North Carolina

The Economy This Week

Small-business optimism continues to fade; retail sales down.  Read more

"Start-Up Speed Dating"

A social networking site and a biomedical firm are among the companies scheduled to present at a conference for entrepreneurs and investors in North Carol...  Read more

The CED Venture Conference

I spent yesterday meeting with really interesting entrepreneurs and investors at the Council for Entrepreneurial Development's Venture 2007 Conference in ...  Read more

North Carolina Considers Tax Credits for Employers

April 5, 2005 -- A huge budget deficit could derail two pieces of legislation introduced in North Carolina that offer tax credits to smal...  Read more

Lessons From the Heart

Feedback on FlavorX; an antiheroic leader buys bonbons; a reader rips into "Fire Your HR Department".  Read more

Business for Sale - North Carolina Motorcycle Dealership

Financial summary and brief description of North Carolina motorcycle dealership.  Read more

The 2007 CED Venture Conference

I spent yesterday meeting with some really interesting entrepreneurs and investors at the Council for Entrepreneurial Deve...  Read more

#8 TEMPS & CO. WASHINGTON, D.C. Many INC. 500 companies are wife-and-husband teams, but so far as we can tell, this is the only sister-brother c...  Read more

Benchmark: How Bank Rates Vary

A comparison of bank fees for various services, broken down by region.  Read more

Business for Sale: Coastal North Carolina Blueberry Farm

A detailed look at a business offered for sale including the price rationale and pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more

Business for Sale: North Carolina Child-Care Center

An overview of a child-care center offered for sale. Includes the price, how the business was valued, the outlook of future sales, and the pros and cons of t...  Read more

This Week's Economic Roundup

Rising labor and energy costs make business owners skittish; gas prices continue to surge.  Read more

Free Web Hosting for Veterans

Feb. 1, 2007 -- Advanced Internet Technologies, a Fayetteville, N.C.-based Web-hosting firm, is offering military veterans and reservists...  Read more

Insurance;

Fifteen years ago, about 30 workers' compensation self-insurance pools offered member companies an alternative to the standard policies provided by commer...  Read more

Free Tips on Improving Payroll

BB&T, a Winston-Salem, N.C.-based financial services firm, is hosting a free webinar this month to help business owners take advantage of new developm...  Read more

Small Business Pulling More Weight Down Home

Statewide small business conferences have recently rung up an impressive series of victories on the local level: * In Texas, the state legislature c...  Read more

Lights Out!

"For 25 years I've been telling people to turn the lights out when they leave, to no avail. Then I was at our High Point, N.C., operation, where the manag...  Read more

Quote Of The Month;

"I guess my religious beliefs did have one important impact on my approach to business -- in terms of the ethics and principles I live by. I've always had...  Read more

As a pharmacist, he had plenty of medications to soothe his son's hacking cough. But there was a rub: none offered croup therapy specifically for infants....  Read more

The Economy This Week

Small-business optimism improves; jobless claims surge.  Read more

Fix-it Entrepreneurs See Increased Business

These businesses are benefiting from the consumer trend of repairing rather than buying new items.  Read more

Network: January 1991

Network new queries.  Read more

Connecticut Welcomes Back the Estate Tax!

Yup, the dreaded estate tax (which some rather alarmist folks have long preferred to call the death tax) is making a comeback in Connecticut, Read more

North Carolina's Research Triangle is the idol of industrial-policy advocates, who argue that the rest of the country ought to emulate its business-govern...  Read more

The New Civil War

This feature explains who pays the price for wasteful subsidies used to attract or retain businesses.  Read more

Time to Accept Contactless Payments?

Large chains the likes of Exxon Mobil, Arby's, CVS, and other top retailers now accept contactless payments. But should small and mid-sized retailers also sp...  Read more

How I Did It: Roxanne Quimby

Building a company has been a lesson in balancing ambition and compromise for the co-founder of Burt's Bees.  Read more

The Economy This Week

Small-business payrolls rebound in July; personal income and savings decline.  Read more

Indiana's Disenfranchised Young Voters

The Center for Information on Civic Learning and Engagement ( Circle ) reports that "at leas...  Read more

Highway Hard Copy

A CEO reviews a light-weight printer designed to be used on the road with a laptop PC.  Read more

Study: South Falls Short in Innovation, Education

A new report cites a lack of awareness about entrepreneurship in southern states.  Read more

Local Economies Land $195 Million in Grants

The Department of Labor awarded the grants to 13 regions across the nation, which will use the money to stimulate innovation and education in the tech sector.  Read more

Local Economies Land $195 Million in Grants

The Department of Labor awarded the grants to 13 regions across the nation, which will use the money to stimulate innovation and education in the tech sector.  Read more

At a Glance

Charts providing information on the features of Inc. 500 companies.  Read more

Private Lives

Microcomputers, welding equipment, wheelcharis, prefabricated churches, and five other businesses earned their companies a spot on this year's INC. 500.  Read more

Playing Baseball for Profits and Prizes

Carolina Safety Associates, based in Gastonia, N.C., sells and services fire protection equipment from more than a dozen branches throughout the Southeast...  Read more

Agenda 12/05

Who says nothing happens right before the holidays?  Read more

Three Testing Goliaths

Information on three honesty test publishers.  Read more