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Small Business Technology Summit

March 12, 2007 -- The Small Business Technology Network, a national consortium of more than 500 members, is hosting its third annual SMB ...  Read more

Ask Paul Orfalea

Founder and former CEO, Kinko's  Read more

A Gross Abuse of 'Networking'

Yes, yet another. The front-and-center feature story of a recent WSJ Weekend Journal was entitled: "The Trophy Godparent: To get their kids an edg...  Read more

R-o-w (return On Workstyle)

It may be fun. It may even work. But how do you account for the costs?  Read more

Upstarts: Children's Hair Salons

Will tyke-friendly hair salons make big money tending to small fry with over-grown bangs?  Read more

Just A Tad Bittersweet

Growth often has a bittersweet element to it. Last month, we announced plans to switch the distribution of our plastic bottles for most of the West Coast ...  Read more

Lines Of Communication

An in-house TV station, the ultimate company newsletter, morning sing-alongs -- some CEOs will do just about anything to keep in touch with employees.  Read more

Is the Price Right? Ask Jay Walker

Like every other network before it, the Internetwill eventually become as routine as the highway system,electric grids, and telephone networks. And when i...  Read more

How I Did It: Sidney Frank, founder, Sidney Frank Importing

"I wanted to be a billionaire," says the man responsible for your Jägermeister headache. At age 85 he stunned the liquor industry by getting his wish.  Read more

How I Did It: Paul Frank

Some people say he monkeys around.  Read more

Saying No to Retirement

Older CEOs plan to work past age 65. They may find that harder than they expect.  Read more

Localizing the Brand

Henry Estate's push into China flopped--until it learned that exporting means more than just translating the words on a label.  Read more

The Main Event: Learning Las Vegas

Follow the masters of the experience economy to learn business as theater. And where better to learn image reinvention and changing customer expectations tha...  Read more

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Johnny Cupcakes

How a 26-year-old college drop-out created a multi-million dollar t-shirt business with no business plan, no advertising, and no investors.  Read more

Dream Machine

R J Corvette is one of the fastest-growing private companies in America, but the real growth curve is being charted in employee expectations.  Read more

How to Recession-Proof Your Kids

In a tough economy, talking about money and investing can be more important than a primer on the birds and the bees. Here are some simple lessons you should ...  Read more

The Most Creative Product Ever

A noteworthy business author explains why it's not what you make, it's the way and the why you do what you do.  Read more

Letters

Readers respond to Norm Brodsky's March Street Smarts column, "Deciding To Grow." Also responses to recent stories on customer service and recruitment.  Read more

Book Value: So You Say People Are Your Most Important Asset

According to some recent books, thinking of people as just another asset is a mistake. Plus: What Tim Keyes of Aim Technologies reads.  Read more

You Are Your URL

To do business on the Web, you'll want to choose a great domain name. Unfortunately, that may not be as easy as you think. Many entrepreneurs have run int...  Read more

Attracting and Retaining the Best Employees

We all know unemployment is low. People are not motivated to take jobs that they would have in leaner times. Many employees are eager to jump ship for a j...  Read more

Garbage In, Gospel Out;

Last October 14th, with gloom gathering like a thunderhead over Wall Street, the government reported the trade deficit for August -- an abysmal $15.7 bill...  Read more

You Are Your URL

The founders of Salon.com, Mediabistro, and HotJobs.com talk about their struggles to register those domain names.  Read more

Are You Ready for Some Football Clichés?

Sure, too many coaches write books that try to apply the lessons of football to the world of business. But there really are some management lessons that can ...  Read more

Are We Having Fun Yet?

John Paul Mitchell Systems is a new-wave profit machine with few moving parts and a direct connection to Paradise  Read more

A Night At The Movies

At a time when most theater owners can't pry people away from their VCRs, Charlie Chick has got them driving 40 minutes for the flicks.  Read more

The Selling Of The Entrepreneur, 1986

Everyone loves an entrepreneur -- even an entrepreneur who really isn't. Just ask Frank Bartles, Ed Jaymes, or the little guys at Rockwell.  Read more

Saving Money in the Magic Kingdom

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (and friends) are the big draws as families all over North America make room for Orlando in their summer vacation plans. The ki...  Read more

Payton's Place

The most brilliant restaurateur in London slathers a bit of American on every dish. The English eat it up.  Read more

An Excellent Question

The author of In Search of Excellence answers the 10 questions most frequently asked about his book.  Read more

The Return Of Billy Jack

Tom Laughlin has set out to do for videocassettes what Amway did for household products and Domino's did for pizza  Read more

Look Ma--No Bankers

Manufacturer of candy boxes learns why banks take a dim of limited partnerships.  Read more

Jump Start Your Business

Spend 48 sleepless hours with America's top new-product idea man.  Read more

Marketing as Theater

Suggestions on a marketing strategy emphasizing presentation and customer involvement.  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

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