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World's Cheapest Scoreboard

You say you don't have time or money to invest in creating a scoreboard? It doesn't take much of either. In one company, a unit manager makes a card each ...  Read more

Cleaning Up At Newsstands

Mr. Sam's minions find Mental Floss more newsworthy than Maxim .  Read more

Fun

Frivolous, we know--unless you want to attract and keep good employees and customers.  Read more

Upstarts: Children's Hair Salons

Will tyke-friendly hair salons make big money tending to small fry with over-grown bangs?  Read more

State of the Art: PC Toys and Games

Three companies that market politically correct toys are profiled.  Read more

Office Machines: Solid Ink vs. Toner Cartridges

They look like a new kind of Lego, but solid ink sticks are actually a tool for saving money on toner. Xerox has been using solid ink in small printers si...  Read more

Ads and Atmospherics

Outdoor campaigns are suddenly hip.  Read more

Warehouses Unplugged

Inc Senior Writer Anne Stuart offers a listing of some major players in the wireless data-collection industry, including questions you should ask wh...  Read more

Warehouses Unplugged

em Inc /em Senior Writer Anne Stuart offers a listing of some major players in the wireless data-collection industry, inclu...  Read more

The Kid Behind a $170 Million Website

Aaron Patzer started Mint.com because was frustrated with Intuit's Quicken. Two years later, Intuit intends to cut him a very big check.  Read more

The People's Marketing

Why more marketers are daring to let customers take charge of their advertising.  Read more

Low-Cost Ways to Build Employee Commitment

Approximately 80% of Fortune 1000 companies report that retaining talent is a major issue for them, and nearly half are planning to offer more ge...  Read more

Marketing as Theater

Suggestions on a marketing strategy emphasizing presentation and customer involvement.  Read more

It's All About the Service

Last weekend I came across a short story on Toys 'R' Us and how Read more

Why Didn't I Think of That?: Delivering the Kids

A look at how two entrepreneurs launched their $4-million textbook-cover-advertising company.  Read more

" Intrapreneurship" ? Spinning Off a New Company

Are you thinking about spinning off a new venture from your existing company? Gary Hamel, author of Leading the Revolution (Harvard Business Scho...  Read more

Minimizing Owner Dilution

Raising capital without forfeiting more equity than is necessary.  Read more

Saul Griffith's House of Cool Ideas

Other Lab founder Saul Griffith has made a fortune applying way-out mathematics to inventions large and small, including robotic kites, insulation inspired b...  Read more

DNA-Like Toy Inspires Brand Creation

Start-up toy company Primordial, LLC, created a specific brand image for its Lego-like construction toy by selling only through upscale specialty retailers.  Read more

The Best Lemonade Stands in America 2008

Check out our 2008 winners and their stands, as well as the Lemonade Stand of the Week honorees.  View slideshow

Modeling Your Company's Future

John Ward, a management consultant and owner of Need To Know, teaches workshop participants to sculpt images from clay that represent their company's philoso...  Read more

The Main Event: Learning Las Vegas

Follow the masters of the experience economy to learn business as theater. And where better to learn image reinvention and changing customer expectations tha...  Read more

How to Run a Marathon

Hey, maybe it's time to run a marathon. Because, really, what self-respecting, athletically ambitious, kick-ass entrepreneur can resist that challenge?  Read more

The Pursuit of Happiness (in an Internet-Clocked, Overnight-Billionaired, 500-Times-Earnings World)

What happens when a small-business owner starts making decisions based not on growth potential and market positioning, but on achieving balance, peace of min...  Read more

The Connected Car

The introduction of the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles will require a vast ecosystem of entrepreneurial businesses.  Read more

Google: Too Much Fun to Be Evil

"Can we trust Google with our Secrets?" asks Adi Ignatius in this week's http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1158961,00.html">...  Read more

Does Your Business Need a Second Life?

Why are companies like Toyota (NYSE:TM) and Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) and Starwood Hotels (NYSE:HOT) getting immersed in this pixilated fairyland? Why did IBM (N...  Read more

E-mail With. . .Nicholas Negroponte

A multimedia expert discusses with 'Inc. Technology's editor how business and technology intersect.  Read more

What We Didn't Plan For

The first shock was learning that my husband was gravely ill. Then there was the lien on our mortgage and the lawsuit against his business.  Read more

How to Get Ahead in China

When Mitch Free first went to China, he didn't know a thing about the place. He listened. He learned. He was respectful and polite. Now he gets it, and his b...  Read more

The Future of Manufacturing

A New Zealand company called Ponoko has reinvented the factory for the 21st century.  Read more

Leader of the Pack

A bicycle retailer explains some of the strategies he used to attract and keep his customers.  Read more

The Start-up Factory

The story of how Bill Gross has channeled his creative zeal into a business that generates start-ups and why.  Read more

Sleeping With the Enemy

A look at companies that have formed alliances with their direct competition. Is this a trend limited to specific industries, or the only way to exploit toda...  Read more

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