F. Scott Fitzgerald


Things I Can't Live Without: Laurie McCartney

By Liz Welch |  May 1, 2006

When she's not running her $50 million company, you'll find Laurie McCartney of Babystyle cruising on her Hello Kitty bicycle.  Read story

Cutting Through the Clutter

By Adam Hanft |  May 1, 2004

Today, when we want a quick culture check on the relevance of a theme, we turn to Google as our barometer-in-residence. So I've done some searching on our...  Read story

Cutting Through the Clutter

By Adam Hanft |  May 1, 2004

Today, when we want a quick culture check on the relevance of a theme, we turn to Google as our barometer-in-residence. So I've done some searching on ou...  Read story

United They Stand

By George Gendron |  Mar 1, 1984

Maybe it can be attributed simply to more efficient record-keeping, but it seems that discord among business intimates these days is increasing even faste...  Read story

Magnificent Obsession

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Aug 1, 1989

Company founder obsesses over quality control and spends millions on patent protection, all to keep his product unique.  Read story

Get Dumb and Grow Rich

By Michael S. Hopkins |  May 1, 1997

Inc.'s executive editor spends some time with an entrepreneur who sells his ignorance, not his expertise.  Read story

What You Can Learn from Starbucks

By Adam Hanft |  Apr 1, 2005

Maybe it's because I've just spent some time in London, Paris, and Berlin -- and have seen the cultural success of Starbucks in locales whose immune syst...  Read story

No Experience Required

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Sep 1, 1997

By surrounding herself with experts, can this business owner write a success story with her obscure tea drink?  Read story

Got Guts?

By David H. Freedman |  Mar 1, 1999

An interview with Bob Lutz, the former vice-chairman of Chrysler. Lutz describes common mistakes companies make when designing new products and explains what...  Read story

Wine Sellers

By John Anderson |  Apr 1, 2005

How Don Zacharia turned a mom-and-pop liquor store into a wine-retailing juggernaut -- and a family business that works.  Read story

Payton's Place

By A. Craig Copetas |  Oct 1, 1984

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

Young Founders

By Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. |  Aug 1, 1986

If entrepreneurship were a political movement, these would be its hard-liners -- single-minded, successful, and a little bit scary.  Read story

The Richest Man You've Never Heard Of

By Jerry Useem |  Sep 1, 1997

To make a fortune on America's mountain of credit-card debt, this CEO had to go broke first.  Read story

All Dressed Up and No IPO

By Jerry Useem |  Feb 1, 1998

While going public can yield a huge payoff for many companies, it can be a disastrous undertaking for others. Here's why Wired magazine's IPO proved a stunni...  Read story

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