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Windows 7 Outdoes Harry Potter
Huh? Seriously, it's true. Amazon's UK arm is reporting that Windows 7 is the largest pre-order item ever in it's history dethroning Harry Potter ... Read more
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Recent Articles about Harry Potter
The Trouble With Harry
Harry Potter has become a children's lit classic--and a huge industry. With the final book due out, how would you develop the Potter brand? Read more
A Harry Solution
Yesterday, the fifth installment of the Harry Potter film franchise opened in 4,300 locations on more than 9,000 screens--the widest domestic release in W... Read more
A Harry Situation
Yesterday, the fifth installment of the Harry Potter film franchise opened in 4,300 locations on more than 9,000 screens--the widest domestic release in W... Read more
Licensing Wizardry
How to pull off lucrative licensing deals. Read more
Blessing in Disguise
What does it take to boost your revenue by almost 700 percent? A little help from Harry Potter and Spider-Man never hurts. Meet Kate Maloney, CEO of Costu... Watch video
Summer Blues? Not Necessarily
Networking never takes a holiday. You can build relationships with powerful people even when they're out of the office on vacation. Read more
Contributors
Michael Edwards photographed the people of Commonwealth Worldwide Chauffered Transportation (see the story Read more
Easter Eggs Turn Your Franchise Evergreen
In a spectacular example of sensationalism, J.K. Rowling announced a sur... Read more
The 30 Greatest Fictional Entrepreneurs
Some of the best-known, most successful entrepreneurs are also figments of the imagination—from oilman Daniel Plainview of There Will Be Blood to the Gilmo... View slideshow
Do You Suffer from "Founderitis?"
Twitter to users: Change your passwords! Yesterday brought the latest hack attempt on Twitter, which led administrators to lock many users out of t... Read more
The Innovator's Next Bestseller?
Clayton M. Christensen strikes again. Read more
The Long Era of Windows XP
Tell me again how long we've been using Windows XP, now? I had to look it up again the other day for another posting. Windows XP was launched to ... Read more
The Golden Rule of Entrepreneurship
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: Mor... Read more
Inc. 5000 Update: Costume Craze
Kate Maloney of Costume Craze finds success selling Halloween costumes. Read more
Main Street: Number One with a Bullet
One couple's prescription for rejuvenating an aging drive-in theater: sell guns. That's right, guns. Read more
8 Work-From-Home Rules
Editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan, who has been working from home for the past four years, shares her advice with entrepreneurs (as well as her newly-virtual co... Read more
Such a Character
30 memorable fictional entrepreneurs Read more
Martha Stewart Apprentice
I wasn't blown away by last night's premiere. Martha was too stiff, and she didn't add enough of her own flair to the show. Her daughter was a mute, and t... Read more
Can I Help With That?
When it makes sense to partner with a rival. Plus: There's gotta be a better way than selling door-to-door. Read more
Laima Tazmin
We love her because she's a lot like other kids--and then again... Read more
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 more
Case Study Update: Girls Brand Grows Up
When we profiled Addie Swartz in March 2005 , the founder of B*tween Productions, based in ... Read more
How to Lose Funding in One Tweet
A small company temporary lost its funding because of an unsavory tweet, plus four IPOs you should know about and the rest of today's news. Read more
Laima Tazmin, LAVT
because she's a lot like other kids--and then again... Read more
When Billions Are On the Line, So Are They
With billions of dollars resting on the outcome of Congressional hearings, companies need their lobbyists on the inside. Linestanding.com waits overnight to ... Read more
Search: He Said, She Said
Where to find resources for extracting meaningful information from mutual fund reports, for contemporary quotations on a host of themes, and for comprehensiv... Read more
The Long Tail and the Black Swans
Technology has enabled sellers and marketers to serve a long tail of needs and wants. Companies like Amazon and Netflix have built successful businesses arou... Read more
What Business Is Amazon.com Really In?
With more than $550 million in losses over the past five years, how can Amazon.com seriously expect to become a viable retail business? Inc. offers ... Read more
SEO for Blogs: If You Build It, Will They Come?
Blogs can be effective tools for raising the profile of your product or service -- but only if your target audience find them. Search engine optimization (SE... Read more
Case Study
The Problem: Addie Swartz wants to give girls an alternative to Britney. But how do you sell wholesomeness to tweens? Read more
Borders: Tone Deaf to Technology
Borders, I loved you! But you blew it fair and square. This week's announcement that the book superstore chain is filing for bankruptcy protection came as... Read more
There's Linux in Them Thar Hills
I got my laptop to boot up into Windows. This sounds idiot proof, but it's not. My laptop opens by default into Linux. Certainly you've heard of Li... Read more
There's Linux in Them Thar Hills
Technology is full of differing approaches. But Microsoft v. Linux goes beyond a simple disagreement. It's a Hatfields-and-McCoys feud, a drama of honor and ... Read more
What Business Is Amazon.com Really In?
With more than $550 million in losses over the past five years, how can Amazon.com seriously expect to become a viable retail business? I In... Read more
Inside the Smartest Little Company in America
Whit Alexander and Richard Tait, founders of Cranium Inc., had never run a business before. But they did have one thing going for them: brains. That's why th... Read more
Is This Any Way to Run a Family?
Hoping to inspire, to teach responsibility and instill determination, Tom Parsons decided to start a business with his 15-year-old son. It seemed like a good... Read more
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