Hot Tip: Recruiting with Bonuses
As payments to headhunters have skyrocketed, companies have become much more generous with bonuses and perks for employees who help find recruits. EarthLi... Read story
Maui
Hawaiian Flower Farm
Financial summary and brief description of a Hawaiian flower farm. Read story
Main Street: Cowboys and Complex Floral Notes
At a historic cattle ranch in Hawaii, paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys) share the terrain with a vineyard and tipsy tourists. Read story
Take a Seat
Are you sitting pretty? If not, try our alternatives. They've been designed to make you and your office look good and feel great. Read story
Business For Sale: Hawaiian Kayaking Company
A closeup look at a business offered for sale including the price rationale and the pros and cons of the purchase. Read story
Joining the Starbucks Parade
Many small companies have borrowed strategies from Starbucks in hopes of replicating the java king's success. Here are four such businesses: "... Read story
How I Did It: Wolfgang Puck
The famed chef and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck of Spago in Hollywood reveals how he built his culinary empire Read story
Selling Out
Inc.'s finance editor examines what has happened to those businesses that are offered for sale at the end of each issue. Read story
The King of Perks
One technique for keeping people is offering great perks, and Gary Quick, president and CEO of Quick Solutions Inc., in Columbus, Ohio, was the Perk King ... Read story
Pleasure Island
How to dress, where to go, what to say. The Hawaii you'd otherwise miss out on. Read story
Five Ways To Do Business On The Internet
Five different approaches to doing business on the Internet are examined. Read story
An Excellent Question
The author of In Search of Excellence answers the 10 questions most frequently asked about his book. Read story
Cell Wall
Inc. Technology 's Road Warrior examines new cell phones that promise to offer Internet access and data transmission. But before you get your hopes u... Read story
FYI: The Talk of the Inc. 500
Inc.'s editor recounts what all the buzz was about at this year's Inc. 500 conference and lists the most memorable quotes from both attendees and guest speak... Read story
How to Start a Restaurant
It's fine to be inexpensive, says Larry Leith of Tokyo Joe's. But don't go too cheap. Read story
Develop a Loyalty Marketing Program
Loyalty marketing programs are a way to reward your best customers and build long-term relationships, according to Karen Drost, vice president of Tecmark ... Read story
The Copycat: The Next Starbucks
Not only is imitation the sincerest form of flattery, but it may also be the easiest way to make a buck. Read story
The Mystery of The Blood Red Ledger
CEO Fred LeFranc quickly realized that something was poisoning the profits at Louise's Trattoria, and he didn't have long to find out what. Read story
Requiem For An Entrepreneur
Allan Gallant was building one of the most successful businesses in Alaska's history -- until his employees turned on him. Read story
Look to Low-Cost and Niche Airlines for Low Fares
One of the best ways to get the lowest fares is to know where low-cost and niche airlines fly. These carriers allow you to create your own system of airfa... Read story
Looking Into the Sun
If David Slawson is right about solar power, our days of oil dependency are numbered. Read story
Federal Express's Fred Smith
The man who created overnight delivery says you absolutely, positively have to innovate -- if only to survive. Read story
Angel Investor Directory
Finding the right angel investor could help you get your start-up off the ground. Angel-investor networks are a good place to start looking for funding. T... Read story
New Money
Start-ups in search of capital are finding a new kind of investor -- adventure capitalists: successful ex-entrepreneurs who contribute themselves as well as ... Read story
Case Study: How to Handle a Rogue Licensee
George Schenk's largest licensee had his own ideas about running his restaurant. Was it time to cut him loose? Read story
Unbridled Growth
For five years, Herbalife International's health and diet pitch has made it one of the fastest-growing companies in American history. Now a series of investi... Read story
Daddy Dearest
Profile of two third-generation family business heirs' struggle for succession and success. Read story
'Tis Better to Give
Special section devoted to building customer and employee relations through holiday gifts and parties. Read story
New World, Ordered
A profile of a 1995 Entrepreneur of the Year runner-up, and how he grew his company to a $1-billion business. Read story
America's Fastest-growing Private Companies
By now, you are familiar with the backbone metaphor. As in: “Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. We must do everything we can…to make s... Read story
CEO's Notebook
CEOs give advice on: screening potential customers; opening out-of-state offices; investigating foreign banks; and taming the anxiety of starting your own bu... Read story
Rating the Governors
With Arnold Schwarzenegger and 25 other governors up for reelection, we look at who among them has earned the entrepreneurial vote. Read story
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