Archive: From Boardroom to Steam Room
The origin of the 'HP Way,' the vaunted corporate culture for which Hewlett-Packard is highly regarded. Read more
David Packard
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About Face on Facebook
Earlier this month, I commented on a previous posting of mine that the mixing of personal and professional life that seems to happen on Facebook leaves me... Read more
How Fast Is Too Fast?
Growing too fast can be dangerous to your company's health. By using the affordable-growth-rate formula, you can measure your company's financial ability to ... Read more
Rational Thoughts on Rationing Around The Office
One of the great ironies of the technology age is that all of this "stuff" was supposed to make us so much more efficient and paper-free that time would f... Read more
The Spirit Of Independence; The Valley
"The man with a new idea is a crank -- until the idea succeeds." -- Mark Twain Read more
A Geeky Summer Reading Challenge
Happy first day of summer! There's something about long, lazy hot afternoons that beg for a little downtime with a good book. And yes, I know, when it com... Read more
Great Moments In Recruiting
PART 4 But Did They Get A's in the Course? The two engineering students from Stanford University capped of their undergraduate years of friend... Read more
Give The Cubicle a Proper Burial
Yesterday I called for a proper burial for the desktop PC. It stands to reason that it should really be a double funeral. After all, don't the two go toge... 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
Leadership: Building Companies to Last
A study of companies that shows certain traits in visionary companies suggest basic rules for success. Read more
A Great Company Stumbles
Is the HP Way obsolete? That's the question the LA Times asks in in today's paper, wondering in print if the HP board scandal signals the obliteration of ... Read more
Silicon Valley Xanadu
OWNER: Robert Fenwick, cofounder and chairman of BR Communications, a manufacturer of military and diplomatic communications equipment SITE: 47 acre... Read more
Storm Clouds Over Silicon Valley
As blind faith in the infallibility of high-tech companies falters, the era of unrestrained growth in the Valley may be over. Read more
Life In The Silicon Rain Forest
Oregon has always been a great place to fish or raise a family. Lately it has become one of the hottest places around to start a company. Read more
Entrepreneurs of the Year
Be fast, be frugal, be right. These are the business principles that spurred Janie and Victor Tsao to transform their home-based start-up into a $500 million... Read more
Entrepreneurs of the Year
Be fast, be frugal, be right. These are the business principles that spurred Janie and Victor Tsao to transform their home-based start-up into a $500 million... Read more
How My Client Became My Partner
After working together as client and vendor, a real estate broker teamed up with his Web services provider to launch a firm that combines each of their best ... Read more
Book Value: Coaching Success
Several books explore how business leaders can learn from the strategies employed by successful sport coaches. Read more
Book Value
A business writer offers a reading list for entrepreneurs that includes many titles not related to business. Read more
The Spirit Of Independence;
"We have lived through the age of big industry and the age of the giant corporation. But I believe that this is the age of the entrepreneur." -- Ronald Reagan Read more
A Call To Action
Jim Pinto is betting his company on a humanistic approach to commerce that makes Action Instruments everybody's business. Read more
Public Displays of Affection
Maybe the noble histories of suction cups, toilets, and kazoos don't sound intriguing to you, but for entrepreneurs who've built museums dedicated to the ind... Read more
The Evolution of the Professional Entrepreneur
Characteristics of some company builders from days past and how they differ from those building businesses today. Read more
The Classics
A noted author offers readers a guide to the best business and management books of all time. Read more
Polishing The Apple
Federal legislation might have given computer companies a tax break for giving equipment to schools. But the bill stirred up its share of controversy. Read more
My Favorite Company
Inc. writers and editors write about their favorite companies. Read more
Cromemco's Never Taken A Dime From Anyone
In five years, the company's revenues soared over 8,000%. Yet it has never sold equity and rarely borrows money. Read more
The Ceo Who Came In From The Cold
U.S. exporter Ralph Gregorian was kicked out of the Soviet Union on spy charges he says are outrageous. So he did what any red-blooded entrepreneur would do:... Read more
Jim Collins: How to Thrive in 2009
As part of our 30th-anniversary issue, Inc. asked Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last , what we might expect in ... Read more
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