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What Is Small Business? (And Can It Afford Health Insurance?)
A report on National Public Radio last Saturday laid out a debate that may so... Read more
In The ER, Waiting Is The Hardest Part
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have handed another inconvenient truth to the politicos -- and I'm thinking specifically of Rudy Giuliani here -- wh... Read more
Is Dues-Paying Important?
Do you expect your workers to pay their proverbial dues before taking on responsibility—or enjoying perks—at your business? "Today's e... Read more
The Bailout Blues
If Wall Street is to be believed, we are so screwed. The House nixed the bailout bill -- and notwithstanding MarketWatch economist Irwin ... Read more
In this Issue
How I stopped worrying and learned to love meetings (after reading our cover story). Read more
Unveiling the Candidates, and a New Product
The Democratic National Convention in Denver is a chance for Senator Barack Obama to promote his campaign themes and introduce his running mate, Se. Joe B... Read more
The Bailout: A Modest Proposal
I, for one, am glad that the $700 billion bailout is stalled for the moment, though not for the reasons over which the balkers are balking. Republicans ca... Read more
How to Profit from Your Customers’ Gratitude
Insurers revoke policies to avoid paying high costs . A few days before a scheduled mastectomy, Robin Beaton's insurance company cancelled her polic... Read more
Lessons from the NFL
With a two minutes and change left in the Bills/Eagles this past Sunday, Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, NY, was jumping with the type of intensity rarel... Read more
With Friends Like This, Who Needs Enemies?
A series of quotes about the position of small business in the economy. Read more
Health Care Poll: Bill It To The Company
This is not a horse race blog, so the Entrepreneurial Agenda has little to add to all the ink (and even more pixels) dedicated to analyzing the results fr... Read more
The Top 25 Cities for Doing Business
Inc . contributing editor Joel Kotkin will be appear on NPR's most popular show, "Morning Edition," tomorrow, Thursday, February 26, between 8 and... Read more
Going Global, Part 3: The Bribery Question
One concern entrepreneurs have about going global is what to do about bribery. NPR conducted an Read more
" Material things aren't about money, but lifestyle."
An A-Z guide to living large. Read more
The Candidates And The Crises
This was the week for the presidential candidates to address the twin economic crises of the moment: the collapse of the sub-prime housing market on Main ... Read more
The iPad: Changing How We Build Business Relationships
The ultimate business value of Apple Computer's iPad may be that it encourages users to connect because it is so easy -- and fun -- to use. Read more
Postcards From the Data-Smog Edge
Inc. editor Bo Burlingham describes how his vacation to pastoral France let him escape faxes, phone calls, e-mail, and news, so he could finally get some wor... Read more
Letter From The Editor: Rescuing the Economy
Tax policies should favor, not hurt, entrepreneurs. Read more
How to Survive Your Summer Internship
Always wondered what the summer interns really think? We polled a sample of New York-based interns to get their thoughts on surviving a summer in... Read more
‘Tis the Season for Retail; Is Being King Overrated?
The top 25 most active VCs . Venture capital investments bounced up 17.5 percent last quarter. Which VC firms were responsible for the uptick? Read more
SpotScout Wants to Be the eBay of Parking Spaces
First it needs $5 million. Read more
Smog Lifters
There are people out there who are even more information deluged than you are. Eleven of the smartest--and most beleaguered--reveal their personal regimens f... Read more
All Hail Crisco
If you or someone in your family baked a pie or cake using Crisco this holiday season, you were using a product that has been a staple of the American kit... Read more
Mandate, Schmandate: The Obama-Clinton Health Care Tiff Is Much Ado About Nothing
National Public Radio had a succinct look at last weeks' squabble over health ... Read more
McCain Takes Brooklyn
Backstage At A Small Business Roundtable Yesterday John McCain dramatically changed his tune on the housing crisis -- now he's for governmen... Read more
Crowdsourcing and One Exec's Case for Regulating Google
Start-up helps keep your, and Tom Brady's, private info private. After Sept. 11, the government launched a personal data-gathering campaign, unders... Read more
McCain Reverses Himself On The Economy -- Again
What is a free marketeer to do when the economy is in crisis? This past winter, John McCain's instinct was to do nothing, save letting the chips fall wher... Read more
Elevator Pitch: Conservative Café Wants to Take Coffee Back from Liberals
Can it raise $1 million to start franchising? Read more
Sad News for Google's Founders; Senior-Citizen Startups
Trading bingo for small business. Tired of reading about all these pimple-faced whippersnappers starting multi-million-dollar tech companies out of... Read more
Food For Thought: An Inventor's Media Diet
I believe that in order to maintain intellectual integrity, you cannot take in enough input. The difficulty arises when you realize that even relevant inp... Read more
Is Aggressive Intervention Required?
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY Stimulating the economy: In the eyes of economists, not all stimuli are created equal. According to Mark Z... Read more
Ready and Willing, But Are You Enabled?
In America we are taught that we make, shape, and create our own destinies. It's a religion with particular standing among entrepreneurs, who have fled ... Read more
There's No Such Thing as a Wrong Number
Voodoo sales wisdom from David Rosen, the happiest cold caller you'll ever meet. Read more
McCain, Fair-Weather Free Marketeer: Courting Coal
We've discussed in this space Senator John McCain... Read more
Obama's Plan: Economic Lifeline Or Political Weapon?
Barack Obama's emergency back-up stimulator, announced today, is a ... Read more
Letter from Silicon Valley: Success Story
If you're looking to put the proper spin on your company's story, you might want to take a cue from a screenplay or two. Read more
Cash and Controversy
A plan to let customers pay in pesos drew death threats. But it also had a surprising impact on sales. Read more
The Old Neighborhood
The Internet-fed economy is altering the face of San Francisco. One writer looks at what it means like to live at the center of this revolution. Read more
Ball Club of the New Economy
A look at how the Florida Marlins, the 1997 World Series winners, have worked much like a high-tech start-up; they hired the best talent, beat the competitio... Read more
Looking for Jobs in All the Wrong Places
Government should foster innovation and entrepreneurship instead of focusing on companies' sizes. Read more
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