Cat Fight
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The Thing That Would Not Die
Toy maker Playing Mantis had a devout online community. So why did they almost kill it? Read story
Student Teachers
Looking for new ideas? Hire some college kids. Read story
Customer Feedback
Communicating directly with the people who buy your product. Read story
If I Had a Hammer…
Six entrepreneurs on how they'd fix a very public mess. Read story
Competing Interests
Several Inner City 100 CEOs explain why they don't fear the influx of new rivals. Close ties to customers, adaptability, and local networking prove powerful ... Read story
Is There a Future for Small Retailing?
Writing a regular column, I'm always looking for ideas. Many come from my clients, indirectly, for their questions and concerns are the questions and conc... Read story
Home Depot: Customer Service King or Ruthless Competitor?
Inside Home Depot, by Chris Roush McGraw-Hill, 266 pages, $24.95 Finally, you've got the time to finish that home p... Read story
Are You Ready for Electronic Partnering?
Various companies and experts discuss the risks and benefits of doing business via electronic data interchange. Read story
30 Under 30 2009 - Alumni Updates
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How I Did It: Joe Sitt, Thor Equities
Transforming urban shopping, one skeptical town at a time. Read story
Three Scary Words: "Buy It Used"
With more people buying stuff used, companies have to rethink everything from a product's durability to the terms of their warranties. Read story
Sales Are Up. So Are Lawsuits
While successful entrepreneurs are vulnerable to being sued, John Menard, founder of Menard Inc., has faced a steady stream of lawsuits. Read story
The Product: Grilling Planks
They're hot, but are they supermarket material? Read story
Merge Now, Pay Later
Take it from the Cuningham Group: When you're merging two companies, crunching the numbers is easy; melding the two company cultures is the hard part. Read story
39 Great Business Bargains
How to get a deal on just about everything. Read story
Entrepreneurs Seek to "Greenproof" Harlem
A group of New York college students are working to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Read story
Marketing: Selling the Superstores
A 15-week, nationwide campaign is followed to learn how to get shelf space at the country's hottest retail chains. Read story
60-Second Business Plan: Space Man
Marc Shuman wants to straighten up your garage. And not just your garage. Shuman plans to make his storage system a nationally recognized brand. Read story
60-Second Business Plan: Circular Logic
You've got to be either crazy or brave to think you could make a buck in Internet advertising these days. But that's just what John Strisower has in mind. Read story
How I Did It: Jerome Boykin, Owner, JB Sweeping Service
Hurricane Katrina left Jerome Boykin jobless and aimless. Now he runs a growing cleaning business. How visiting a shopping mall parking lot changed everything. Read story
John Menard's Tax Crackup
When the home improvement magnate paid himself $20 million, the IRS slapped him -- hard. If your salary is too high, you could be next. Read story
Catching Up with the 2006 30 Under 30 Alumni
For many of the rising stars on our inaugural 30 Under 30 list, the success has only continued. We asked our past honorees to send in updates about their com... Read story
Blue is the New Green
Forget for a moment about carbon emissions. The world is facing a more immediate crisis -- it is running out of clean water. The prospect of widespread short... Read story
Nailing It
In the race to build the first online hardware store, Peter Hunt and Rich Takata put their company in the hands of Xuma, a build-to-order Web site developer. Read story
The Coolest Little Start-Up in America
For TerraCycle's Tom Szaky, nothing could be cooler--or sweeter--than selling garbage packaged in garbage. Read story
He Took On the Whole Power-Tool Industry
Why wasn't anyone else interested in building a safer saw? Read story
The Declaration of Independents
Just when economic bullying by big corporations threatened the whole idea of independent small business, company builders nationwide did the last thing anyon... Read story
Growing Nervous
For Inc. 500 CEOs, the bottom line is growing -- but so is the anxiety. How long can successful companies fight a troubled economy? Read story
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