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No-Excuses Ambition

Reviews of five new business books -- two on turning ambition into success; two on the complexities of an employee's connection to work; and one on how to st...  Read story

Skipping Down the Path to Greatness

The Arc of Ambition by James Champy and Nitin Nohria (Perseus, 2000) The Visionary's Handbook by Watts Wack...  Read story

A New Black Dream

A new trend of self-sufficiency and entrepreneurial spirit takes root in some African-American communities.  Read story

INROADS

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The Reluctant Entrepreneurs

Are American blacks still stuck on the bottom rung of the economic ladder because so few start businesses of their own?  Read story

Free Speech

Preparing for a big speech? Resources on the Web can help.  Read story

Search: Letter From Camp

Management inspiration from international-aid workers, finding and using graphics from the Web, and the true meaning of leadership.  Read story

Contributors

Contributing editor David H. Freedman followed Bob Cramer for nearly a year to report Inc.'s cover story, "Read story

How Can I Be Diverse When I'm So Small?

Over the last few years, the stock market's plunge confirmed an important truth -- for financial security, you need diversity. Last year, in Austra...  Read story

The Educated Hunch

An interview technique that takes most of the guesswork out of hiring; a delegating trick from the "Best Mayor in America"  Read story

Her Kind of Town

How landscaper Christy Webber (Inner City 100 2004's No. 54) mowed her way into the hearts of Chicago's elite.  Read story

Local Hero or Tax Cheat?

In the past few weeks, I've been called both.  Read story

Case Study: How to Reinvent a Failing Start-up

Flocabulary burned through $50,000—and had nearly nothing to show for it. Was it time to throw in the towel?  Read story

Running Alabama Like A Business

He trained for his job by lifting his barbell company to $43 million in sales.  Read story

Jim Ling

Sitting in his 34th floor suite in a downtown Dallas office building, James J. Ling does not fit the image of a legendary Texas wheeler-dealer. This is no...  Read story

The Passion Of Robert Swiggert

Seventeen years ago, the president of a small electronics company looked at the business he had built and realized that it had turned hostile and threatening...  Read story

The Most Entrepreneurial City In America

Welcome to Visalia, California -- a city that could teach most companies a thing or two about good management.  Read story

What One Man Can Do

Bill Strickland is in the business of saving lives. After almost 40 years of teaching kids, training adults, and telling his story, he's looking to "franchis...  Read story

Patent Pending

Story of an inventor's 30-year battle to gain control of patent rights to the laser technology he helped develop.  Read story

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