Institute for the Future


Report: High-Tech Future for Small Business

Jun 27, 2007

Traditionally late adopters of technology, small-business owners a decade from now will come to rely more on mobile networks and devices as central manage...  Read story

GuruWatch

By Inc Staff |  Jun 15, 1996

An expert on business technologies answers questions about how some companies can improve their technology strategies.  Read story

The Upstarts Are Coming

By Donna Fenn |  Oct 1, 2009

In an excerpt from Upstarts! How GenY Entrepreneurs Are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit From Their Success , Donna Fenn explo...  Read story

Portrait of a Telecommuter

By Joshua D. Macht |  Jun 15, 1994

The consulting firm the Gartner Group offers some averages about telcommuters as well as some predictions.  Read story

How Has Technology Changed the Way You Do Your Job?

By Joshua D. Macht |  Jun 15, 1994

Various businesspeople comment on their use of technology.  Read story

Inc. 500

By Leigh Buchanan |  Sep 1, 2008

Half-a-thousand reminders that business ingenuity and economic leadership still start with entrepreneurs.  Read story

How Will the Business World Change in 2017?

By Tamara Schweitzer |  Feb 6, 2007

New research shows women, immigrants, and young people fueling an entrepreneurial boom.  Read story

Not Dead Yet

By Anne Stuart |  Mar 15, 2001

Online intermediaries are finding new success by adding value to the products customers are buying.  Read story

Everything Will Change

By John Koten |  Sep 1, 2007

Perhaps the ultimate business tool is acceptance. Everything Will Change. Many of the changes will surprise you. If that sounds exciting, you're ready for th...  Read story

Upstarts: New-Biz Watch

By Joshua D. Macht |  Oct 1, 1998

A look at how Toby Lenk founded eToys.com, an online toy retailer that's taking lessons from Amazon.com. Plus, several shorter articles about the unlikely pr...  Read story

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 story

Video Births the Internet Star

By Jill Hecht Maxwell |  Nov 15, 2000

New technologies stand to make Internet video as useful and ubiquitous as the telephone. How will it work for your company?  Read story

The Hottest Entrepreneur In America

By Tom Richman |  Feb 1, 1987

The entrepreneur of the year grossed less than $100,000 in 1986, has no full-time employees, and plans to expand her business from Cleveland to Washington, D...  Read story

Zero Defect Hiring

By Dr. Pierre Mornell |  Mar 1, 1998

In an excerpt from his new book, "Hiring Smart!", Mornell describes how to predict the future performance of a job candidate. Includes preinterview strategie...  Read story

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