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Selling To The New America
A new wave of immigration is changing the complexion of the American consumer market, turning 'minority' markets into 'majority' ones Read more
Guatemala
Recent Articles about Guatemala
Roger Appleseed
Power company executive heads an effort to plant 52 million trees in deforested areas. Read more
The Skills Crisis
Manufacturer provides in-house training skills to his employees, many of whom are Latin American. Read more
When Money Flowed Like Water
This article profiles a computer created nearly fifty years ago that used liquid data to model the economy. Read more
Corporate Culture
Here's why both your customers and employees will remain loyal if your company's culture is right. Read more
High-Tech Hoods
Criminals have discovered what businesspeople have known for years--automation pays. Read more
President Urges Passage of CAFTA
June 2, 2005 --The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) can expect to face much contention in Congress but is seeing a great deal... Read more
Senate Approves Cafta
July 1, 2005 --In a narrow vote that fell largely along partisan lines, the Senate approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement (Caf... Read more
House Passes CAFTA
July 28, 2005 --In highly contested voting that continued into the early morning Thursday, the House of Representatives narrowly approved ... Read more
Peace Corps Alums Share Entrepreneurship Tips
The National Peace Corps Association and Social Edge, an online community of social entrepreneurs, are offering a series of online audio interviews with f... Read more
Going South
Opportunity is in season as CAFTA opens up Central America. Read more
How I Did It: Kevin Plank
For the founder of apparel-maker Under Armour, entrepreneurship is 99% perspiration and 1% polyester. Read more
Let the Good Works Roll
How an entrepreneur can master the extreme sport of philanthropy while running a growing company. Read more
Taking a Niche Player Big-Time
Keurig Inc. has transformed office coffee with its unique, one-cup-at-a-time system. Can it do the same for the at-home market--with machines that cost $250 ... Read more
How I Did It: Kenneth Feld, CEO, Feld Entertainment
He hires fire-eaters and acrobats! He breeds elephants! Plus this daring feat: As boss of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Ken Feld turned a castoff circu... Read more
Top 10 Celebrity Entrepreneurs
Plenty of well-known people dabble in business. A smaller number are talented businesspeople, the real deal, and these are the best of them. Plus: Moby, Remi... Read more
Trading Places: Inc.'s 2008 Export Guide
Who has petrodollars to spend? Where can you sell construction equipment? Jewelry? Management consulting? And where is the market that grew an astounding 55,... Read more
French Twist
No one coddles employees like the French, right? Well, you may be surprised. The table at right lists the cost of firing workers, including mandatory severan... Read more
Doing Well and Good
How social responsibility helped one coffee grower land a deal with Starbucks. Read more
It's Son of Nafta!
But will a new trade pact help American companies remain competitive? Read more
Rethinking Minority Business
Population trends and globalization are making the United States even more of a melting pot and putting the Inc. 500|5000 top 10 minority CEOs ahead of the c... Read more
Mark Melton, Melton Franchise Systems
for giving immigrants their shot at the American Dream Read more
26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs: Mark Melton
because only in America will someone quit a secure job as a lawyer to start a bakery Read more
Awash in Fed Dollars
Does Rosemary Barbour's American dream need a wake-up call? Last spring, the Bush campaign team tapped Barbour, a 37-year-old born and raised in G... Read more
Can Brad Pitt Save an Independent Studio?
A reprieve for the Weinsteins? Most movie studio heads would have been popping bubbly over the opening of Inglorious Basterds this weekend. (The Qu... Read more
A Little Enlightened Self-Interest
Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard and Winning Workplaces's Ken Lehman talk about values, ethics, and why companies that treat employees well have a business advantage. Read more
The Way I Work: Blake Mycoskie of Toms Shoes
Blake Mycoskie, founder of Toms Shoes, built a lifestyle business based on social entrepreneurship. Read more
Lauren Bush and Ellen Gustafson, Founders of FEED Projects
The former president's niece embraces social entrepreneurship with a growing line of bags sold online and at Whole Foods. Watch video
Young Entrepreneurs, Cool Products
The entrepreneurs featured on Inc.com's 30 Under 30 list this year have brought to market a variety of products including bespoke suits, anti-gravity treadmi... View slideshow
The Pioneer of the Specialty Coffee Business
An ivy-league graduate ditches the corporate life to open a string of coffee shops in New York City. Read more
Marketing to Moms: You’re Doing It All Wrong
Women control $13 trillion in consumer spending. But most of the assumptions you make about them in your marketing are way off. Read more
Gary Hoover: Business Around the World
Gary Hoover is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and educator. He is... Read more
Top 10 Latino and Hispanic Entrepreneurs
With family roots that trace back to Spain and Central and South America, these Latino and Hispanic entrepreneurs have built some of the fastest-growing Amer... View slideshow
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