Peace Corps


Peace Corps Alums Share Entrepreneurship Tips

May 10, 2007

The National Peace Corps Association and Social Edge, an online community of social entrepreneurs, are offering a series of online audio interviews with f...  Read story

From Peace Corps to Entrepreneurial Hardcore

By Wendy Marx |  Sep 3, 1996

Jude Carter's home a...  Read story

Mark Gearan: My Biggest Mistake

By Mike Hofman |  Mar 1, 2001

One of the biggest mistakes you can make is not trusting your instincts.  Read story

Cross-Cultural Solutions

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Letter from the Editor

By John Koten |  Jan 1, 2004

Limited access to capital can actually make business owners smarter and their companies stronger. If you doubt this, read our cover story on Inc. 's ...  Read story

4 Fatal Errors of Web Writing

By Leslie O'Flahavan and Marilynne Rudick |  Jun 14, 2001

We've logged lots of online hours searching for sites that illustrate the Web writing principles in our new course: Writing for the Web. After chec...  Read story

I'll Be Back

By Leigh Buchanan |  Feb 1, 2008

For entrepreneurs, retirement doesn't mean forever.  Read story

New Grant Program Looks to Help N.O. Companies Create Revenue

By Melanie Brooks |  Jul 31, 2006

A $100,000 grant has been earmarked for 20 businesses of fewer than five employees that are working to bring tourism to the area.  Read story

A Peace Corps For The 1990s

By George Gendron |  Oct 1, 1992

Editor suggests redistributing economic know-how from the few to the many.  Read story

Bootstrap Banking

By DAVID OSBORNE |  Aug 1, 1987

For decades, the federal government has tried in vain to bring entrepreneurship to the poor. Now, a small Chicago bank may have found the answer in -- of all...  Read story

How I Did It: Reed Hastings, Netflix

By Reed Hastings |  Dec 1, 2005

The founder of Netflix on developing a passion brand, and sustaining it as passions change.  Read story

The Chinese Way Of Business

By Joel Kotkin |  Jun 1, 1987

What appears to be a good old-fashioned family business may be a $100-million international conglomerate  Read story

On Display

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Nov 1, 1985

Founder Gordon Segal's sense of selling as theater has made Crate Barrel one of the world's most admired and imitated retailing operations.  Read story

Playing Hard to Get

By Elaine Appleton Grant |  Mar 1, 2007

In a highly creative arrangement, an upstart apparel maker manages to sell its brand to footwear giant Timberland--without actually giving up the brand. The ...  Read story

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