Henry Ford


The Mother of Reinvention

Some of the most successful products in history, from the Ford Model T to the iPod, were not inventions. Why being best to market, rather than first, is the ...  Read story

Deja Vu

The Auto Industry, Too, Shifted from Entrepreneurs to Smart Teams.  Read story

The Icon That Almost Wasn't

Henry Ford's venture, Ford Motor Co., was dangerously close to bankruptcy shortly after it started. Were it not for a last-minute investment, the auto compan...  Read story

The Great Leaders Series: Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company

Not only did he build one of the largest automobile manufacturers, he set in motion a series of changes that would change society as a whole.  Read story

Great Moments In Workstyle

Company gyms, employee education, profit sharing -- it was all happening a hundred years ago.  Read story

Agenda 7/06

Relax and celebrate, if only for a weekend, especially if you just closed the books on a successful fiscal year.  Read story

A New Twist

Subway Sandwiches creates an ecologically minded, money- saving promotion.  Read story

Why I Went Solo

I can't remember exactly when the fantasy started, but it was probably when I was in college. I dreamed of going into business for myself. And I mean re...  Read story

On The Mark

The latest crop of start-up books includes a few winners.  Read story

Inc. Online Exclusives: April 2009, - Inc. Article

What's Online: April 2009 Vote For...  Read story

Agenda 6/06

The first day of summer is June 21. May we suggest blending business with some fun in the sun?  Read story

Entrepreneur of the Year

A close-up look at the 1995 Entrepreneur of the Year, and how he built the company that won him the title.  Read story

The Skills Crisis

Manufacturer provides in-house training skills to his employees, many of whom are Latin American.  Read story

Inc. Online Exclusives June 2009, - Inc. Article

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Rocket Man As I read Max Chafkin's article about Elon Musk ["Read story

Why Everybody's Talking About "just In Time"

A new approach to reducing costly inventories may seem like a lot of common sense, but for many U.S. companies, it is revolutionizing the way they run their ...  Read story

The Spirit Of Independence; Workers

"In general it is impossible that manufactures should succeed in America from the high price of labour." -- Thomas Jefferson  Read story

Making It

A quote from "The Next Century," by David Halberstam theorizing about the reasons for Japan's economic success.  Read story

Trip Hawkins, for still scrapping

because "optimism is essential"  Read story

Employee Privacy

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This Is Rocket Science

Paul Moller may have been working on his flying car for nearly four decades, but he's no crackpot. His saga is a road map of how to keep a dream moving ahead...  Read story

The Spirit Of Independence;

"We have lived through the age of big industry and the age of the giant corporation. But I believe that this is the age of the entrepreneur." -- Ronald Reagan  Read story

Corporate Antihero John Sculley

The man who eased Steve Jobs out of Apple talks about the dangers of company cultures and the blind spots of company founders  Read story

The Enigma of Entrepreneurial Wealth

Essay on entrepreneurial wealth; adapted from Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise.  Read story

Flying Economy Class

What Henry Ford did for the automobile, Gilbert Devore plans to do for the airplane -- namely, make one that every working stiff can afford. Well, a...  Read story

Mail

Readers react to recent Inc articles, including Anne Stuart's "The Pita Principal," D.M. Osborne's "Dear John," Norm Brodsky's "Groundhog's Day," an...  Read story

Small Steps, Big Returns: Building Your CRM Vision in Increments

Companies have discovered that they can continue to invest incrementally in one mission-critical business strategy -- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) ...  Read story

Mr. Iacocca, Meet Mr, Honda

Chrysler's famous chairman may be the best of America's auto men, but as a manager and an industrialist, he doesn't hold a candle to Japan's most successful ...  Read story

Congressman Wants A Business Soap

Texas congressman Jim Collins comes from Dallas, but he's no great follower of J. R. Ewing. He'd much rather see a TV series on John D. Rockefeller. "The...  Read story

Book Value

A business writer offers a reading list for entrepreneurs that includes many titles not related to business.  Read story

The Most Creative Product Ever

A noteworthy business author explains why it's not what you make, it's the way and the why you do what you do.  Read story

Those Weren't The Days

Building a business was even dicier a century ago than it is today.  Read story

Charged Up: Electric Vehicles

Three start-ups that are developing, converting, and manufacturing electric vehicles.  Read story

No Business Like Home Business

One company has designed a combination industrial park and residential development.  Read story

The Trying Game

A look at an Inc. 500 CEO who had 11 ventures before he hit pay dirt.  Read story

Assembly Line Methods

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(still) Unsafe At Any Speed

Ralph Nader, the man who killed the Corvair, is now organizing buyers' collaboratives to make big-volume purchases from fuel dealers, and spotting the consum...  Read story

Keeping It Simple

A profile of a company that had to move away from automation in order to stay competitive.  Read story

#69, Polk Audio Inc.-1,225%

A year out of college, George M. Klopfer and Matthew Polk were building large public address systems for fidlers' conventions. Now, a decade later, Polk ...  Read story

The Great Escape (from High Fuel Prices!!)

New York to Philly and back for just $20.10 of gas? Yes, in a hybrid.  Read story

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