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Maytag Corporation


Skyy Vodka Team Acquires Anchor Brewing

Fritz Maytag, the godfather of the craft-beer industry, announced the sale of his iconic San Francisco brewery.

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Recent Articles about Maytag Corporation

The Alchemist Of Anchor Steam

Starting with a tumble-down plant and a vision of "the perfect beer," Fritz Maytag proved that even in an industry dominated by giants, small can be beautiful.  Read more

Fritz Maytag, Anchor Brewing

for setting limits  Read more

Upstart of the Year

When Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) announced in May 2006 that it would shut down its Maytag division in Newton, Iowa, it offered transfers to a select group of emp...  Read more

26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs: Fritz Maytag

for staging an elegant comeback  Read more

In Search of Small Giants

Looking for companies that choose to be great instead of big.  Read more

The Heady Market Ln Mlcrobreweries

It is hardly a movement -- yet. But inspired by Fritz Maytag's example of Anchor beer and convinced that there is a market for a specialty product, a scor...  Read more

Notables '07

More great people, ideas, and businesses...  Read more

Getting More Out Of Visicalc

VisiCalc and other electronic spreadsheets became more popular because they quickly answered 'what if' questions. Now many users find that these programs can...  Read more

Vista Still Sucks

It has been 62 days since I first blogged about my ...  Read more

On Second Thought

We throw away all sorts of things -- automobiles, washing machines, air conditioners. The apostles of remanufacturing believe we can pick up the pieces and p...  Read more

Republic Resurrected: A Small Biz Stakes Success On The Stimulus

These days, it doesn't take too much effort to find a business set to prosper in the stimulus economy -- just follow the contrails of Air Force One and Tw...  Read more

Labor Has a New Target

Guess what? It's you! Unions target small business.  Read more

Anatomy of a Merger

Thought you couldn't buy property in China? So did Tim Jenks. Then he cut a deal to acquire a Chinese manufacturer.  Read more

Market Maker

One of the hottest niche markets today is microbrewery beer, and this EOY runner-up is one of its creators.  Read more

Trading Places: Inside the Barter Economy

Once a dusty corner of the economy, barter is emerging as a hot entrepreneurial niche and a valuable tool for cash-crunched companies.  Read more

Trading Places: How a Dentist Invented the Export Trading Company

Although Dr. Josepb Blaes considered himself reasonably imaginative, he never dreamed that his design for a more efficient dental clinic would have global si...  Read more

Inside-Out Marketing

Mogens Smed, CEO of Smed International Inc., presents his company's chaotic, overcrowded headquarters to customers as a working showroom of the office furnit...  Read more

Made In The U.S.A.

Profile of a company aspiring to keep manufacturing cheap and effective in the appliance market.  Read more

Choose or Lose

Judy Corson and Jeff Pope, cofounders of Custom Research Inc., realized they could grow their company by cutting their customer base in half.  Read more