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Learning the Hard Way

The successful inventor of a word game relates how she will do things differently the second time around.  Read story

The Marketing Genius Strikes Back

How Kenn Viselman made his name, lost his company, and is taking the biggest gamble of his career.  Read story

Upstarts: New-Biz Watch

A look at Mark Begelman's MARS, a music and recording superstore that encourages customers to touch the merchandise, plus four shorter articles about the ret...  Read story

Good Domain Names Grow Scarce

Most of the good, short words you would want for making a great domain name are already taken  Read story

Obit: Educational Retailer Learns Hard Lesson

An educational retailer prided itself on being a fun place for shoppers to browse. But that playful atmosphere may have also been the company's undoing. A bu...  Read story

How I Did It: Amber Chand

Fleeing Uganda, Amber Chand came to the U.S. and built Eziba, a company that provides a creative and business outpost for artisans in war-torn nations.  Read story

A Knack for Sweet Deals

Getting preferential treatment from big vendors is deliciously easy for Dylan's Candy Bar.  Read story

The Next Next Thing

Three entrepreneurs decided they could turn their money-losing brick-and-mortar business into a well-funded dot-com. The question: Will they be able to win S...  Read story

Upstarts: Obsession Marketing

Taking their cue from the Beanie Babies mania, some start-ups hope to create the next big consumer fad. Plus: Q A with the man responsible for impo...  Read story

TV or Not TV

How businesses are selling products through TV shopping channels such as QVC and Home Shopping Network.  Read story

The Thing That Would Not Die

Toy maker Playing Mantis had a devout online community. So why did they almost kill it?  Read story

Case Study

The Problem: Intellinitiative's board games were flying off the shelves. Then, a giant brand muscled them out of the store.  Read story

Sales: What Works Now

Perplexing as the current sales environment may seem, there are strategies for coping with it. Inc surveys the changing entrepreneurial landscape to...  Read story

Can Business Still Save The World?

Meet the new breed of socially responsible CEOs. They share the goals of activist pioneers like Body Shop cofounder Anita Roddick and Ben Jerry's...  Read story

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