Long Island


New Brands, Old Familiar Ads

Some PhotoShop geeks at a small Long Island company called Worth1000 are running an online contest that...  Read more

The Case Of The Missing Metros

You neglected to consider one of the hottest spots in the country -- Suffolk and Nassau Counties on Long Island [N.Y.]. Together, they have 2.6 million p...  Read more

Groups Seek Change to " Disadvantaged" Designation

July 20, 2004 -- Some in the business community are asking the federal government to give their designation of "small disadvantaged busin...  Read more

Non-Competition Agreements

Related Terms: Employment Contracts ...  Read more

A Farewell To Arms

How the cancellation of just one weapons program closed a major defense contractor and left hundreds of suppliers in the lurch  Read more

Cooperatives

A cooperative in its simplest sense is formed when individuals organize together around a common, usually economic, goal. For business purposes, a coopera...  Read more

Rules Of The Road

Do you employ drivers who suddenly get a lead foot once they are o at on the freeway? Or leave the engine running for 20 minutes while they grab a sandwic...  Read more

Efforts to Save New York Winery Prove Fruitless

Facing frost and bad weather, a Long Island winery fails for lack of cash.  Read more

Real Estate Power Moves

On June 23 and June 24, Inc. Business Owners Council is inviting business owners to meet in Long Island, New York City and Greenwich, CT, to discuss the g...  Read more

Politics Still a Workplace Taboo

The primaries may be a hot topic these days, but not around the water cooler, a survey finds.  Read more

Change of Scenery Boosts Special Product

The Problem: A good product in anailing market. Marc Shuman, president of a family business launched by his dad roughly four decad...  Read more

When "No" Should Really Mean "Yes"

Sharon Newman (CEO) and Seth Newman (President) are the dynamic mother-and-son team behind Action Envelope , a ...  Read more

Private Lives;

For Ken Shader, turning a hobby into a business was more than a fantasy.  Read more

Let There Be Light - or Doors

Company put executives in cubicles with doors and lower ranks in doorless window offices to be equitable.  Read more

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: GreenLogic Energy

How Long Island-based renewable energy solutions provider GreenLogic eliminated 25 percent of their clients' energy costs.  Read more

Forget VC Money, Fund Yourself

Forget VC Money, Fund Yourself It was 1999, at the height of the boom, a few months before the bust of April 2000 so he can be forgiven. I stoo...  Read more

Teed Off

Two operators of a Long Island, N. Y. golf course discuss how they rid their links of geese and, thus, "goose poops."  Read more

Wealth Secrets of the Uber-Wealthy

Ever wonder how high profile business owners—the ones on the covers of magazines and such—manage their financial affairs? So do we. That's why...  Read more

Passing Fancy

Has sporting goods manufacturer and distributor RAM Sports invented a better football? Here's what a former football pro-and current Inc. 500 CEO-had to say ...  Read more

How to Lose Customers

It's easy. Just convince them that they're getting a lousy deal.  Read more

Charity: When Big Is Better

Small business is on a roll in America. In almost every way you can measure -- sales, employment, profitability -- the small-business sector is challengi...  Read more

Bed and Breakfast, New York Style

Metropolises are offering private homes as low-cost options to hotels.  Read more

Picture This

A plant nursery learned how to use up-to-date technology to make itself indispensable to its customers.  Read more

In a Former Life: Jay Chiat

JAY CHIAT, 67 Present life: Chiat is the interim CEO of ScreamingMediaRead more

Saying No to Retirement

Older CEOs plan to work past age 65. They may find that harder than they expect.  Read more

Business Ownership Among Immigrant Women on the Rise

February 4, 2005 --There's long been an American dream of a man immigrating to the U.S., setting up a business, and providing for himself ...  Read more

Street Smarts: What's New?

Like Inc. , columnist Brodsky is celebrating his 25th year in business, and much has changed in that time--including how Brodsky thinks about his cho...  Read more

The Several-in-One Fax

Device serves as plain-paper fax machine, optical scanner, copier, backup printer and fax/modem.  Read more

Foundations R Us

You can give it away as smartly as you made it.  Read more

Tech Talk: Digital Assistant Logs in Remotely

A virtual assistant that provides typing and administrative services for law firms found that an online service enabled seamless and secure access to her off...  Read more

Breaking Ranks

How one Long Island firm broke itself of its Pentagon dependency  Read more

" My focus is my children."

For one restaurateur, there's always room at the table for family.  Read more

Bulletproof: Wealth Protection for Business Owners

On Tuesday, July 28 and Wednesday, July 29, Inc. 's Business Owners Council Greater New York chapter met at three different sites in Long Island, ...  Read more

It's People That Count

That's what John Mariotta learned after three business failures.  Read more

Work's a Beach

It's all work and all play at these four lucky companies, where the only dress code is plenty of SPF.  Read more

Bad News for Travelers and Crowd-Sourcing 101

Airport screening company gets grounded. Monday night ...  Read more

Gone Fishin'

Six places where the fishing, and the fun, are virtually guaranteed.  Read more