's identity that he discovered what his business was really all about. Read more
A Is for Apple... and Arrogance
Apple's press conference today announcing how it will handle the iPhone 4 antenna came as no great shock to me. Disappointment; yes. But shock; no!Read more
The Problem, As They See It: NFIB Q&A, Part I
Last December, the National Federation of Independent Business unveiled its "Read more
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