Turning Basketball Back Into A Business
A month after Harold Katz purchased the Philadelphia 76ers, a photograph of "Dr. J" -- Julius Erving, the six-foot-six forward for the team -- appeared in... Read story
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Rim Shot;
Bostonians will spend a cold night on Causeway Street to buy play-off tickets for their Celtics, but there were a lot of empty seats when the team went pu... Read story
Phil Jackson
Inc. talks to the world champion-coach of the Chicago Bulls about the abuse of anger and the handling of key employees. Read story
Barbarians at the Watergate
It may have taken awhile, but Washington society is finally adjusting to a new breed: the fast-moving, different-thinking, so very dot-com riche. Read story
Hoop Dream
A happy entry in one entrepreneur's basketball diary: "Today I bought the Atlanta Hawks." Read story
Her Kind of Town
How landscaper Christy Webber (Inner City 100 2004's No. 54) mowed her way into the hearts of Chicago's elite. Read story
Why It's Pat Croce's World
During his five-year reign as president of the Philadelphia 76ers, the upbeat, unabashed, and sometimes corny Pat Croce turned the team into the Cinderella s... Read story
Main Street: Tex Rx
You might guess that a drugstore with a star-studded clientele would be in Hollywood or New York City. But you wouldn't even be close. Read story
The Team Builder
Vinnie Johnson | The Piston Group | Detroit Playing for the Detroit Pistons in 1990, Vinnie Johnson -- known as "The Microwave" because he coul... Read story
Behind the Scenes: Companies at the Heart of Everyday Life
Detroit Pistons Vs. Portland Trail Blazers, The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan 02.08.08, 8:01 P.M. Read story
Helping Kids Is the Ticket
Sometimes the best way to satisfy customers is to help them do something nice for someone else. The Orlando Magic professional basketball team giv... Read story
When Disaster Strikes
James Hook & Co. has been a Boston institution since 1925. But the popular purveyor of lobster saw its fortune go up in smoke this spring, after its main fac... Read story
Who Makes for the ^^comma^^ Best^^comma^^ Hire?
As recruiters and HR professionals, we're often immersed in employment equity and affirmative action initiatives and challenges. The strides that have be... Read story
What Game Are You Playing?
If you think that business and sports have a lot in common, think again, and again. Are you playing baseball, or football, or basketball? The answer, says Ro... Read story
Obituary: Larry H. Miller
Larry H. Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz, was driven Read story
48 Hours with the King of Cold Calls
A salesman par excellence talks about the rewards of cold calls. Read story
Open-Book Basketball
A quote from Pat Riley's 'The Winner Within: A Life Plan for Team Players' (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993) Read story
Obit: Restaurateurs Lose Grip on Star's Coattails
What better celebrity to endorse your restaurant than Michael Jordan? But when the owners' friendship with their celebrity patron deteriorated, it was only a... Read story
Things I Can't Live Without: Elijah Shaw
Elijah Shaw: CEO of Icon Services Corporation, St. Paul Read story
Stanford Hosts Technology Summit
Stanford University this month hosts its fourth annual business summit, which will focus on promising entrepreneurial activities and investments in the gl... Read story
Hoop Dreams: New League Banks on Sisterhood
A look at a women's basketball league that is banking on grassroots marketing and worker solidarity. Read story
Magic Johnson to Speak at Black Entrepreneur Expo
April 27, 2007 -- Basketball legend-turned-entrepreneur Earvin "Magic" Johnson will be a keynote speaker at this year's Black Enterprise ... Read story
Hoop Dreams
For Rich Baumer, there's the company he's built, and there's basketball. Don't try to take the basketball away. Read story
Mark Cuban Charged With Insider Trading
The SEC says the Dallas Mavericks owner dodged $750,000 in losses by selling off shares in Mamma.com ahead of a discount stock offering. Read story
Bootstrapping 101: Brand It Creatively
In launching Madsoul, an urban streetwear label, in 2000, Marc D'Amelio raised guerrilla marketing to an art form. Read story
Leaders Share Their Inspiration: Mom, Dad, and Ayn Rand
Entrepreneurs from the 2009 Inc. 500 talk about the people who inspired them Read story
Experiential Entrepreneurship Education
Here are a few colleges that offer experience-based entrepreneurship programs. Read story
NBA Owner Announces Plans for Entrepreneurship "Boot Camp"
Bizdom U will offer a full-time, two-year program for aspiring young entrepreneurs. Read story
Entrepreneurs in the News
Aspiring entrepreneurs will get some star treatment with the release of TEN9EIGHT , a documentary opening in AMC theaters this mo... Read story
Getting It Together
Joel Kotkin's article on subcontracting ("Unlimited Partners," May) was both timely and germane for us. We recently completed construction and equipment ... Read story
Fountain of Youth: The Under 30 Hall of Fame
Some of the biggest names in business got their start before their 30th birthday. Read story
Carrying The Ball In Business
Could Billy Joe DuPree be the same type of hands-on manager if he played pro basketball or baseball instead of pro football? Probably not. As rare as he i... Read story
The Nonstop, 24-7 CEO Salesman
Pat Cavanaugh not only sells more than just about anyone in his industry but also manages a fast-growing company at the same time. What's his secret? A perso... Read story
Inc. Ticker: Entrepreneurs in the News
The latest news on Paul Allen, Jack Welch, and former NBA star David Robinson Read story
Employee Communications;
How much should your employees know about your competition? A lot, according to Federal Express. The company's monthly internal news-letter includes two... Read story
Jackpot!
Before Steve Lipscomb launched the World Poker Tour, poker had a vaguely seedy rep. Now it's a national obsession, and the WPT is a public company with a mar... Read story
A Little Game Of Hoops
For the seventh time, our May issue focuses on the fastest-growing public companies in America. While we cover many such companies during the course of t... Read story
The Myth Of The Workaholic
'Usually I take a couple days off each year -- Thanksgiving and Christmas. But that'll change this year. It has to. I either have to take a vacation or get a... Read story
Vegas, Stripped
As George Maloof Jr. sees it, there's a lot more to Vegas than the Strip. Read story
The Inner City 100
100 street-smart companies. Read story
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