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"The biggest dread of a venture capitalist is to fund a new business and then, when he visits the site, to see the chief executive officer's Mercedes-Benz... Read story
Mercedes-Benz International Inc.
Recognizing The Warning Signs
AS PHILIP CROSBY UNHAPPILY DISCOVERED, EVEN THE most familial companies can be ripped off. And few are fortunate enough to recover much of the money. Read story
Business for Sale: Southwestern Mercedes-Benz Service Center
Looking for a deal that will rev up your engines? Consider this independent Mercedes-Benz service-and-repair center. Profile includes price, valuation method... Read story
What Companies Are Saying About Venture Capital
When I started Viking Systems last October, I took a seminar on financing high-technology companies and researched the subject of venture capital financin... Read story
InkTM From Chase Mercedes-Benz Lease Giveaway
1) Eligibility: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER. This Sweepstakes is offered and open only to persons who are legal residents of the fifty... Read story
No Boom For The Recyclers
For the first time in anyone's memory, bad economic times haven't meant boom times for the automotive aftermarket. Historically, sales of used car parts h... Read story
New Defender For Small Business
Small business deserves its day in court. So thinks San Francisco lawyer Timothy H. Fine, founder of the Small Business Legal Defense Committee, a new or... Read story
The People's Marketing
Why more marketers are daring to let customers take charge of their advertising. Read story
What You Learn on the Other Side
For some CEOs the best management lessons come from their lives as customers. Read story
Grist: Leno Brands Versus Letterman Brands
Like late-night TV hosts, brands today fall into one of two categories: iconic or ironic. Read story
Recruiting;
Awarding bonuses to employees who recruit new people has been an effective management ploy since the days of the Model T, but these days you may do better... Read story
Know Why They Buy
All customers make their buying decisions based upon one of these reasons: Economic They believe the purchase will make them ... Read story
Social Networks: Up And Down The Social Register
For companies that market to niches, one of these specialized social networks may be a better value. Read story
Fear Of Capitalism
Entrepreneurism is the most creative -- and revolutionary -- activity in the American economy. Most politicians would just as soon do without it. Read story
What Does Your Company Mean?
Robert Bradford, CEO of the Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, explains that what a company thinks its product line means to its customers and what cu... Read story
Montgomery on the Move
One of the Deep South's most embattled cities now offers opportunity and diversity. Read story
All-in-one Accounts
When Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. introduced its Cash Management Account (CMA) in 1977, it undoubtedly expected a lot of competition. Tha... 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
Name-calling
What the name of your company and products says about you and your business. Read story
How I Did It: Cedric J. Franklin Sr. of Harley Stanfield
Can this real estate developer rescue Detroit? Read story
Why Daughters Are Better
When it comes to training for the job, winning the respect of employees and customers, and easing the pains of succession, 'daddy's little girl' is probably ... Read story
Know Your Place
Assessing the attractiveness of your industry and strategically positioning your company. Read story
Street Smarts: Changing Course
Companies these days have to change constantly just to survive, but some changes are bigger than others. Sometimes you even transform your company from one t... Read story
"you'd Be Surprised How Easy It Is To Succeed"
David Wolfberg had big plans for his Miami architectural firm. Too big, as it turned out. Read story
Tomoji Tanaka: A Paper Entrepreneur
In the face of barriers thrown in their way by the government and the corporate elite, Japanese entrepreneurs have succeeded largely through their own rem... Read story
Futurist Laurel Cutler
A decade ago she warned her clients of consumers who would shop K mart in the morning, Saks in the afternoon, and define their very being by their choice of ... Read story
Why Every Company Needs a Story
Every company needs a story to help management and employees remember what matters most for their business. Read story
Bootstrapping 101: Work From Home
Yvonne Shortt launched a marketing firm from the cramped, toy-strewn basement of her home--now she has five full-time employees, who also work from home. Read story
The Connected Car
The introduction of the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles will require a vast ecosystem of entrepreneurial businesses. Read story
The Pros And Cons Of Prosecution
As Philip Crosby unhappily discovered, even the most familial companies can be ripped off. And few are fortunate enough to recover much of the money. Read story
Adam Osborne
"When you become an entrepreneur you can go up awfully fast, but you can go down just as fast. It's so ephemeral, like actors who end up committing suicide. ... Read story
The Pros And Cons Of Prosecution
As Philip Crosby unhappily discovered, even the most familial companies can be ripped off. And few are fortunate enough to recover much of the money. Read story
Knockoff Punch
To stay ahead of the "me-too" competition, the makers of the "itty bitty" book light rely on innovation, lawyers, and a Chinese detective agency. Read story
High Rise And Handsome
Far from the glamorous valleys of high technology, the fastest-growing private company in the United States has been casting handsome profits from poured con... Read story
Assets And Liabilities
For the CEO of a fast-growth company, yesterday's strength may be today's weakness. Read story
Auto Entrepreneur;
He had no product, no experience, and no money. But that didn't stop Harvey Lamm from building one of the most successful car companies in America Read story
The New You
Developing brand identity to distinguish your product or service. Read story
The Believer
Flat broke at the age of 21, Joe Cirulli made a list of 10 things he wanted to accomplish in life. One by one, he pulled them off -- and built a health and... Read story
The Conversion Of Skip Kelly
Last summer, Skip Kelley was running a small-time home-remodeling business. Then he found Mr. Build. 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
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