Baby Boomer CEOs Shunning Retirement
A study finds older business owners are reluctant to step down without a clear successor in their family. Read story
Northwestern University
Kay Branz
Age: 35 Hometown: Chicago Undergraduate Degree: Smith College Business School: J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern... Read story
Fundraising Forum Seeks Women Entrepreneurs
April 25, 2005 -- A program that has helped women secure over $3 billion worth of venture capital is recruiting Midwestern women entrepre... Read story
What They Do (and Don't) Teach You in Business School
An M.B.A. will help you run an established business, but it can't provide the real-world experience needed to run a start-up. A look at when an M.B.A. comes ... Read story
Employees Make Dough While The Moon Shines
The "company man" who dedicates his time and energy to a corporation 40 hours a week is likely to have an extra-curricular activity his employer doesn't k... Read story
How The Survey Was Conducted
Early this year, we set out to survey members of the M.B.A. class of '87 with the goal of gaining some insight into who they are, what they believe, and w... Read story
Ask Inc.
Q I'm considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Can I pay back the loans from my friends and family in full?Read story
Bulk Up, Reach Out
How to add 100 employees in a month. Plus, test-driving a direct mail campaign. Read story
Economic Forecast: The Amateur Triumphs
Come January, everyone makes predictions. The Council of Economic Advisors trots out Martin Feldstein, the National Enquirer trots out Jeanne Dixon. Wheth... Read story
Hot Tip: The Smartest Phone Call A CEO Can Make
Bob Neuschel is a business professor at Northwestern University, and serves on many boards. He shares a gem of a CEO board communication tip that he finds... Read story
Too Cool For School?
After years of loathing M.B.A. programs, here's why today's savvy entrepreneurs are now seeking these degrees. Read story
Where the Best Benefits Are
Sept. 26, 2005 --Don't let anyone tell you there isn't a free lunch, says Jim Wallace, CEO of GuideOne Insurance. While rising cost... Read story
Controlling The Cost-lag Loop
The way you think about expenses could well determine how you'll fare in the next economic downturn. Read story
Can Chicago Be Saved?
Among the nation's biggest cities, Chicago lags behind, a victim of political division, a big-company mentality, and its own past success Read story
Dealing With Diversity
Research shows that innovation won't happen without a diverse work force. Then why do so many CEOs clone themselves for every position? Read story
Network: October 1992
Network questions and answers. Read story
The Other Number Ones
Fast growth isn't the only way to measure success. Meet four CEOs who stand out in other ways. Read story
Building a Great Board
A rethinking of business governance is taking place, as Tahl Raz points out in the March 2003 story, "Read story
Building a Great Board
A rethinking of business governance is taking place, as Tahl Raz points out in the March 2003 story, "Read story
A New Tack For The New Year
Two proposed bills -- one to create jobs for small business at home, another to study the worldwide economic slump -- might provide the solution voters seek. Read story
What's Your Company Worth? Ask an Algorithm.
A start-up called YouNoodle is developing an algorithm that, it claims, can precisely calculate the value of a business. Read story
Breaking Away
This year's crop of M.B.A.s has more in mind than investment banking and high-paying consulting jobs Read story
To Market, To Market
Procter Gamble veteran James McManus has an uncanny ability to analyze consumer behavior and parlay his findings into a variety of sucessful vent... Read story
Universities: Your New Best Friend
For resource-hungry entrepreneurs, the explosion of university-based business-development programs comes as sweet relief in tight economic times. From Ann Ar... Read story
A Commitment Forged In Steel
Amidst all the signs of collapse emanating from the giants of the U.S. steel industry, a quiet, almost unnoticed revolution is taking place in the steel-m... Read story
The Oprah Effect
After scoring a coveted spot on The Oprah Winfrey Show , these Inc. 500|5000 companies saw their sales skyrocket. Read story
Entrepreneur of the Year
A close-up look at the 1995 Entrepreneur of the Year, and how he built the company that won him the title. Read story
House Calls
Can Buddy Systems Inc. convince doctors, insurers, and patients to accept its new home monitoring device? Read story
Parallel Universe
What's an expanding city to do when it runs out of room? Take it online. Read story
How to Raise an Entrepreneur
The key, Michelle Rousseff Kemp found, is to bar your kids from the family business. Read story
The Mystery of The Blood Red Ledger
CEO Fred LeFranc quickly realized that something was poisoning the profits at Louise's Trattoria, and he didn't have long to find out what. Read story
Inside an Internet Incubator
Incubators can be lifesavers for fledgling dot-coms, but Veritas Medicine may be regretting its decision to join one. Read story
Payton's Place
The most brilliant restaurateur in London slathers a bit of American on every dish. The English eat it up. Read story
Splitting Heirs
In which two brothers take over the third-generation family wine-selling business. They quarrel, as brothers do. And now it isn't a family business anymore. Read story
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