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Presto Change-O, Marketing Magic

New business creates a device to simplify VCR recording.  Read story

The Office: Is Your Company Inbred?

Many companies pay a referral bonus to employees when they recommend a friend for a job down the hall. But do they carefully consider the implications of thi...  Read story

A New Chapter for E-Books

After falling flat in the early 1990s, are digital books ready to fly? Entrepreneurs are betting that new technology is creating a legitimate market.  Read story

Letters

Inc. readers offer questions and comments about issues and topics discussed in past editions of the magazine.  Read story

FCC Turns TV Off on Small Businesses

Hey, what about us? Regular readers of my column know I get really irked at how small business is overlooked by the government. Legislation and regulation...  Read story

No Fooling

Inc.'s editor explains why the employee manual at the Motley Fool, a personal-investing Web site, gives a clear sense of what it's like to work for the company.  Read story

MediaTakeOut.com Founder Says It Pays To Gossip

MediaTakeOut.com founder and CEO, Fred Mwangaguhunga, started a surprisingly profitable blog focusing on urban gossip. He tells Inc. about his unique ...  Read story

The Road Crew

Cleaning up the nation's highways, one smog-belching vehicle at a time.  Read story

What? Me Worry?

Reviews of four new business books -- two on minimizing risks and competing with the big guys, one on how to effect change, and one about setting up a home o...  Read story

Supersalesman Chuck Sussman

From Sauna Pants to the INC. 500: the hilarious confessions of a mail-order maestro.  Read story

The Office: My Office, Myself

Mary Tyler Moore: good. Taxidermist’s workshop: bad. Some thoughts on personalized work environments.  Read story

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 story

Selling Your Customer's Customer

Preselling products at both levels of the distribution chain, retail and wholesale.  Read story

The Odd Couple

Can a billion-dollar giant find true happiness with a San Francisco entrepreneur? Time Inc. is betting $5 million that it can.  Read story

Case Study

The Problem: Handmark had 50% of the market for software for PDAs. Unfortunately, fewer people are buying PDAs  Read story

Electric sports cars. Solar power. Space travel.

Finally, an entrepreneur who's not afraid to think really, really big.  Read story

Entrepreneur of the Year: Elon Musk

Electric sports cars. Solar power. Space travel. Finally, an entrepreneur who's not afraid to think really, really big.  Read story

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