Stepping Out
In Hollywood, they like a product to "have legs." Here is a way to make sure that your product will. Boardwalker, a division of Pie-in-the-Sky Co., of San... Read story
In Hollywood, they like a product to "have legs." Here is a way to make sure that your product will. Boardwalker, a division of Pie-in-the-Sky Co., of San... Read story
In 1928, the young Hollywood filmmaker directed his efforts toward raising money for more cartoons starring a character he invented. Arriving in New York,... Read story
Tom Laughlin has set out to do for videocassettes what Amway did for household products and Domino's did for pizza Read story
It's about time! After nine years of constant questions about the name of my production company, Almost Network Productions, I see that I was not off bas... Read story
Is Hollywood edging out small companies and returning to the studio-dominated days of yesteryear? Read story
Study of the network of flexible small businesses that make up Hollywood's entertainment industry. Read story
An explanation of how the base of manufacturing suppliers is crumbling in the U.S. and how to reverse this trend. Read story
In the wild world of high-tech special effects, a handful of upstarts are challenging the kingpins. Read story
Glamour, moguldom, potential home-run returns -- is it any surprise that so many CEOs with cash want to try their hand in the film business? Or that bad thin... Read story
Companies that supply dollar stores are raking it in Read story
Ships are launched. Kings are crowned. And Hollywood holds chic movie premieres. So how do you announce a new video game? To Synapse Software of Richmond,... Read story
Jan. 16, 2007 -- Vizu Corp., a San Francisco-based software company, on Tuesday introduced a new service that allows users to conduct mar... Read story
Once we all thought biggest was best. Now we're beginning to know better. Read story
Although Bruce G. Posner raises some valid points regarding the influx of initial public offerings ("Wall Street Goes 'Hollywood,'" March), he should have... Read story
The rules of product placement are changing. Here's how to land a starring role for your firm. Read story
Meet the small businesses behind the scenes at the Atlanta ballpark, Turner Field. Read story
An overview of a city that is using incentive programs, loans, and regulations to attract businesses. Read story
The haunted attraction business is now nearly a $1 billion-a-year industry. Read story
How do you reconcile a love for Hollywood glitz with an admiration for cost-conscious Asian filmmaking? Ask Robert Cain. Read story
Looking for a metaphor for business? As our A-to-Z compendium of similes and analogies will show, any metaphor you can think of has probably been used before. Read story
Inc.'s editor comments on how business opportunities today are so complex it takes a group of individuals or businesses all working together to launch a star... Read story
There's still a market for CEO-tells-all -- if you know how to approach it. Read story
An independent entrepreneur creates an inexpensive alternative to the large Hollywood movie studios. Read story
A best-selling ghostwriter explains the making of business books, and what you don't want to know about it. Read story
Insights from people behind the technology at one of Hollywood's hottest start-up. Read story
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Passions run deep as television soap operas struggle to catch up with our fast-paced world. Read story
The success of Mel Gibson's film The Passion revealed opportunities in the Christian market. Read story
Gloria Pink, of the famous Pink's, gives reasons Angelenos of all stations will wait an hour for a hot dog. Read story
Are you still using traditional focus groups? New techniques could help you discover what your customers are really thinking. Read story
Robert Redford happens to be a movie star, but he's the star who founded an enterprise that changed an industry. Along the way, this very successful entrepre... Read story
If you're looking to put the proper spin on your company's story, you might want to take a cue from a screenplay or two. Read story
Love him or hate him, Michael Viner brought Hollywood to the audio book business Read story
A collection of 24 short articles about companies from the 1997 Inc. 500. Read story
There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j... Read story
With this Web-ready home theater equipment, you can download tearjerkers and action flicks to watch from the comfort of your sofa. Read story
* By year-end, each of the more than 3.8 million babies born in 1986 will gobble up 552 jars of baby food, dirty approximately 3,000 diapers, and grow out... Read story
But the guy who took Google and Netscape public is not concerned Read story
Movie producer John Davis was such a fan of Wetzel's Pretzels that one day he decided to see if he could buy a piece of the company. Read story
How do you attract attention in the hotly competitive, nearly $50-billion-a-year mail-order business? Try a little imagination. Camp Beverly Hills's cata... Read story
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