Dressed for Success
The CEO of Executive Fashions explains why he designed his fledgling company's operations around a software product--instead of installing it after the busin... Read story
Harlem
Entrepreneurship Grows In All Market Conditions
Sept. 27, 2005 --Immigrants and Latinos have swollen the growing ranks of America's self-employed in recent years, increasing the diversit... Read story
Entrepreneurs Seek to "Greenproof" Harlem
A group of New York college students are working to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Read story
Green Housing For the Rest of Us
Real estate developers at Full Spectrum NY had been told that sustainably designed buildings are only for the rich. The company's response? The Kalahari, a g... Read story
Uptown Cupcakes Attract Scores of Harlemites
Breaking away from New York's downtown cupcake explosion, Tonnie Rozier finds a new demographic in need of the sweet treats uptown. Read story
Who Owns Harlem?
As an economic-development boom takes off in Harlem, residents hotly debate what path will lead the famed African American neighborhood into a prosperous fut... Read story
Surfer's Paradise
A beginner's guide to using the Internet. Includes tips for finding useful information, definitions to common terms, and suggested sites. Read story
Readers react to articles from the October and November issues of Inc, including Joseph Rosenbloom's "For Sale: The American Dream," Julie Bick's "The New Fa... Read story
How I Did It: Percy Sutton, Chairman Emeritus, Inner City Broadcasting
Talk about a man in full. Percy Sutton has been a stunt pilot, an intelligence officer, Malcolm X's lawyer, and a powerful politician. And also a media mogul... Read story
Funding for Basic Businesses
Qualifying for funding from the Specialized Small Business Investment Company. Read story
New York Now: Small Businesses Show Resourcefulness -- But 13,000 Still in Lurch
A group of seasoned company owners are showing resourcefulness in difficult times. Here's how they've been able to survive the economic downturn and the deva... Read story
CEO's Notebook
Various executives share tips and advice with other managers on topics such as morale and family issues. Read story
Bridging the Digital Divide
In the United States, it's an unfortunate reality that basic opportunities and values that come from having a good education are not, traditionally, besto... Read story
Only Connect
A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business. Read story
Road Trip: Bullish
Restaurateur Richard Melman leads us on a tour of the sites and hidden delights of his hometown, Chicago. Read story
The Reluctant Entrepreneurs
Are American blacks still stuck on the bottom rung of the economic ladder because so few start businesses of their own? Read story
The O'Reilly Factor in Harlem
The controversy surrounding Bill O'Reilly's visit to an African-American-owned restaurant in Harlem probably hasn't been a lot of fun for the Fox News host, ... Read story
How I Did It: Joe Sitt, Thor Equities
Transforming urban shopping, one skeptical town at a time. Read story
Pomp and Circumstance
Introduction to an abridged version of Robert A. Heinemman's article about commencement addresses. Read story
You Can Build It, But They Might Not Come
From show business to no business. Read story
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 story
Comeback Markets
Most companies have taken a pass on an inner-city service market worth tens of billions of dollars. Some smart urban-based businesses are eagerly filling the... Read story
Episode I: A New Beginning
Andrew Raskin, an otherwise sane New York company man, chronicles why he has flung himself into the mad world of Silicon Valley start-ups. Read story
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 story
What I Do In Private Is My Own Business
Why some of America's best private companies have chosen to ignore this year's hot stock market and decided to keep their companies to themselves. Read story
Honorable Mention: Frank Altman
Thousands of small businesses in impoverished communities now have a shot at funding, thanks to him. Read story
Quicker Liquor
A close-up look at how a liquor store is using IT and a World Wide Web site to increase sales. Read story
Clinton Issues Challenge to Entrepreneurs at Inc. 500
The former president urged attendees of the Savannah conference to become more socially responsible. Read story
The Great Leaders Series: Madam C.J. Walker, Founder of Madame C.J. Walker Enterprises
By assembling a grassroots sales force, this pioneering African-American entrepreneur built a multimillion-dollar enterprise in the Jim Crow era. Read story
Plowing New Ground In The Delta
CEO Charles Bannerman learned that the most effective social activism is a healthy bottom line. Read story
East Side Story
A brutal neighborhood and a sluggish industry haven't kept Ed Alago down. Read story
It's People That Count
That's what John Mariotta learned after three business failures. Read story
Street Smarts: The Tournament
Morale took a real beating this fall. But there's nothing that lifts the spirits like some friendly competition. Read story
Patent Pending
Story of an inventor's 30-year battle to gain control of patent rights to the laser technology he helped develop. Read story
Blind Ambition
Two companies fight over the patent rights to fiber optic HDTV (high-definition television). Read story
The New Market Research
Forget focus groups and mail surveys; with constantly changing markets and ever-increasing competition, companies are finding new ways to determine what cust... Read story
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