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What Angels Want

A look at the types of ventures angel investors are likely to put money into, and the kinds they'll never touch. The verdict? Think technology, have a niche,...  Read story

Entrepreneur Launches Space Ship

June 22, 2004 -- The final frontier just got a lot closer thanks to an entrepreneur with a hankering for space travel. On Monday, ...  Read story

Inc. Ticker: Entrepreneurs in the News

The latest news on Paul Allen, Jack Welch, and former NBA star David Robinson  Read story

Entrepreneur of the Year

In the entrepreneurial achievement of 2004, Burt Rutan became the first private businessman to launch human beings into space. His ultimate goal: to make spa...  Read story

Let the Good Times Roll

Sure, your employees are challenged and fulfilled. But are they having fun? Andrew Raskin describes his efforts to create a truly competitive levity package ...  Read story

The Birth Of An Industry

Working in their attics, basements, and garages, seven entrepreneurs tacked together a totally new industry.  Read story

Where Have All the Dot-Commers Gone?

Sitting behind the wheel of a taxicab. Wearing leather and wielding a whip. You never know where an ex-dot-commer will turn up next.  Read story

Seat of the Pants

Everyone says that before you launch a company, you've got to write a business plan. So how come so many Inc 500 CEOs skipped that sober exercise?  Read story

Norm the Obscure

One of America's most successful company builders -- Norman Waitt Jr. of Gateway -- remains relatively unknown.  Read story

Student Uprising

A look at why, faced with poor job prospects, university students today are starting companies in record numbers.  Read story

The Dream Team

Insights from people behind the technology at one of Hollywood's hottest start-up.  Read story

Rutan-backed Flight Completes Global Voyage

March 8, 2005 -- Steve Fossett became the first solo pilot to complete a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world last week, cloc...  Read story

I Lost It at the Movies

Glamour, moguldom, potential home-run returns -- is it any surprise that so many CEOs with cash want to try their hand in the film business? Or that bad thin...  Read story

75 Reasons to Be Glad You're an American Entrepreneur Right Now

Here's our tally of the diverse ways the culture, the economy, and entrepreneurship's own history are combining to make this a great time--the best time, in ...  Read story

Private Lives

Demon dialers, Dungeons Dragons, and the great suit.  Read story

Defying Gravity

Some of America's iconic companies took flight in gloomy times.  Read story

Thinking Inside theBox

Geraldine Laybourne of the Oxygen channel has finally discovered what women want -- perhaps to her chagrin, definitely to her profit.  Read story

Power Plays

We sussed out the favorite songs of politicians, artists, athletes, and moguls to see what Pandora would serve up for them. Here's what we found.  Read story

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Desperation Capitalism

What do Clorox and Apple Computer have in common? Both were launched by bootstrappers-- and here are some other bootstrapping Hall of Famers.  Read story

Seeking Quality, Juicer Squeezes Out Franchisees

Given the choice of franchising or setting up company-owned stores, here's why a fruit-juice firm opted for the stores.  Read story

The Perfect Internet Business

Garden.com is one of the hottest Internet companies around, but what's so special about it is how basic it is. Here's what you can learn from the secrets of ...  Read story

Parallel Lives

Bill Gates has a golf handicap in the double digits. And so does Ronald Harland! Tom Monaghan launched his pizza empire in Michigan. And Lisa St...  Read story

University of California, Berkeley:
A Place to Find Great Internships

At the tender age of 14, Jessica Mah learned a tough lesson about business. Her first company, which rented server space to small and medium-size business...  Read story

Angel Investor Directory

Finding the right angel investor could help you get your start-up off the ground. Angel-investor networks are a good place to start looking for funding. T...  Read story

Go Sell It on the Mountain

A look at Blue Mountain Arts' bold plans for turning its popular Web site into an E-commerce moneymaker.  Read story

Kevin Rose of Digg: The Most Famous Man on the Internet

Digg founder Kevin Rose is having so much fun, you could almost miss the fact that he's setting himself up to be an Internet-age media mogul.  Read story

Mail: February 2002

Readers react to articles from the Inc 500 and November 2001 issues of Inc , Plus: Update on two trash-talking CEOs.  Read story

The Trouble with Angels

A new breed of private investor has emerged from today's bull market. These angels can behave more like venture capitalists, demanding quick turnaround on th...  Read story

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