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The Art of the Real

By Jess McCuan |  Sep 1, 2003

Donald Trump is looking for a protégé (and no, we don't mean another Marla Maples). NBC's new reality series.  Read more

Six Rules of the Road From a Well-Traveled Businesswoman

Feb 14, 2001

Women and minorities, states Pamela Thomas-Graham, CEO of CNBC.com and executive vice president of NBC, belong to "a unique moment in history" in which un...  Read more

Five Tips for Choosing a Phone System

By Rich Martini |  Aug 1, 2006

Cut through the clutter with some simple tips.  Read more

Calculating Startup Costs; Obama's Small-Biz PItch

By Kasey Wehrum |  Oct 5, 2009

How to calculate startup costs. The Wall Street Journal takes a page (literal...  Read more

Makes You Wanna Holler

By George Gendron |  Mar 1, 1992

A quote from Steve Mariotti on the obstacles to inner-city entrepreneurship.  Read more

Getting an M.B.A. Via Tivo

By Nadine Heintz |  Mar 1, 2004

What you can learn from Paris Hilton.  Read more

Blinded by the Buzz

By David H. Freedman |  Dec 1, 2006

Everyone is chasing Internet buzz. But be careful. Online hype doesn't always deliver.  Read more

Update

By Nadine Heintz and Nitasha Tiku |  Dec 1, 2007

  Sistahs Hits Runway January 2007 Nearly a year ago, when we wrote about Carmen Webber and Carmia Marshall, the co-...  Read more

'goalpost' Brown's Amazing Flying Camera

By John Grossmann |  Jan 1, 1985

In which a talented inventor perseveres against long odds and countless mishaps, first with financial disaster, and pushes himself and his troupe of dungaree...  Read more

The Small Business Debate That Wasn't

By Robb Mandelbaum |  Jan 16, 2008

The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has a dream ...  Read more

Weasel Alert: FCC Commish Joins Comcast

By Renee Oricchio |  May 12, 2011

Earlier this year, the FCC approved the merger of Comcast and NBC with a four to one vote among its panel of commissioners. One of the four commissioners ...  Read more

CEO's Notebook

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1999

CEOs give advice on: advertising the way the big players do; outsourcing employee exit interviews; installing an intranet-based employee feedback system; and...  Read more

How I Did It: John Zogby

By John Zogby |  Jun 1, 2004

John Zogby backed into his career as a pollster, and for a time had to cede the national spotlight to bigger names. Now he has his sights on becoming the Gal...  Read more

Touch That Dial

By Anne Murphy |  Jun 1, 1991

New business introduces interactive television system.  Read more

Google's China Problem and Learning from Leno

By Max Chafkin |  Jan 13, 2010

How to stick to your New Year's resolutions. 13 days into January and more than a few people are already probably kicking themselves for not stayin...  Read more

Soaps And Serials

By Paul B. Brown |  Jan 1, 1987

Our man has been dreaming up new business ideas since his days in the sandbox, only to watch others make a business of them. But this is the last straw.  Read more

LinkedIn Goes Public

By Allison Fass |  May 19, 2011

The LinkedIn IPO, Mark Pincus and Zynga, elevator pitch obsolescence, and more entrepreneur news.  Read more

What's Next: Blinded by the Buzz

By David H. Freedman |  Dec 1, 2006

Everyone is chasing Internet buzz. But be careful. Online hype doesn't always deliver.  Read more

The Apprentice - Season Premiere

By Nadine Heintz |  Feb 28, 2006

I didn't have very high hopes for the new season, especially after that weird publicity stunt that the Donald pulled last week. His letter to Martha was a...  Read more

Big-Bucks Ads: Advertise the Way the Big Players Do

By Mike Hofman |  Jun 1, 1999

It used to be that only humongous companies like Anheuser-Busch could afford to do an advertising blitz during a megaevent like the Super Bowl. Lately, sm...  Read more

The View From The Nets

Oct 1, 1983

"The men in the bow ties," one colleague calls them, referring to the network business reporters. "They're all so predictable," another complains. "...  Read more

Introducing... The Guide

By Amy Tara Koch |  Oct 13, 2008

I'd like to welcome you to The Guide, a new blog designed to give modern entrepreneurs the tools they need to stay at the top of their games. My name is A...  Read more

Human Billboards

Apr 1, 1983

Mark Kaufman might not give you the shirt off his back, but he would be happy to emblazon your own shirt with your corporate logo or slogan. In fact, he w...  Read more

The Restaurant - What the heck?

By Nadine Heintz |  May 18, 2004

The folks at NBC must be re-editing the remaining episodes of the Restaurant with the hopes of getting better ratings. I can't imagine why else the airing...  Read more

House Race Sealed

By Carole Matthews

Nov. 3, 2004 --While the presidential election still remains in limbo this morning, the House of Representatives' future has been sealed b...  Read more

Ask Bill Rasmussen

By Bill Rasmussen |  Nov 1, 2007

Bill Rasmussen, co-founder of ESPN, on the best time to cash out.  Read more

Celebrity Lessons in Selling

By Elizabeth Sile |  Sep 6, 2011

What can Justin Bieber teach you about optimizing your sales strategy? Baby, ooh: quite a lot.  View slideshow

Update;

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Apr 1, 1987

Say this for the ancient Egyptians: they may not have known multilevel marketing from crabgrass, but they sure knew how to build pyramids. Big ones, with...  Read more

YouTube Reaches Two Billion Hits a Day

By Courtney Rubin |  May 17, 2010

Video-sharing website YouTube celebrates its fifth birthday today with the news that it receives more than two billion hits daily. That's a...  Read more

Use Twitter to Inspire Action

By Maisha Walker |  Oct 4, 2010

Small businesses all over the country are successfully using Twitter to win customers. How are they doing it?  Read more

Express Thanks Like a Leader

By Marla Tabaka |  Nov 22, 2010

During my career at NBC-TV I had the privilege of attending a three-day business retreat with one of our nation's greatest leaders, Jack Welch. Naturally,...  Read more

Web on the Fly

By Jerry Useem |  Mar 15, 1996

A review of new software that promises to make Web pages more dynamic.  Read more

Staying "Small" While on the Fast Track

By Gary A. Pudles |  Mar 10, 2005

Keeping your small company personality as you grow takes a conscious effort on the part of company leaders.  Read more

Can Hulu beat YouTube?

By Hannah Clark Steiman |  Oct 29, 2007

Online video is here to stay -- but the battle for online eyeballs has only just begun. YouTube, of course, made online video popular, and its success was...  Read more

The Entrepreneurial Year in Review

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 2008

For some industries -- finance and retail, we're looking at you -- this was a year of living dangerously. But plenty of companies had a big year. A look at t...  Read more

Major Leagues -- Minor Markets

Mar 1, 1983

It was the high point of Worth Sports Co.'s spring tour: Bryant Gumbel, of NBC-TV's "Today" show, resplendent in the inevitable navy blazer and grey flann...  Read more

Crisis Management Tips and the Supreme Court on Patents

By Jason Del Rey |  Jun 2, 2009

How to communicate in a crisis in the age of social media. Read more

Nominate a Small Business; A Very Public Firing

By Jason Del Rey |  Aug 21, 2009

American Express and NBC take nominations for the most inspirational small businesses. If you were watching the premiere of the Las Vegas season of...  Read more

Firing Up American Innovation

By Eric Markowitz |  Apr 12, 2011

It will take the freedom to pursue ideas and the freedom to fail, says Vint Cerf. Plus, another Facebook lawsuit, and the rest of today's news.  Read more

Gear: Tune In, Tune Out

By Mark Spoonauer |  Apr 1, 2007

The latest gadgets to help you shut out the world.  Read more