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Best Business Retreat: Four Seasons, Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica
The Four Seasons Resort in Costa Rica is popular with businesses looking to combine team building with social responsibility.
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5 Ways to Stay Eco-Friendly When Traveling
It's easier than ever for road warriors to be kind to the environment—and humankind—thanks to green hotels, solar gadgets, and socially responsible offerings. Here are five of our favorites.
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What It’s Like…to Wait Out an Interminable Non-compete
After Hotels.com founder Bob Diener sold to IAC in 2003, he went to kite-surf camp in Costa Rica. And when his five-year non-compete was up he launched getar... Read more
Going South
Opportunity is in season as CAFTA opens up Central America. Read more
Gone Fishin'
Six places where the fishing, and the fun, are virtually guaranteed. Read more
To the Good Life
It's not just what they do at work that makes the readers of Inc. different from the readers of other business magazines. It's also the way they live. Read more
Find Your Niche and Develop It!
I just returned from a great adventure organized by an outfit called Backroads that consisted of hiking, biking, and rafting in Costa Rica (hence my absen... Read more
Find Your Niche and Develop It!
I just returned from a great adventure organized by an outfit called Backroads that consisted of hiking, biking, and rafting in Costa Rica (hence my absen... Read more
Case Study: Outsourcing Your Company's Help Desk
The Problem: Angry customers. Language issues. Phone static. Maybe outsourcing the help desk wasn't such a great idea after all. Read more
"I have one life, and it must come together."
Inc. gathered five entrepreneurs to define what The Good Life means to them and how they're living it. Read more
Recruiting Secrets of the Smartest Companies Around
An ever-tightening job market calls for rigorous, creative recruiting techniques. Here are some of the good-old-fashioned ways to find workers, plus some new... Read more
Fruit Bouquets in Every Time Zone
How do you keep a smooth supply chain when you sell perishable goods on an international scale? Edible Arrangements's co-founder and COO Kamran Farid shares ... Read more
" Material things aren't about money, but lifestyle."
An A-Z guide to living large. Read more
On a Mission to Mars
Former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz founded Ad Astra Rocket Company with a dream of the first manned flight to Mars. Read more
House Passes CAFTA
July 28, 2005 --In highly contested voting that continued into the early morning Thursday, the House of Representatives narrowly approved ... Read more
Senate Approves Cafta
July 1, 2005 --In a narrow vote that fell largely along partisan lines, the Senate approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement (Caf... Read more
Sean Whalen, Founder of AlterG
AlterG founder Sean Whalen brought to market an anti-gravity treadmill used by top athletes. Now he's going after the medical market. Watch video
Where to Go for Help: Central America & The Carribean
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority http://www.investan... Read more
How Do You Get Away From It All?
Downtime can give you a clear head and even a fresh perspective to return to your business. Here is a list of what successful entrepreneurs do to let off steam. View slideshow
Don't Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella
Buying insurance after cashing out. Read more
Don't Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella
Buying insurance after cashing out. Read more
Maia Josebachvili and Bram Levy, Owners of Urban Escapes
A love of skydiving led Maia Josebachvili to launch Urban Escapes, a business that gives yuppies an adrenaline rush. Watch video
A Teenage Founder Looks Back
Joel Mueller founded MacUpdate in high school. Now it’s a $3 million business. Read more
Entrepreneurs We Love, 2010
All of these entrepreneurs are making our lives healthier, saner, richer, or just more fun. Read more
Case Study Update: Back in the U.S.A.
In July 2004 , we told the story of Everdream, a desktop-management software company in Frem... Read more
It's Son of Nafta!
But will a new trade pact help American companies remain competitive? Read more
How to Start an Adventure Travel Company
Check every hotel personally, says Brian Morgan of Adventure Life. Same goes for the zip lines. Read more
Don't Leave Home Without It
When you hear "Don't leave home without it," you probably think of a little green credit card. If you're self-employed, though, you'd bet... Read more
Fish 'n' Chips
What investor of sound mind would even harbor a thought of buying into a venture that was capital intensive, fraught with risk hadn't charted a business p... Read more
Outsource the Outsourcing
Few entrepreneurs have the time or expertise to find the right offshore contractor. Fortunately, a new breed of broker can do it for you. Read more
10 Tips for Moms Who Run Businesses
Being a Mom and running a business is like having two full-time jobs. We asked women who do it for their advice on how to juggle running a family while build... Read more
Upstarts: New-Biz Watch
A look at start-up Orosi LLC, a manufacturer of helmets for white-water kayakers; advertising campaigns built around kayaking imagery; and why adventure spor... Read more
Do You Love Your Job?
Feb. 14, 2005 -- Every year for about the past 1,500 years or so, people have chosen the chilly second week of February to warm up to tho... Read more
Why We Lose
Book review: The Silent War: Inside The Global Business Battles Shaping America's Future. (Random House 1989) Read more
The Great American Revival
While the pundits debate how to restore U.S. industrial competitiveness, thousands of small, flexible, market-driven manufacturers are already doing it Read more
Globalization
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Gary Hoover: Business Around the World
Gary Hoover is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and educator. He is... Read more
Things I Can't Live Without: Michael Murdoch
Michael Murdoch, founder of Internet security firm AppRiver, has grown fond of a homicidal sock monkey. Read more
Things I Can't Live Without: Michael Murdoch
Michael Murdoch, founder of Internet security firm AppRiver, has grown fond of a homicidal sock monkey. 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
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