Pennsylvania State University


A Buyer's Guide To Events

Looking for a little ROI among the RSVPs? Here's what sponsors pay (and the benefits they receive) at events of all sizes.  Read story

Virtual You

Virtual universities have become increasingly popular with business owners who want more education, but who need a flexible study schedule. A look at these "...  Read story

Steve Prelosky

Age: 30 Hometown: Pittsburgh Undergraduate Degree: Pennsylvania State University Business School: Graduate School of Industrial Administ...  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

Proofread Your Content

Spelling errors and other mistakes can diminish your credibility and turn off potential customers, leading to costly customer service problems. Proofread ...  Read story

Terminal Illness

Instead of relying on the vendor to repair its video display terminals (VDTs), Collegian Inc., a newspaper publisher at Pennsylvania State University, hir...  Read story

Boosting Small Business

Overcoming an antibusiness bias The idea of states cutting red tape for development permits and business licenses is nothing new, but Oregon has add...  Read story

How Many Accountants Does It Take to Change an Industry?

Now may be the time to find accountants with upgraded skills, lower prices, and customized services.  Read story

VC Fundraising Grows in the Second Quarter

July 20, 2005 --A survey released Monday by the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Venture Economics found that venture cap...  Read story

Private Lives;

A sampling of America's pacesetters shows that the CEOs are as diverse as the products and services they sell.  Read story

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the January issue.  Read story

Resources

A comprehensive resource guide to many of the subjects featured in the April issue of Inc. magazine.  Read story

Do-It-Yourself Aid

Is college around the corner? Families too wealthy for need-based aid are turning to the tax code to help pay the bill. Ashley Young, 18, is begi...  Read story

Of Mice And Mettle

A stone's throw across the Charles River from our Boston offices lies Harvard University, home of the Harvard Business School, and a symbol of Establishme...  Read story

Succession Planning Not Just for Top Execs

The words "succession planning" are usually associated with finding the right people to fill the highest-level positions. But planning for future s...  Read story

Imagine Your Best Employees Vanishing Overnight. For Beekeepers, It's Reality

Nearly a quarter of the nation's bees have died from a mysterious disorder in just the past few months.  Read story

Corporate Universities for Small Companies

Corporate universities are no longer just a big-company phenomenon. Small companies can use in-house training programs to improve recruitment, increase reven...  Read story

Mail

This month's letters to the editor.  Read story

High On The Hog

In the end, they'll call it corporate vision. But to Don Beaver, it looks more like years of false starts, wrong turns, and belated inspiration.  Read story

What Entrepreneurs Can't Learn at Business School

Spreadsheets are handy tools -- but nothing can replace that fire in the belly.  Read story

A Better Way to Surf?

Firefox fans say the new Web browser is more secure than Internet Explorer. Should your company switch?  Read story

Broken Promises

The bitter truth about partnerships between large automotive corporations and their suppliers.  Read story

There's Gold In Them Thar Hills

For those small companies engaged in technological innovation, the Small Business Innovation Research program can be a rich source of funding.  Read story

The Real Threat From Asia

Hong Kong and Singapore have seen their future, and it is not providing cheap labor for American know-how.  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

Everyone's a CFO

When Andrew Levine opened his PR firm's books, employees seemed bored. So he asked them to make the financial presentations instead.  Read story

The Entrepreneur of the Year

Introduction to the Entrepreneur of the Year judges and the selection process.  Read story

The Education of a Big-Company Man

Jim Kilmer's years at H.J. Heinz didn't prepare him for company-building as well as he had expected.  Read story

Restoration Software

An Internet company seems an odd fit for a depressed former factory town. But since Shore.Net moved to Lynn, Mass., company and city have been riding each ot...  Read story

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