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So You Want to Burn Rubber

Get the family truckster out to the racetrack at one of the 1,300 amateur races held every year.  Read story

Fast-moving Cars

Here's how turning his hobby into a business made Steve Halsell, Owner of Twin Hills Collectables, the largest independent distributor of die-cast NASCAR col...  Read story

Team Time

The backcountry isn't the only place to experience extreme team building. Here are a few other options that don't involved blistered feet or altitude sickness.  Read story

Official NASCAR Small Business Named

Kentuckiana Engineering Company, an environmental consulting company based in Louisville, Ky., has been selected as the Official Small Business of NASCAR,...  Read story

Small-Business NASCAR Sweepstakes

Feb. 20, 2007 -- Office Depot, an office-supply company based in Delray Beach, Fla., this week launched its annual "Official Small Busine...  Read story

Dream Weavers

These entrepreneurs built thriving companies. Better yet, they are free to live out their very own fantasies  Read story

Best Bets: An Insider's Guide to Vegas

The owners of Vegas companies tell you where to eat, imbibe, hit the tables, go 150 miles per hour, see the stars, and party all night.  Read story

Come to Daddy

Some of the world's biggest companies are putting their venture capital hats back on and looking for new start-ups to fund.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Jennifer Silano Foy

Walk in the $995 boots of a dot-com fashionista.  Read story

CEO of the Sidelines: USC's Pete Carroll

In temperament, Carroll is a big-picture guy and understands the nature of the USC beast. "I want to have as many distractions and interferences as possib...  Read story

Bear Feat

Vermont Teddy Bear Co., which climbed over many fleet-footed tech companies to secure a place on the Inc. 500 in 1992 and 1993, later suffered a nea...  Read story

Entrepreneur of the Year: Ping Fu

She came to this country by way of a Chinese prison, but that's the past, and the future holds a tantalizing promise of smarter, cheaper manufacturing and be...  Read story

Middays of Thunder

Robert Rivera took his customers for a ride, at 150 miles per hour that is.  Read story

Creation Nation

Wondering where the next hot food ... hit toy ... big band ... miracle drug will come from? Chances are, from entrepreneurs just like you who are furiously c...  Read story

Backing Away from Free Trade

Why Democrats have strayed from Bill Clinton's policies on trade.  Read story

Mickey Mouse Needs to Eat His Vegetables

"I write a column about small business. A question I often get is, 'What's the biggest problem facing a small business?' ... My answer always surprises pe...  Read story

Parallel Lives

Bill Gates has a golf handicap in the double digits. And so does Ronald Harland! Tom Monaghan launched his pizza empire in Michigan. And Lisa St...  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

John Menard's Tax Crackup

When the home improvement magnate paid himself $20 million, the IRS slapped him -- hard. If your salary is too high, you could be next.  Read story

Will Work for Equity

Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash.  Read story

After 58 Years, a Shot at Olympic Gold

John Dane III is a lifelong sailor and has made millions as founder of the nation's largest mega-yacht builder. But in August, at the age of 58, he'll be mak...  Read story

The Idea Guru

Idea-generation guru Doug Hall is aiming to build a new venture that will bring the secrets of new-product creation to small companies everywhere.  Read story

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