The Great Leaders Series: Ruth Handler, Co-founder of Mattel
She invented the Barbie Doll (and Ken too), and then reinvented the way national brands advertise their products. Read story
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If I Owned The Circus
In 1969 Irvin Feld decided to turn Ringling Bros. and Barnum ' Bailey Circus into a publicly owned company, figuring that "every person in the world would... Read story
Stay Safe, Stay In Touch
A toymaker ponders product liability. Plus, how to bolster customer interaction online. Read story
We've Got to Start Meeting Like This
A look at companies that hold unique meetings for developing products, building camaraderie, generating ideas, and reviewing employees' needs and achievements. Read story
No Mbas Need Apply
I was very interested to read your cover story concerning venture capital companies ("Why Smart Companies are Saying No to Venture Capital" August 1984). ... Read story
Public Relations on the Net
Public Relations on the Net, by Shel Holtz AMACOM, 1998, 332 pages, $24.95 "You don't have just one corporate brochure, so why would ... Read story
How I Did It: Kenneth Feld, CEO, Feld Entertainment
He hires fire-eaters and acrobats! He breeds elephants! Plus this daring feat: As boss of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Ken Feld turned a castoff circu... Read story
There Oughta Be a Law
An attorney argues that innovation, not the legal system, is a CEO's best defense. Read story
The Littlest PC
Computer company has created a one-pound portable IBM compatible computer. Read story
Creation Theory
Why is Haystack Toys cofounder Dan Lauer traveling the country and meeting with inventors? To test his theory that consolidation in the toy industry has sque... Read story
The Thing That Would Not Die
Toy maker Playing Mantis had a devout online community. So why did they almost kill it? Read story
The Dumbest Products of 2007
What were they thinking?!?! In praise of retail stupidity. Read story
Index
A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the April issue. Read story
Patent Fending
A look at some famous legal battles between inventors and the corporations that stole their patented ideas. Read story
Agenda 5/06
Sports records abound this month; use Memorial Day to set one of your own. Read story
Carrying The Ball In Business
Could Billy Joe DuPree be the same type of hands-on manager if he played pro basketball or baseball instead of pro football? Probably not. As rare as he i... Read story
Why Tsr Hobbies Is So Profitable
When the toy industry gets together for its annual hoo-ha this month in New York, participants will be looking at a sales picture considerably different f... Read story
Licensing Wizardry
How to pull off lucrative licensing deals. Read story
The Challenge Of Cartridges
Ever since video games were first introduced to the market, the industry has been especially fertile ground for company start-ups. From 1977 to 1981 indus... Read story
The New Entrepreneurial Elite
Lured by enormous compensation packages and the excitement of fast growth, many big-company executives are leaving cushy positions to run start-ups. Read story
Letters
Readers respond to articles in Inc. Technology 2000, #4, including the Chairman of Agillion congratulating the 2000 Inc. Web Award winners. Read story
Toying With Computers
The inventors of the toy Merlin now are attempting to market a business terminal that even a grown-up can master. Read story
Plastics Make Perfect
A look at a company using "rapid prototyping," a process that gets new products to market quickly. Read story
Raising Capital: Choosing the Right Financial Partner
A look at how important it is to find the right investors to raise growth capital. Read story
Ixo: The Revolution Has Been Postponed
Last April, with elaborate fanfare, IXO Inc., a start-up company in Culver City, Calif., introduced a small silver-and-blue computer terminal that its cre... Read story
How To Fight CEO Severance Battles
In case you haven't noticed, CEOs aren't sticking around as long as they used to. New York headhunters Pearl Meyer & Partners found 39 CEOs at the Fortune... Read story
How to Launch an Inc. 500 Company
Various strategic ideas used to launch successful Inc. 500 companies. Read story
Upstarts: New-Biz Watch
A look at how Toby Lenk founded eToys.com, an online toy retailer that's taking lessons from Amazon.com. Plus, several shorter articles about the unlikely pr... Read story
Mr. Morningstar Stocks Up
What Morningstar founder Joe Mansueto thinks about money and investing after 17 years of the company-building life. Read story
Gross National Products
Clacking teeth. Rubber octopuses. Exploding lighters. Believe it or not, some people build companies around this stuff Read story
Lords Of The Rings
What has $2 million in sequins and feathers, loads 11 flatcars in an hour and a half, and thrills 7 million people? Ringling Bros. is actually a very serious... Read story
Financial Planning: One Man's Experience
When Warren Carnel started Cardinal Associates Inc., a manufacturers'-representative firm in Burbank, Calif., the fine points of financial planning weren'... Read story
Case Study
The Problem: Intellinitiative's board games were flying off the shelves. Then, a giant brand muscled them out of the store. Read story
The Ride of His Life
Robert Klick's fifth business wowed Oprah, bowled over Kelly Ripa, and put him cheek by jowl with Russell Crowe. Too bad this amazing celebrity run had to en... Read story
Child's Play
Start-up attempts to sell a positive-message-stuffed doll to kids. Read story
When The Magic Goes
The adoring crowd of 300 engineers executives, and reporters fell silent. They had gathered this Friday night in the bright new site of Sente Technologies... Read story
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