Larry Ellison


NetSuite Files $75 Million IPO

NetSuite, a San Mateo, Calif.-based on-demand software company owned by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, is seeking to raise $75 million in an initial public...  Read more

Larry's Kids

NetSuite, Oracle, and SalesForce.com- all spawned by Larry Ellison- are entering a high-stakes battle to sell you software that gives you unprecedented contr...  Read more

Larry's Kids

NetSuite, Oracle, and SalesForce.com- all spawned by Larry Ellison- are entering a high-stakes battle to sell you software that gives you unprecedented contr...  Read more

Even Billionaires are Pestered By Their Accountants

If you hit it big--really big--how would you spend your money? We've known for years that the answer for Oracle's Larry Ellison is "Lavishly." But new cou...  Read more

Search: The Greatest Stories Ever Told

The 2002 edition of the best business stories, the art of interference, and a Web site that serves as a CEO refresher course.  Read more

Oracle’s Shopping Spree; Cities that Foster Innovation

Is Selling to Larry Ellison the New IPO? The Wall Street Journal has a front page story on a rare "shopping spree," in which Larry Ellison's Oracle...  Read more

What Ever Happened to the Class of 1983?

Profile of Inc. 500 companies from 1983.  Read more

NetSuite IPO Prices Surge

Following a shaky start, shares in the business software firm are trading up.  Read more

Larry's Kids Take the Gloves Off

Larry Ellison's software spinoffs start a food fight.  Read more

NetSuite To Go Public

NetSuite, the California-based Inc. 500 software company, is filing the paperwork to go public, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The company, whi...  Read more

Inc. 500 All-Stars

A look at the companies that have achieved the distinction of appearing on the Inc. 500 a staggering 5 times. Plus: Household-name companies that earned thei...  Read more

In Search Of Equity

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

The Office: The Culture Wars

Don't let someone--anyone--hijack your company culture.  Read more

Forget the Better Mousetrap

Column about the changing competitive strategies in high-technology markets.  Read more

Ask Inc.: Do I Have to Go to School?

Sales strategies for people who positively hate to sell. Plus: Do you need a college degree to be an entrepreneur?  Read more

NetSuite IPO Auction Opens

The hosted business software firm expects to sell 6.2 million shares at $13 to $16 per share, company officials say.  Read more

Ask Inc.

Whether college degrees matter; b-to-b telemarketing lives on.  Read more

From Employee to Entrepreneur

When I graduated from Rutgers University in 1985 with a degree in electrical engineering, I immediately did what came naturally back then: I joined a larg...  Read more

Can We Talk?

A growing company is supposed to be one happy family, but your computers don't always get the message. Incompatible apps. Proprietary data formats. Feudin...  Read more

Still So Few Women. Why?

As the first viable female candidate for president barnstorms across the country, Del Jones of USA Today takes a look at the entrepreneurial landsc...  Read more

Microsoft's bid for Yahoo

There's an interesting story in today's New York Times about the anti-...  Read more

Managing from A to Z

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 more

A Buyer's Market: What Is Your Business Worth Now?

As part of Inc.'s 2009 guide to business valuations, we look at why now is a great time to buy a business  Read more

Governing: Boardroom Makeover

Like many company owners, Richard Domaleski set up a board of directors only to realize he had done it all wrong.  Read more

Mission Control

What every entrepreneur needs: a high-tech instrument panel designed just for your company.  Read more

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This month's feedback.  Read more

Mission Control

What every entrepreneur needs: a high-tech instrument panel designed just for your company.  Read more

Gates and the People Who Hate Him

The Plot to Get Bill Gates by Gary Rivlin. Random House, 360 pages, $25. For some, he's a brilliant visionary; for others, a monop...  Read more

Does Slow Growth Equal Slow Death?

I always thought that expanding my business at a steady pace was a smart move. Now I worry that it could potentially kill us  Read more

The Enigma of Entrepreneurial Wealth

Essay on entrepreneurial wealth; adapted from Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise.  Read more

Dear John

What happens when the venture capitalists find profit in your company -- but don't see profit in you?  Read more

The Anatomy of a Sale--Ours

Magazines know how to go after a story, but this one came to us. Inc. was recently the focus of a business drama with valuable lessons about what a ...  Read more

Entrepreneur of the Year: Kevin Surace of Serious Materials

The founder of Serious Materials wants to save the world and make a billion dollars. And he just might pull it off.  Read more

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