Howard Stevenson


Recent Articles about Howard Stevenson

Are Entrepreneurs Born or Taught?

By Courtney Rubin |  Jul 5, 2011

A Babson College study says if you can lead a student to entrepreneurship courses, he'll start his own business.  Read more

Creators of the New Economy

By Tom Richman |  May 15, 1997

A look at why, in the new economy, amateur entrepreneurship is over, and how the professionals are now in control.  Read more

Harvard Discovers Entrepreneurship

May 1, 1982

The nation's leading business schools have traditionally directed most of their resources and attention to training managers for Fortune 500-type companie...  Read more

All Over the Road

By David Whitford |  Aug 1, 1995

When a midwest furniture manufacturer decided to spin its trucking unit off, they remember the problems with start-ups.  Read more

Seven Steps to Heaven

By Paul B. Brown |  Oct 1, 2001

Funding for entrepreneurial businesses has completely dried up, right? Wrong. Angel investors -- long a tried-and-true source of capital for young businesses...  Read more

Professors Get Their Shares

By Susan Beck |  Mar 1, 1998

Professors of entrepreneurship often invest in their students' start-ups. Here are some of the guidelines they follow, their methods of investing, and the re...  Read more

Resources

By Inc. staff |  May 15, 1997

A guide to more information on subjects covered in the Inc. magazine special issue: The State of Small Business 1997.  Read more

Climbing Back Up

By Ilan Mochari |  Mar 1, 2002

When the founders of X-It Products saw a billion-dollar rival imitate the design of their sole product, they didn't have much hope that their tiny start-up c...  Read more

What Business Would You Start?

By Thea Singer |  Mar 1, 2002

If you were to launch a business today, what would it be? That's the question Inc recently posed to some of the sharpest minds in the business world...  Read more

The Secrets of Bootstrapping

By Robert A. Mamis |  Sep 1, 1992

18 ways to grow or survive by substituting imagination, know-how, or effort for capital.  Read more

The Evolution of the Professional Entrepreneur

By Inc. staff |  May 15, 1997

Characteristics of some company builders from days past and how they differ from those building businesses today.  Read more

Obituary: Frank Batten Sr., 1927-2009

By Leigh Buchanan |  Dec 1, 2009

Remembering the founder of the Weather Channel  Read more

John De Lorean And The Icarus Factor

By Craig R. Waters |  Apr 1, 1983

Endowed with a reputation for genius by an adoring press and public, John De Lorean came close to pulling off an entrepreneurial miracle. But this ego, like ...  Read more

In Search Of Equity

By Bruce G. Posner |  Apr 1, 1985

The passion for ownership is sweeping the country, touching just about every industry and every type of company.  Read more