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New York Now: Small Businesses Show Resourcefulness -- But 13,000 Still in Lurch

By Kay Koplovitz |  Sep 8, 2002

A group of seasoned company owners are showing resourcefulness in difficult times. Here's how they've been able to survive the economic downturn and the deva...  Read story

The Biggest Little Businessman In Texas

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Jun 1, 1983

Tight end Billy Joe DuPree, unlike many athlete-entrepreneurs, doesn't fall back on team connections. Instead, he projects the same total dependability and f...  Read story

Tow-away Zone

By Joshua Hyatt |  Apr 1, 1986

Chrysler, Ford, and GM have seen the future, and it is not parked in the garage. As the Big Three diversify, small companies have plenty to fear.  Read story

The Part-Time CEO

By Bruce G. Posner |  Feb 1, 1989

Profile of a dentist and his challenges in starting a dental supply company  Read story

Case Study Update: On the Rebound

By Patrick Cliff |  May 1, 2006

When we wrote about Hettie Herzog in March 2004, the founder of Automated Distribution Technologies, a vending machine start-up based in Exton, Pennsylvania,...  Read story

Want to Stand Out?

By Darren Dahl |  Dec 1, 2006

Make a splash with mini billboards.  Read story

Thinking Big

By Tom Peters |  Jul 1, 1988

Tom Peters takes on the Harvard Business Review regarding the issue of company size  Read story

Breaking Away

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jun 1, 1987

This year's crop of M.B.A.s has more in mind than investment banking and high-paying consulting jobs  Read story

In The Public Eye

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Dec 1, 1984

One day last spring, Rick Inatome -- the youthful and by all accounts healthy CEO of Inacomp Computer Centers Inc., a Troy, Mich.-based retailing chain --...  Read story

Universities: Your New Best Friend

By Emily Barker |  Nov 1, 2002

For resource-hungry entrepreneurs, the explosion of university-based business-development programs comes as sweet relief in tight economic times. From Ann Ar...  Read story

Losing McDonald's

By Michelle Leder |  Mar 1, 2004

Inventor Hettie Herzog scored a major coup when McDonald's came calling. Then the fast-food giant bailed out, leaving Herzog with tough decisions to make.  Read story

The 100-year-old Start-up

By Bruce G. Posner |  Sep 1, 1985

M. Jacob Sons was founded in 1882 . . . and 1921 . . . and 1963 . . . and again in 1982. Four times now, one generation has succeeded another, an...  Read story

Did Seth Go to the Dark Side?

By Andrew Park |  May 1, 2008

Another natural foods guy sells out. Seth Goldman, founder of Honest Tea, says his deal with Coke is all part of staying true to his mission.  Read story

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