Palm Springs


Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Desert Jet

How a female aviator shook up the industry by founding her own aircraft charter company

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Recent Articles about Palm Springs

Entrepreneurs Compete for National Award

Nov. 8, 2006 -- More than 1,500 of the nation's entrepreneurs will meet in Palm Springs, Calif., from Nov. 16-19 to vie for the Ernst &am...  Read more

My Place: Trina Turk's Desert Oasis

Where clothing designer Trina Turk kicks back: a Palm Springs house shaped like a cruise ship.  Read more

Summer Blues? Not Necessarily

Networking never takes a holiday. You can build relationships with powerful people even when they're out of the office on vacation.  Read more

Upcoming Events

The 1982 Annual Meeting of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW), Jan. 8-12, Palm Springs, Calif. Call Fran Crawford at NAW in Washing...  Read more

Shoe Faddish

Fads come, and fads go. Here is one that should last about 15 minutes: Shoes-while-u-wait. Actually, the shoes are more like sandals. In Italy, wher...  Read more

What's Next: Taskus Interruptus

Why interruption, distraction, and multitasking are not such awful things after all.  Read more

Taskus Interruptus

Why interruption, distraction, and multitasking are not such awful things after all.  Read more

Reader Mail: July/August 2010

Inspired by Bob Moore and the marital issues of entrepreneurs  Read more

What Business Would You Start?

If you were to launch a business today, what would it be? That's the question Inc recently posed to some of the sharpest minds in the business world...  Read more

A Golden Alternative

Using alternative airports is a form of creative ticketing that airlines don't really object to, but they will not offer alternative airport options when ...  Read more

Far and Away

When employees have been very, very good, send them to one of these fabulous destination resorts.  Read more

Environmentally Friendly Rental Cars

If the price of gas has you rethinking your travel plans, try renting an environmental vehicle.  Read more

Mad Men, Episode 2: Client Lies

The second episode of Mad Men (Season 3) focused primarily on the private lives of some of the main characters. Betty's dad is not well, leading ...  Read more

Managing: Do You Need an HR Director?

Several corporate officers explain how they decided it was time for their companies to hire HR directors.  Read more

On A Wing And A Prayer

Bob Adickes and Avtek Corp.'s other founders are in a race with Beech, Lear, and the clock to produce the next generation of corporate aircraft.  Read more

With A Little Help From His Friends

A long-shot start-up company gets help from a number of helpful, interested businesspeople.  Read more

Multimedia Is the Message

Several small businesses are highlighted as readers see how to maximize the affects of marketing with multimedia.  Read more

Fighting Back

The terrorist attacks could claim even more victims unless businesspeople take steps right now to make sure that their companies will be ...  Read more

An SBDC With a Unique Bank Partnership

The Inland Empire Small Business Development Center is located inside of the local California Bank & Trust.  Read more

Upcoming Events

"The States and Small Business: Priorities for the '80s." Third annual. Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 9-10 Statewide Small Business Conferences in:Read more

Have Tech, Won't Travel

As the travel business goes bust, videoconferencing, Web-casting, and satellite services are starting to boom.  Read more

Have Tech, Won't Travel

As the travel business goes bust, videoconferencing, Web-casting, and satellite services are starting to boom.  Read more

Entrepreneurs of the Year

Introduction to the 1994 EOY issue that presents the judges and process behind the award.  Read more

Look to Low-Cost and Niche Airlines for Low Fares

One of the best ways to get the lowest fares is to know where low-cost and niche airlines fly. These carriers allow you to create your own system of airfa...  Read more

Need a High-Tech Infusion?

Consider partnering with a university.  Read more

Made In Usa

THE CASE FOR MANUFACTURING IN AMERICA  Read more

How Bill Bartmann Lost It All and Got It Back

Bill Bartmann lost $3.5 billion and his company. Some people would have been discouraged by that.  Read more

The Start-Up Diaries: Plan B-Minus

Application Technologies' founder Johann Verheem is staking his future on a plan that didn't quite make the grade in business school.  Read more

Opposite Attractions

A look at the two winners of the 1994 Master EOY titles, their companies, and the runner-up.  Read more

Stand and Deliver

A 24-year-old, street-smart entrepreneur starts her own courier service.  Read more

The Best-managed Franchises in America

A profile of Gary Grace, whose 20 hair salons are the top performers in the Supercuts franchise chain.  Read more

Energy Boost

Dennis Crum, founder of an energy brokerage firm, has started a dot-com that might kill his original business. So why does he think that's just what he needs...  Read more

Out On A Limb

Thirty years in the logging business taught Bob Praegitzer all he needed to know to launch his technology company.  Read more

How to Build an Inc. 500 Company

Profile of an Inc. 500 CEO and his success in managing growth while taking his company public.  Read more