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One-Stop Shop for Small-Business Jobs

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read more

Confessions of an Dysfunctional E-mail User

Hello, my name is Renee and I have serious e-mail issues. Imagine my secret shame. I am a technology writer with 1967 e-mails currently sitting in my inbo...  Read more

Network

Readers react to articles in Inc. Technology #2, 1999, including "The Great Games of Business," by Leigh Buchanan and "Antiques Road Show," by Jeffr...  Read more

Contributors

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Entrepreneurs in the News

The latest news on Tom Szaky, Jann Wenner, and Soleil Moon Frye  Read more

Best of the Small Business Web: Adventure Capitalism

Ex Officio, a travel-apparel site, evokes both wanderlust and a lust for its beautifully merchandised products.  Read more

The 2006 Webbys

I touched Prince last night. That's basically the headline for the 10th annual Webbys, which I attended along with several colleagues. Prince, who was on ...  Read more

The Company That Saved The Farm

A fast growing wharf-building business started to preserve a condemned farmhouse in Vermont.  Read more

Making Paid Search Pay Off

How to make paid search pay off by using online ad click programs. But, first, do the math on how much it will cost.  Read more

In this Issue

How much is your company worth in today's market? Wealth-building is one benefit of business ownership.  Read more

Where are They Now?

What happened to the young entrepreneurs who have appeared on our annual 30 Under 30 List in the past? Book deals and big paydays are among the updates.  Watch video

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 71-80

NO. 71 Redbarn Pet Products Long Beach, California Dog food manufacturing and salesRead more

7 Start-up Success Stories

All this could be yours. Here's how 10 savvy entrepreneurs got their dream companies up and running - and how you can do the same  View slideshow

Is Your Start-up Lying to Itself?

Why cover-up culture is toxic. Plus, a favorable franchise forecast, hilarity ensues after the iPhone announcement, and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

In a Former Life: George Bell

GEORGE BELL, 42 President of Excite@Home Present life: Bell, formerly the CEO of Internet portal Read more

Passions: Vernon LaVia, Bird Watcher

To call him avid would be an understatement. In the bird-watching world, where bragging rights belong to those with the longest lists of birds spot...  Read more

Are We Having Fun Yet?

John Paul Mitchell Systems is a new-wave profit machine with few moving parts and a direct connection to Paradise  Read more

Best Business Deals

A bootstrapper's guide to saving money on office furniture, phone service, computers, business travel, and more.  Read more

Growing Your Business by Going Global

Information on international business: Hungarian market opportunities, meeting ISO 9000 standards, and packing tips.  Read more

10 Tips for Giving an Important Speech

Get ready to fearlessly step on stage in front of a large audience.  Read more

How to Start an Adventure Travel Company

Check every hotel personally, says Brian Morgan of Adventure Life. Same goes for the zip lines.  Read more

When Something Clicks

During its 22 years as a profitable retail and mail-order business, Camera World honed its expertise in fulfillment, customer service, and supplier relations...  Read more

When Something Clicks

During its 22 years as a profitable retail and mail-order business, Camera World honed its expertise in fulfillment, customer service, and supplier relations...  Read more

The Anti-marketers

The best mail-order catalog in America is put out by people who hate to sell, never use the word 'new,' and make customers pay for the privilege of ordering  Read more

Portland Plays Perception Poker

Can a thriving little city in Maine bluff its way into the ranks of big-time Internet players?  Read more

Playing Hard to Get

In a highly creative arrangement, an upstart apparel maker manages to sell its brand to footwear giant Timberland--without actually giving up the brand. The ...  Read more

Strange Fruits

How Frieda's Finest established itself as a major marketer of exotic fruits and vegetables.  Read more

The Good Life and How to Get It

Most entrepreneurs crave balance in their lives but can't even begin to imagine how to achieve it. Pete and Laura Wakeman of Great Harvest Bread are a happy ...  Read more

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on: screening potential customers; opening out-of-state offices; investigating foreign banks; and taming the anxiety of starting your own bu...  Read more

"What Am I, If Not My Business?"

What happens when it’s time to move on? In the rare moments when entrepreneurs pause to think about it, they are by turns terrified, exhilarated, and just ...  Read more