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John Mackey


Recent Articles about John Mackey

Whole Foods CEO Donates Half of Pay to Charity

The organic supermarket chain's controversial founder keeps his take-home pay low to keep staff morale high.  Read more

Twitter Gets GM's Attention; Second Life Lives Again

GM bows to the power of Twitter. Hard to believe that the once powerful auto giant would ever listen to feedback from a bunch of microbloggers, but...  Read more

Whole Foods's Half-Baked CEO

"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." So proclaimed a famous New Yorker cartoon featuring a golden retriever surfing the net. The 2007 version of ...  Read more

Building America’s Most Innovative Brands

Harvard's guru on outstanding American entrepreneurship analyzes the country's best brands, ponders the challenges of Groupon-era consumer empowerment, and e...  Read more

The Best Little Handbook in Texas

How to make your company's employee handbook one of your most important tools.  Read more

15 Things Every Business Owner Needs to Know

Running a business requires many skills, from planning for the future to keeping excellent records. Here's a list of some essentials that every entrepreneur ...  Read more

8 Tips for Managing Staff Through Hard Times

Maintaining your culture—not to mention morale—can be a challenge in the face of layoffs. So how can a manager get the best out of his or her people? Her...  View slideshow

A Startup To Help Startups and the Stork Visits Twitter

The dark side of micro-lending . The Wall Street Journal has a long, fascinating story on a new credit bubble in India. On the surface it sounds fam...  Read more

The Ultimate Business Tune-up for Times Like These

In a tough economy with credit extremely tight, big investments are not an option for most companies. Yet no business can afford to stand still. We asked our...  Read more

15 Things Every Business Owner Should Know

Running a small business is no small task and though it is associated with great freedom, any business owner will tell you that there is also a burden to car...  View slideshow

John Mackey of Whole Foods on Hiring Leaders

He used to be impressed by people who were articulate. Not anymore.  Read more

Will Whole Foods succeed?

The Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger is still up in the air, as a federal appeals court Read more

8 Tips for Managing Staff Through Hard Times

Tips on keeping employees motivated despite cutbacks.  Read more

Don't Count on VC Money

Four ways your company can benefit from the economic downturn . Smart companies always find a way to transform adversity into an advantage and the r...  Read more

AOL's Second Chance

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: The...  Read more

Remembering a Fast-Food Icon; The Rise of NYC Start-ups

Fred Wilson on "slow capital" .The VC and blogger Fred Wilson tackles the slow movement today, and introduces a new term: Read more

The Smart CEO's Reading List

Short reviews of business books recommended for the CEO.  Read more

How to Take Advantage of Online Review and Answer Sites

A look at using customer forums and review sites such as Yelp to generate sales, tips on responding to negative feedback, plus how and why to make it simple ...  Read more

The Entrepreneurial Year That Was

The subprime mortgage meltdown. Extinction-threatening climate change. Presidential debates with fields of candidates larger than your high school graduating...  Read more

Advice for College Start-ups: Part 2

A budding expert on college entrepreneurship—himself only four years out of NYU—answers readers' questions.  Read more