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A Brewing Feud at Microsoft?
Paul Allen's unflattering portrayal of Bill Gates is stoking controversy, a new cohort of young (and rich) entrepreneurs discover charity, and the rest of th... Read more
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 more
The Gates-and-Buffett Effect
Paul Allen to give billions to philanthropy. The co-founder of Microsoft and owner of the NBA's Portland Trailblazers announced on Thursday that he... Read more
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 more
10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Picking a Partner
It's natural to want a partner to share your experience with, but make sure you run through all the possible implications of your generosity. Read more
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 more
Bad News for Travelers and Crowd-Sourcing 101
Airport screening company gets grounded. Monday night ... Read more
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 more
The Birth Of An Industry
Working in their attics, basements, and garages, seven entrepreneurs tacked together a totally new industry. Read more
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 more
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 more
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 more
Norm the Obscure
One of America's most successful company builders -- Norman Waitt Jr. of Gateway -- remains relatively unknown. Read more
Report: Groupon Valued at $1.2 Billion
The group-buying site is barely 18 months old and already worth more than the economies of some small countries. Read more
Student Uprising
A look at why, faced with poor job prospects, university students today are starting companies in record numbers. Read more
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 more
The Dream Team
Insights from people behind the technology at one of Hollywood's hottest start-up. Read more
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 more
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 more
Defying Gravity
Some of America's iconic companies took flight in gloomy times. Read more
Being LeBron's Partner
Maverick Carter talks about managing the brand that is LeBron James. Read more
Private Lives
Demon dialers, Dungeons Dragons, and the great suit. Read more
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 more
Thinking Inside theBox
Geraldine Laybourne of the Oxygen channel has finally discovered what women want -- perhaps to her chagrin, definitely to her profit. Read more
Thinking Inside the Box
Geraldine Laybourne of the Oxygen channel has finally discovered what women want -- perhaps to her chagrin, definitely to her profit. Read more
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 more
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 more
17 Recession Success Stories
Seeing that the country desperately needs a drink amidst a deep six-year recession, a 26-year-old Prussian immigrant... View slideshow
When Partnerships Work
Placing second in a business plan competition convinced David Weber and Kenny Lao that they had a viable business idea. Six years and 70 employees later, the... Read more
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 more
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 more
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 more
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 fun... Read more
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 more
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 more
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 more
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 more
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